LIVE: Patanjali refutes any case of COVID-19 infection in Uttarakhand’s Yog gram

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Meanwhile, ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government had indicated the day before that a new lockdown was imminent. Maharashtra will implement fresh new restrictions on Thursday (April 22) amid the rising COVID-19 caseloads in the state.

22 April 2021

20:34 IST

Patanjali spokesperson has rubbished media reports of COVID-19 infection at the naturopathy center Yog gram in Uttarakhand. SK Tijarawala, spokesperson of Baba Ramdev, urged media not to run "false" reports. He further said that no COVID-19 case has been found at the centre. 

मीडिया में भ्रामक/निराधार अफवाहों का संज्ञान लेकर हम आगाह करते हैं कोई झूठी खबर ना चलाए।

IPD इनडोर मरीजों की आवश्यक #कोरोना की टेस्टिंग के लिए सेंटर बना रखा है। जो पोजिटिव आए उन्हें प्रवेश नहीं दिया जाता।#योगग्राम #निरामयम #आचार्यकुलम #पतंजलि संस्थानों में कोई पोजिटिव नहीं है pic.twitter.com/w66gVndIBi

— Tijarawala SK (@tijarawala) April 22, 2021

19:52 IST

Free COVID-19 vaccination will be provided to people aged above 18 years: Madhya Pradesh CMO quoted CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan as saying. (ANI input)