Niti Aayog has said that Goa was one of the first states in the country to put in place random resting protocols to check people for Covid-19 symtoms Testing kiosks were set up in various places, including borders and in industrial estates, according to its report titled ‘Mitigation and Management of Covid-19’.

Goa reported 150 cases of Covid-19, 152 recoveries and one death, taking active cases to 1,312 and mortalities to 687, on Friday. Two employees of two different offshore casinos were among those found positive.

Power minister Nilesh Cabral said the government is firm on keeping it’s promise of operating Dabolim airport along with Mopa airport. The public hearing on December 4, for airport expansion

Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday that the state government is “not ready for any out-of-court settlement on the Mhadei issue”. He said that the water in the Mhadei basin has reduced and that he has told BJP Goa desk incharge and Karnataka MLA C T Ravi that Karnataka has diverted the Mhadei.

Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday that the state government revenue would touch 70% of normal this month-end.

Goa Medical College (GMC) dean and in-charge of Covid hospitals, Dr S M Bandekar said that the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has informed them that it does not do cell cultures to determine Covid-19 reinfection.