Coronavirus in India live updates: Maharashtra cabinet minister and former chief minister Ashok Chavan has tested positive for coronavirus in Mumbai. Congress leader Ashok Chavan is the current PWD minister of Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra crossed the 50,000-mark on Sunday on account of 3,041 new detections, the highest in the single day.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 1,15,364 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
Europe is the worst-affected continent, with 2,003,510 cases and 173,186 deaths, while the United States is the worst-hit country, with 1,604,879 cases and 96,125 deaths.
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States across the country will resume domestic flight services on Monday except Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, said Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri. Airports in Andhra Pradesh will resume services on Tuesday, May 26, and West Bengal will restart on Thursday.
The Bhartiya Janata Party claims to have achieved a sort of record in providing relief to the poor during the lockdown enforced to check the spread of highly contagious coronavirus.
A special evacuation commercial flight of Air India carrying 93 passengers from London via Mumbai landed at Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport here on Sunday. The passengers have been brought home under ‘Vande Bharat’ mission. The passengers were later taken for primary health check-up soon after landing.
Between Saturday night and Sunday evening, Pakistan recorded 32 coronavirus-related deaths. The country's tally of confirmed cases stands at 54,601, which is inclusive of 1,133 casualties.
The Maharashtra government has requested the Kerala government to provide experienced doctors and trained nurses for the management of Covid-19 cases in the city. Doctors and nurses are needed for the new 60-bed hospitals being made in the city. Rajesh Tope had a long video conferencing with KK Shailaja last week where they discussed the Kerala’s model to falter the Covid graph.
State Disaster Management Authority issues Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for passengers of domestic flights; every person on return to Jharkhand by air shall have to compulsorily stay in home quarantine for a period of 14 days.
All the flights operating to & from Agartala tomorrow (25th May 2020) stand cancelled, as all the flights are connected to Kolkata & the Kolkata Airport is not available till 27th May 2020, in view of Cyclone Amphan, says Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport, Agartala.
Social security will be guaranteed to workers/labourers by providing employment to them under the Commission, reports ANI.
Maharashtra Covid-19 cases cross 50,000 mark; tally rises to 50,231 after 3,041 new cases reported, reports PTI
Maharashtra govt has agreed to allow 25 take offs and 25 landings everyday for domestic flights from Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik (ANI)
A woman from Badami taluk in Bagalkot district, who tested positive in Hubballi, was discharged from KIMS Hospital on Saturday evening after she completely recovered.
If the doubling rate in India before the lockdown was between 3.4 days, today the doubling rate is more than 13-days: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Such arrivals will mandatorily need to use the Aarogya Setu app.
This means different states could have different entry protocols which passengers — whether domestic or international — must individually check before getting on a train, plane or bus to that place.
The meeting will be headed by MoCA Secretary to discuss SOPs for States/UTs; discussion is also for states which have requested not to resume operation.
Former Pakistani cricketer Taufeeq Umar has been diagnosed with coronavirus. After testing positive for the COVID-19, Umar is self-isolating at home. It appears to be a mild strain of the virus, ESPN Cricinfo reported.
The cases in Delhi takes a massive surge as 508 new cases reported in state, total tally at 13,418
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issues guidelines for international arrivals: 14-day mandatory quarantine- 7 days institutional quarantine at own cost followed by 7 days of home isolation (ANI)
Spoke to Civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri, asked him to give us more time to resume flights, says Uddhav Thackeray
China 'open' to international effort to identify virus source: China Foreign minister (AFP)
66 test positive for Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh as state's tally rises to 2797
Claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city are a “pure fabrication," the institute's director said.
As the stranded migrants are returning to state, the coronavirus cases are surging day by day and thus the state tally has crossed the mark of 251
Kiran Kumar has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine. The 74-year-old actor said he is asymptomatic and is doing "absolutely fine".
This brings the total number of active cases in the state of Goa to 50: State Health Minister, Vishwajit Rane (ANI)
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath holds a meeting with the senior govt officers over Covid-19 situation in the state.
Terming it as “extremely ill-advised”, the Maharashtra government on Sunday red-flagged the Centre’s proposal to resume domestic flight operations from Monday. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here early Sunday that “it’s extremely ill-advised to reopen airports in Red Zone.”
The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Odisha now stands at 1336, with 67 new positive cases reported yesterday: Odisha Health Department
Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases for fourth time this month, reports Reuters
The Dean of the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in Delhi has tested positive for the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease, a hospital source told IANS on Sunday. “He is having mild fever, symptoms are not present. He is in home isolation at present.
Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said that community members themselves restrained themselves from offering congregational prayers.
China has reported 39 new coronavirus cases, including 36 asymptomatic patients -- majority of them from COVID-19 epicentre Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, health officials said on Sunday.
Government insisted the industries to adhere to the SOP and advised labourers above 55 years to avoid going to work
Total number of cases in the country now at 1,31,868, including 73,560 active cases, 54,440 cured/discharged and 3867 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Kuwait Authorities warn that not wearing face covering in public will face jail time or maximum penalty equivalent to $16,000
The coronavirus positive cases in Uttarakhand takes a massive surge with 72 new cases reported on Saturday. The state tally crosses 244 mark.
The Lucknow administration on Saturday announced that centrally air-conditioned shopping complexes in the city can function without operating the air conditioners, in view of the lockdown 4.0 guidelines to combat coronavirus pandemic.
The United States recorded a further 1,127 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing its total to 97,048 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The Dharamshala administration has said only persons with valid address proof of Himachal Pradesh should book air tickets to the city in the domestic flight services resuming on Monday, and the flyer will have to obtain a district entry-pass, PTI reported.
Spain said on Saturday it would let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe's exit from strict coronavirus lockdowns, even as the disease continued its deadly surge in parts of South America.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant said on Saturday that the state government will come out with standard operating procedures to restart tourism activities in Goa after Lockdown 4.0 ends on May 31.