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Covid-19 hinterland digest: Blood banks face crisis; veggies go waste in HP

Hospitals and blood banks do not have blood units in stock. No more blood donation camps are being organised

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Representative image of blood donation. Private hospitals are charging Rs 1,900 instead of Rs 1,500 for one unit of blood.

Shivansh Jauhri New Delhi
India has good and bad news in its fight to control the coronavirus outbreak. Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Indore and Lucknow are among cities sitll under hard lockdown, but Goa has been declared disease free. Also, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are on recovery path. Some cities have eased the lockdown norms and activities have picked up there. Government offices and factories have begun operations in some places, but the rest remain behind the locked doors. 

Business Standard takes a look at regional editions of Hindi newspapers to provide you a picture of the Covid-19 situation in the hinterland.

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