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Paramilitary forces report first COVID-19 cases: BSF officer, CISF jawan test positive
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread it has now effected more than 5 lakh 93 thousand people worldwide and killed more than 27,000 people. In India, the number of infected are 873 with 19 deaths and 79 recovered cases.
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Jammu and Kashmir: 17 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in last 24 hours.
US President Donald Trump: "I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly."
Chief Medical Officer Ambala: Ambala has reported its 1st positive case of coronavirus. A 21-year-old man is a resident of Ram Nagar village in Patiala, Punjab, on Ambala-Patiala border. He has recent travel history to Nepal. He was admitted to hospital on March 26.
Government of Himachal Pradesh to provide boarding and lodging to students from Himachal Pradesh in Chandigarh at Himachal Bhawan there, after reports that students from HP have been asked to vacate rented accommodations by their landlords in Chandigarh.
Italy's COVID-19 toll crosses 10,000
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel: We're making stay and food arrangements for people from other states who are stranded in Chhattisgarh. For Chhattisgarh citizens who are stranded in different states in the country, we're speaking to DMs of the concerned districts.
BSF: A BSF officer who was posted as a supervisory officer at a BSF quarantine centre in Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh found COVID-19 positive. He attended 4 meetings from March 15-19 where he met other ADG, IG rank officers. His wife returned from UK 15 days ago.
All officers and his wife are under quarantine now.
Haryana: 5 Coronavirus patients from Gurugram and 1 from Faridabad have been discharged today.
Central Industrial Security Force: A head constable who was deployed at Mumbai airport has been tested COVID-19 positive today. He was under treatment in a Mumbai hospital for last few days.
West Bengal: One female tested positive for COVID-19 in North Bengal. The person has a foreign travel history. The total number of Coronavirus patients in West Bengal touches 18.
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi rises to 49: Delhi Government
IAS Association contributes Rs 21 lakhs to PM-CARES Fund.
BCCI to contribute INR 51 crores to Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund.
Telangana: Health minister Etala Rajender declares first death due to coronavirus in Hyderabad. The suspect died yesterday but the tests results came positive today. The Telangana tally of positive cases has gone up to 65 with 6 new additions today.
Maharashtra: Total COVID-19 positive cases in the state jump to 186.
Khichdi meal prepared at IRCTC Base Kitchen, New Delhi.
Today Around 2000 meals distributed at New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Shakurbasti Railway station.
Kurnool District Collector, Andhra Pradesh: A 23-year-old man from Rajasthan has tested positive for COVID19 in Andhra Pradesh. He is stable and being treated at GGH Kurnool.
Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary-Planning, J&K: The total number of Coronavirus cases in the state jumps to 28 including 25 active cases of which 21 are in Kashmir division and 4 in Jammu division. Our teams have been consistently trying to trace every single contact and test them.
Athletes who have booked their berth in Olympics will remain qualified: IOC President
Uttar Pradesh: COVID-19 positive cases in UP touch 61.
New Delhi: Migrant workers gather in very large numbers at Anand Vihar bus terminal to board buses to their respective home towns and villages amid nation-wide lockdown.
Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker has urged all MPs to contribute at least Rs 1 Crore from their MPLADs funds to fight COVID-19.
Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani: Any police official who dies while on duty during #CoronavirusLockdown, an ex- gratia of Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to their families.
Death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Britain has risen to 1,019 up from 759 the day before, according to government figures.
Tamil Nadu: 2 more COVID-19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu. Total of 42 cases reported in the state till now.
West Bengal: Two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in West Bengal. Total number of cases of Coronavirus in the state stands at 17.
Delhi Police has set up 24-hour helpline number 01123469526 to resolve issues related to lockdown due to Coronavirus. Total number of calls received on the helpline number till date is 3796.
Maharashtra: Government has decided to include treatment for Coronavirus under its health care scheme Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya Yojna from April 1.
Karnataka: 12 new cases reported in the state. Till date, 76 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes 3 deaths & 5 discharged patients.
Karnataka: Government launches 'Food Helpline Number: 155214' for labourers who are facing problems amid Coronavirus lockdown.
Indian Railways will give full refund on all cancelled tickets booked for any train journey between March 21 - April 14, 2020.
Passengers who had received only partial refund need to fill the form & send to the office to get the balance refund.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat: Shops selling essential commodities will remain open from 7 am to 1 pm. Food and stay arrangements have been made at Uttarakhand Bhawan in Delhi and Mumbai for people from the state.
Bihar: 1 more coronavirus case reported in Patna where a 24-year old woman has been tested positive for COVID-19.
Maharashtra: 13 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Mumbai where 9 females and 4 males have been tested positive. Total cases touch 180 in the state.
COVID-19 total cases in India jump to 918. 19 people have succumbed to the virus.
Gujarat: One more death in due to coronavirus in Gujarat. Total 4 deaths till now in the state.
3-week coronavirus lockdown not enough, sustained periods of shutdown with periodic relaxation will work, says Research.
Tata Trusts has committed Rs 500 Crores to fight Coronavirus. Chairman Ratan Tata says, "urgent emergency resources need to be deployed to cope with the needs of fighting the COVID-19 crisis."
University Grants Commission to contribute one day's salary to Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to combat COVID-19. UGC also appeals to VCs of Universities & principals of colleges to urge their teaching & non-teaching colleagues to also contribute.
Several state and UT governments are taking up various steps to help people go past the coronavirus pandemic without much harm. In order to fight the COVID-19, various state/UT governments have started helpline numbers to provide help during the 21-day lockdown period in the country.
