Telangana mulls total lockdown in Hyderabad
(WorldNews India)

THE TELANGANA government is considering a total lockdown in areas under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) amid a drastic surge in Covid cases — 888 of the 1,087 positive cases reported on Saturday were from GHMC areas — in Hyderabad. Officials said a new strategy is being worked out and a total lockdown in GHMC areas is among the proposals. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday chaired a high-level review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan to deliberate on strategies for Covid containment. “Like other big cities with nearly 1 crore population, the spread of coronavirus in Hyderabad is also high… People started moving around after the lockdown was lifted. This has...