Coronavirus updates March 20: Ministry of Health approves two more COVID-19 testing centers for Tamil Nadu

A resident of south Kolkata's posh Ballygunge area, with UK travel history, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection, taking the number of confirmed cases in West Bengal to two. The youth, who is in his early 20s, landed here from the UK last Friday, and got admitted to the state's primary referral hospital for infectious diseases ID Hospital, Beliaghata, with cough, fever and sore throat that are the symptoms of the deadly viral disease.

Fiction: - Regularly rinsing your nose with saline can prevent infection with COVID-19.

Fact: - No. There is no evidence that regularly rinsing the nose with saline has protected people. There is some weak evidence that regularly rinsing the nose with saline can help some people recover more quickly from the common cold, but it does not prevent respiratory infections

China on Friday reported no new local cases of the deadly coronavirus for a second straight day. The country's drop in cases offers a ray of hope for the rest of the world as a slew of other nations go into lockdown in an effort to stop it from spreading.

The total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in India now stands at 195 (including 32 foreigners), 4 deaths (1 each) in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare