The nationwide lockdown in containment zones will continue till June 30 but extensive relaxations including opening of religious places and shopping malls in a phased manner from June 8.
India reported the biggest single-day jump in the number of new coronavirus patients with 8,380 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, which brings the total to 1,82,143 cases, according to the data shared by Union Health Ministry this morning. The death toll has increased to 5,164 as 193 deaths were recorded in the last one day.
The Tamil Nadu government has extended the lockdown in the state till the end of June even as Centre moved towards a phased exit from the lockdown. The state government said malls, places of religious worship, cinema halls will continue to remain shut.
Europe remains the continent hardest hit by the pandemic, with 2,135,170 cases and 177,595 deaths. The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
Many countries are testing only symptomatic cases or the most serious ones. The United States is the worst-hit country, with 1,760,740 cases and 103,472 deaths. But the virus is now spreading fastest in Latin America, with more than 45,000 cases in the last 24 hours, for a total of 944,695 cases and 49,230 deaths.
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The Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj tested positive for coronavirus along with his son and his wife after wife tests covid-19 positive.
Covid-19 tally reached 1,567 in Nepal today after the Himalayan nation confirmation of 166 new cases in the past 24 hours.
Prohibition on entry of people from containment zones/hotspot areas in Delhi to Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad will remain: UP additional chief secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi
Salons and beauty parlours are allowed to remain open with conditions of social distancing and other precuationary measures. Staff working at salons/beauty parlours should wear face shields and gloves while working: UP additional chief secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi
All markets will remain open from 9 am to 9 pm. Super markets are allowed to open with conditions of social distancing and other precuationary measures. Weekly markets allowed in rural areas: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi
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Seven returnees from Chennai tested positive for coronavirus in Nagaland today, taking thetotal number of cases in the state to 43, Health and Family Welfare minister S Pangnyu Phom said.
"If mosques don't open for a month, it won't incur any loss," he added.
Class 10 exams scheduled to start from June 15.
The total number of positive cases in Chandigarh now stands at 291, including 88 active cases.
Authorities of several religious institutions in West Bengal said they will need more time to put in place necessary safety mechanisms before opening the doors of the shrines for devotees. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had on Friday announced reopening of all religious institutions in the state from June 1. The permission,however, put a condition that only 10 people can go inside a shrine at a time.
" Crew member should check and recheck status of test report. Any laxity in this regards will be dealt with severity," Air India said in a statement
Thailand reported four new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, taking the total number of infections to 3,081 with 57 deaths since January.
The tally of COVID-19 cases in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh mounted to 3,486 as 55 morepeople were found infected in the last 24 hours, a health department official said.
At least eight persons were injured when a bus carrying West Bengal-bound migrants, who were stranded in Kerala due to the lockdown, was hit by a truck in Odisha's Balasore district.
The worst affected during the Covid-19 crisis are the poor and the labourers. Their pain, their agony, and their ordeal can't be expressed in words: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says - "When we look at other countries, we realise how big the achievement of Indians is. Our population is many times more than other countries, challenges are different still Covid-19, didn't spread so rapidly as in other countries and fatality rate is also notably lower."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says - "Since a long time, millions of poor people are in a debacle, whether to get treated or not. In view of this, Ayushman Bharat yojana was started. 1 crore people have benefitted from the scheme and Rs 24,000 crore been spent on the scheme."
Road ahead is a long one; we are fighting a pandemic about which little was previously known: PM Modi
"Yoga and Ayurveda are also good practices to adopt during the coronavirus crisis, as they strengthen the respiratory system. These are time tested practices," says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The poor and the labourers have been worst affected in the Covid crisis: PM Modi
Every Indian has played a part in the battle against COVID-19. India's Seva Shakti is visible in the fight against COVID-19," Prime Minister Narendra Modi says.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says - "No section of our country is untouched by the current crisis. Migrants, poor people and labourers are the worst impacted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays stress on the remarkable work of Women Self Help Groups
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said - "Our Seva bhakti attitude, this is part of India's ethos and we have displayed it in this crisis. Those who are concerted towards helping others never suffer."
Every Indian has played a part in the battle against COVID-19: PM Modi
Greece will conduct coronavirus tests on visitors arriving from airports deemed high-risk by the European Union’s aviation safety agency EASA when it opens its airports to tourism traffic on June 15. The list currently includes 13 airports in the United Kingdom, all those in 22 US states and those in the Ile de France region surrounding Paris.
In the last 24 hours, 129 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported, taking the total number of cases to 1,948, while the active cases stand at 889.
At least 18 mourners, who attended the funeral of a COVID-19 patient, have tested positive for the infection in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said on Saturday. The woman's body was handed over to her family with specific instructions to not open the bag, but they opened the wrapped body to perform the last rites.
A group of 85 distressed Indians in the US have launched an SOS campaign to travel back home, urging the Indian government to allow their minor children having American citizenship with valid Indian visas to accompany them to India.
Delhi Police personnel posted in Crime Branch, who had tested positive, passed away yesterday: DCP Central Sanjay Bhatia (ANI)
The more than 2 million people who have been "shielding" from COVID-19 in England because they are deemed to be clinically extremely vulnerable will be allowed to spend time outdoors from Monday for the first time in 10 weeks.
An Indian-origin scientist, who is part of a team of Oxford University professionals on a project to find a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus, says she feels honoured to be a part of a humanitarian cause, with the world's hopes attached to the outcome. Chandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the university's Jenner Institute where Phase II and III of human trials of the vaccine named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 are being conducted as a possible tool to fight the deadly virus.
Of the five new coronavirus patients detected on Saturday, two were imported cases reported in Shandong Province. The rest three patients were asymptomatic cases reported from the mainland, including one from the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan, the NHC said.
Five fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Agra on Saturday taking the total tally to 892, health officials said on Sunday morning. Two more deaths were reported till Saturday evening as the number of total deaths reached 41.
Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped six million, reaching 6,003,762 as of 4.32 p.m. (2032 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Lockdown in TN extended till End June with a few relaxations. Public transport by bus allowed up to 50% in all but Chennai and two other districts, while there are restrictions on public meetings, religious worships in public, bars, cinema halls and malls continue to remain shut in all districts till end June.
The number of containment zones in Delhi went up to 122 on with 1163 fresh COVID-19 cases keeping upwards of 1,000 over the past three days. This is the highest daily rise so far, taking the tally in Delhi to 18,549.
On Mann ki Baat, PM Modi is likely to focus on relaxations being given from June 1, the fifth phase of lockdown startng tomorrow.
The General Administration Department (GAD) at the Delhi Secretariat has been sealed for sanitisation after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Saturday."The official was from the GAD. The department has been sealed for sanitisation. Also, some of the officials are considered as close contacts and have been put under quarantine," a government official said. Delhi Secretariat houses the offices of all the Delhi Cabinet ministers, including the Chief Minister.