Railways remove blankets from AC coaches amid coronavirus pandemic
India | March 14, 2020 13:34 ISTWith two casualties and 83 infected so far, the government has launched an array of precautionary measures to stop the spread of the infection.
With two casualties and 83 infected so far, the government has launched an array of precautionary measures to stop the spread of the infection.
Tihar jail authorities are also scanning new entrants for traces of the virus before allocting them a cell on the premise. The inmantes are taken in a quarantine facility created in a seperate cell for three days before transferring them to their wards.
The United States Consulate has cancelled all its visa appointments effective from March 16 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, a notification published on US Embassy website said.
Bad news for cinema lovers! CM Uddhav Thackeray announced the closing of all the cinema halls in Mumbai till March 31 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Karnataka government on Friday asked IT and biotech employees to work from home for a week in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the state.
With one more person returning from Italy testing positive for COVID-19 at the Indian Army's quarantine facility in Manesar, the number of cases in India reach 81.
Amidst novel coronavirus scare, the Church bodies in Mizoram have asked the churches to conduct mass prayers "to seek divine intervention to contain the global outbreak of the dreaded disease", a church leader said on Friday.
SAARC leaders have hailed PM Modi's call for putting up a united fight against coronavirus as its cases rise across Asia and the world. Taking lead, PM Modi on Friday appealed to SAARC nations to chalk out a strong strategy to contain the pandemic that has infected lakhs of people across the world.
Amid coronavirus outbreak, all universities, malls and clubs to remain closed for a week in Karnataka. Karnataka CM Yediyurappa has said no one should travel unless it's an emergency.
Amid coronavirus scare across the world, Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday asked international airlines to consider waiving ticket cancellation charges.
Around 900 people are still under observation in Pathanamthitta after the district administration released a route map identifying places visited by the three-member family from Ranni which returned to Kerala from coronavirus-hit Italy last month, health officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged for South Asian Association for Region Cooperation (SAARC) to come together in the fight against the deadly novel Coronavirus pandemic. Total coronavirus positive count in India now stands at 75.
All lectures, class presentations and examinations at JNU are suspended till 31st March, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Registrar informed on Friday. It said that conducting any event, such as seminars, conferences and workshops, in the campus during this period should be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic.
The 76-year-old man was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad and treated. He died on Tuesday when he was being brought back to the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Kalaburagi.
Confirming the coronavirus positive case in Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar's Chief Medical Officer Anurag Bhargav said, "One employee of a private firm in Noida has tested positive for #CoronaVirus. He has travel history to France and China. He is a resident of Delhi."
Private airports body Association of Private Operators (APAO) has argued that airports are facing immediate cash flow pressures in the wake of flights cancelled by airlines but it does not have flexibility to reduce operating expense given that they are fixed in nature.
India reported its first death due to coronavirus on Thursday as the number of positive cases soared to 74. The deadly virus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year has claimed over 4,600 lives and infected more than 124,330 people worldwide.
Amitabh Bachchan shared a video in which he is seen reciting a poem that he has penned down on coronavirus outbreak.
Prevention is better than cure! Keeping this in mind various celebrities like Kapil Sharma, Asim Riaz, Divyanka Tripathi, and others are sharing messages on social media in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Here is the list of sports events affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak in India.
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