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A 35-year-old man, whose father died of coronavirus in Pune over 10 days back and four other family members are still in hospital after contracting the disease, is in a state of shock and not able to muster courage to inform his mother about the father’s demise. The man, who is into vegetable business here in Maharashtra, is also saddened by the insensitive approach of people around, who stopped interacting with his family in this hour of crisis. His 60-year-old father died at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital in Pune…

Citing “late detection” of the first confirmed coronavirus case in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore last month and low capacity for conducting tests, a top state government officer on Saturday said the city remains a challenge for the health department and all possible efforts are being taken to detect, quarantine and treat’ the infected there. He said the Madhya Pradesh government has followed a strategy of IITT– to first Identify coronavirus-affected areas, Isolate them, Test the people and then Treat the patients once they are found positive. Interacting with a select group…