50 children in UP shelter home test +ve: SC asks govt for report

July 07, 2020 12:20

Supreme Court referring to media reports that more than 50 children in a shelter home in Kanpur are found COVID-19 infected, directed Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report in the issue. Supreme Court hearing the suo moto case relating to the protection of children from COVID-19 in shelter homes appointed advocate Gaurav Aggarwal as the amicus curiae and lists the matter for hearing on July 13.

SC also took into note that states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Tripura are yet to file a reply in the case and granted them time till July 10 to file the report regarding COVID-19 cases among children in shelter homes in these states.

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