India reports more than 17 thousand cases | Audio Bulletin

India's doubling rate before the lockdown was 3.4 days, it has now improved to 7.5 days. As per data on April 19, in 18 states, the rate is better than the national average: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry. Union Home Ministry wrote to Kerala govt yesterday, expressing concerns over modified guidelines regarding lockdown issued by the later. Kerala has allowed some activities that violate the ministry's instructions issued under the Disaster Management Act: Punya Salila Srivastava, MHA