Already 19 cases were reported from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 16 from Balochistan and 2 from Islamabad. Authorities in Pakistan have screened over 1,015,900 travellers since the virus was first detected in the country. At least 20,088 travellers have been screened in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the number of global coronavirus infections shot past 2,00,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough measures to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the deadly pandemic.
Bus services between Indore in Madhya Pradesh and cities in Maharashtra would be suspended from March 21 to March 31 in view of the coronavirus outbreak, a government order said in Bhopal on Wednesday.
All shopping malls, gyms, spas and swimming polls in Bihar will remain shut till March 31, amid coronavirus outbreak in India. The deadly novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has claimed 3 lives in India while 151 people have tested positive for the virus.
Umesh Batra, general secretary of the Delhi government Welfare Association, said around 2.5 lakh people are employed with the Delhi government and most of them are engaged in public dealings. In its memorandum, the association said, "The precaution taken by the Maharashtra government should be adopted by the Delhi government by closing all its offices for seven days."
All restaurants, bars, liquor shops and even paan `thelas' (kiosks) in Nagpur district would remain closed till March 31 in view of the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Bengali film actress and Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, who returned from England on Tuesday, announced she would remain in home isolation for the next seven days and won't even meet her parents as a precautionary measure in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
Seventy-eight days after the first coronavirus case was reported from China's Hubei province, the global toll of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has now crossed 200,000 figure. Despite the nations of the world resorting to desperate measures to contain the virus, the global death toll is approaching 8,000. Originating from wet markets in Wuhan, coronavirus has now spread across the lengths and breaths of the world.
Amid the growing coronavirus scare, the Puducherry government on Wednesday decided to shut down all liquor bars, tourist spots, shopping malls and theaters with immediate effect.
Four passengers, all belonging to the same family, were de-boarded from a Surat-bound train at Palghar station in Maharashtra after they were found with ‘quarantine seal’.
The airline has suspended operation for 28 days effective Thursday (March 19) on the Aizawl-Kolkata-Guwahati-Imphal route as a preventive measure.
The country recorded 315 new cases of the virus in the past two days, causing its total to surge to 553, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Many of the new cases are linked to a recent 16,000-member religious gathering at a mosque in a Kuala Lumpur suburb that also sickened dozens from Brunei and Singapore.
All non-emergency leaves of paramilitary personnel should be "cancelled" in order to minimise the risk of contracting coronavirus during travel and they should get into "battle mode" to combat the pandemic by ensuring personal and public safety, according to a government order.
A new confirmed case of novel coronavirus has surfaced from Noida area of Uttar Pradesh. The infected person, a 26-year-old techie had a travel history from Indonesia and had resumed work. He was, however, sent back for a medical check-up, where was tested positive. The infected person's wife has also been isolated for COVID-19 symptoms.
A person who returned from the UK has tested positive in Telangana. The Covid-19 patient has been admitted to Gandhi Medical College hospital in Hyderabad. With this, the total number of cases has reached six.
Passports of arriving passengers are being taken by authorities and are not being returned till all tests are done. Even Indian citizens with Indian passport holders are not allowed to exit airport.
A new positive case of coronavirus has surfaced from Lucknow's KGMU, where a doctor has been tested positive for COVID-19. The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country crossed 150 on Wednesday, with 10 fresh cases reported from various parts of the country. Off late, 8 fresh positive cases of coronavirus have been reported from Ladakh, where jawans and soldiers have been quarantined.
Coronavirus outbreak: The infected people are relatives of the earlier positive cases and have been quarantined. With this, the total number of positive cases of coronavirus has risen to 8. A 34-year-old soldier had tested positive for novel coronavirus in Leh. This was the first COVID-19 case in the armed forces.
Singapore Airlines has said it is cutting flights across its network by half as countries around the world impose border controls in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students of classes one to eight of all government primary schools in Uttar Pradesh will get promoted without having to appear in examinations in view of the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Wednesday. Examinations in primary schools were scheduled between March 23 and 28.
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