The court directed Sandhu to keep it in the know about any decision related to tightening of the lockdown during the weekends. With tourists flooding hill stations in Uttarakhand, the High Court Wednesday directed the state government to control their inflow and review its decision to relax the weekend lockdown. For, the tourists may bring in and introduce the dreaded Delta plus variant in the State”. Out of these, 144 samples have been found to be Covid19 positive, and belong to the Delta variant. A single sample, arising from the Udham Singh Nagar district, has been discovered to be as a Delta Plus variant sample.”

Source: Indian Express July 07, 2021 17:16 UTC