Pune, May 4 (PTI) Authorities in Pune in Maharashtra have asked migrant workers not to gather at hospitals to get medical certificates declaring them free of COVID-19 symptoms in order to travel back to their native states amid the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak.

The Pune district administration had made it mandatory for workers wanting to return to get certificates from medical practitioners stating they did not have symptoms of the infection.

"We have observed that migrant workers are crowding at hospitals and clinics to get medical certificates. This is dangerous as these hospitals have COVID-19 patients," said Collector Naval Kishore Ram.

He added that in case there was a large group of workers desirous of traveling back to their native states, then the district administration would get them checked up through its own doctors before allowing them to proceed on the journey.

Ram, meanwhile, appealed to migrant workers to stay back as sectors like construction as well as industries in non-containment rural areas and regions outside Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits have been told on Monday to resume operations at once.

He assured labourers that salaries would be paid and they would not be asked to pay room rent for the next one month.

He said arrangements to send these migrant labourer groups will begin once the receiving states give their nod. PTI SPK BNM BNM 05041944 NNNNhe European Tour started the year with a schedule of 46 events held in 31 countries, which includes the four majors and four World Golf Championships.

Pelley was not part of the group that tried to reconfigure a golf schedule to salvage what it could of the season. The Masters has been postponed until November 12-15, the same date as the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, one of Europe's premier Rolex Series events.

The US Open has moved to Sept. 17-20, the same week as the KLM Open in the Netherlands.

Rolex Series events have a USD 7 million purse, an amount that goes up as its Race to Dubai concludes with three events in November.

The Telegraph reported that Pelley and key members of his staff have taken salary cuts, and that some staff at headquarters south of London has been furloughed.

To salvage the season, Pelley suggested in the memo that when golf resumes, there could be multiple tournaments in the same location, two tournaments in the same week or as many as four tournaments in consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, preceded by a 14-day period that would allow players from other countries to self-isolate in advance if that health requirement is still in play.

Pelley said the Rolex Series and UK events are a priority for the tour and broadcaster Sky Sports, and that it will "play behind closed doors if necessary."

Four European Tour members are among the top 10 in the world ranking — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed and Tommy Fleetwood — though all are joint PGA Tour members and all but Fleetwood live in the United States. AP

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