Here is the list of the state control room numbers:
Andaman and Nicobar Island - 03192234287, 09474280024
Andhra Pradesh - 08645246600, 08645247185
Arunachal Pradesh - 08257891310, 8974987127, 9436074396, 0360- 2005160/59 , 0360-2292774
Assam - 03612237219, 94014044617
Bihar - 0612-2217781, 0612- 2233806 , 8544402232
Chandigarh - 0172-2704048
Chhatisgarh - 0771-282113
Dadara & Nagar Haveli - 0260-2642106, 0260-2630304
Daman and Diu - 0260-2230093
Delhi - 011-23831077
Goa - 08322419550
Gujarat - 079-23251900, 23251908, 23251914
Haryana - 0172-2545938
Himachal Pradesh - 0177-2628940, 2629439, 26296288
Jammu - 0191-2549100,2562646, 2560596, 2544581
Jharkhand - 06512446923
Karnataka - 08022340676
Kerala - 04712364424
Lakshadweep -04896263742
Madhya Pradesh - 0755-2441419, 0755- 4926892
Maharashtra - 022-22027990
Manipur - 0385-2443441
Meghalaya - 0364-2502098
Mizoram - 0389-2345943
Nagaland - 03702291122
Odisha - 06742534177 / 9437111705
Puducherry - 04132253407
Punjab - 01722747798
Rajasthan - 0141-2227296/2225264/2385777/2385776
Sikkim - 03592-201145
Srinagar - 01942477261, 2486567, 2452295
Tamil Nadu - 044-28414513 / 28593990
Telangana - 040-23454088 (08:00 am to 08:00 pm)
Tripura - 0381-2416045
Uttar Pradesh - 0522-2237515
Uttrakhand - 0135-2710334
West Bengal - 033-22143526
Five new cases of coronavirus infections reported from Noida on Satuday.
* 1 patient from Sector 44
* 1 patient from Sector 37
* 1 patients from Sector 128
* 2 patients from Mahek Residency at DadriSeven more positive cases reported from Srinagar on Saturday. Among the four — one has a history of contact with a positive case at religious congregation; other three have travel history outside J&K. Contacts are being traced: Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary-Planning, Jammu & Kashmir
In Karnataka, 74 cases of coronavirus infections have been reported till date and 3 deaths.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari asks Highway Concessioners/ Toll Operators to provide food and water to people who are trying to cross state borders to reach their native places, amid a 21-day nation wide lockdown period.
Kerala reports its first coronavirus COVID-19 death from a hospital in Kochi: State government quoted by new agency PTI.
Railway will be providing meals to the poor at four locations i.e. New Delhi, Anand Vihar Terminal, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Shakurbasti at about 1:30 pm today.
The government annuonced a financial relief package for the power sector because it admitted that electricity consumers will not be able to pay the electricity bill for the next three months which will lead shortage of money to the power supply companies. Read more here
Two new cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu taking its total to 40.
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Migrant workers at Ghaziabad's Lal Kuan, making their way back home to their native places amidst the 21-day lockdown period.
Maharashtra Congress president and state revenue minister Bala Saheb Thorat tweeted that he has communicated to all senior Congress leaders, Ministers, MPs, MLAs, District Magistrates and office bearers to help daily wage migrant labourers stuck while on their home amid nation-wide lockdown.
Andhra and Karnataka govts carry out joint quarantine operations for migrant labourers amid lockdown due to coronavirus COVID-19. Read more here
In Zee News exclusive, the Central government has prepared a relief package on electricity amid the coronavirus scare, relief from penalty charges due to late filling of electricity bill. Also, for power distribution companies 50% relief in advance security deposit.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar took to twitter to announce that farmers won't suffer because of the 21-day lockdown.
The UP government has arranged 1000 buses to transport the trapped people to their homes.
As many as 491 vehicles have been sent with fruits and vegetables in Gautam Buddha Nagar so that everyone can get fresh fruits and vegetables while under lockdown.
According to an analysis done by Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary in his extremely popular show DNA, China kept mum ever since the coronavirus crisis first broke out in December last year in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province. Read more here
Lockdown scene near Lucknow-Barabanki Border.
MP Nusrat Jahan today visited Chetla Market in Ward No. 82 in Kolkata, in her neighbourhood, for household shopping. She urged people to practice social distancing in the market places and stand in the designated marked circles. She also enquired about availability of househood products and requested the vendors to sell at fair prices.
Total coronavirus cases in Maharashtra is at 159, with five new cases reported from Mumbai and one from Nagpur.
A huge crowd of people gathered at UP border on Friday waiting to return to their native place amid lockdown due to coronavirus scare. They were seen boarding inter state trucks carrying essential items like milk and vegetables to get home.
Delhi Police have issued an advisory regarding cybercrimes in the wake of coronavirus COVID-19, warning people against fraud and scam schemes.
The Ministry of Health on Friday released the standard operating procedure (SOP) for reallocation of residents, PG students and nursing students as part of hospital management amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. As per the guidelines in SOP, the hospital may be divided into three broad zones - non covid area, covid area looking after patients with mild to moderate illness and critical area like the ICU. Read more here
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North West Vijayanta Arya and her team have taken responsibility for providing essential items to refugees from Pakistan living at a camp in Majlis Park for during the 21-day lockdown period. "There are around 280 families at this refugee camp in Majlis Park... We got information that these people are in great need... We will provide the essential items including food and medicine," said Arya. She said that all have to work together to combat COVID-19 and it is a collective responsibility to help the needy. Read more here
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the historic $2 trillion rescue package to help the Americans and secure the country's economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 100,000 people across the nation. "Help is on the way," Trump assured his countrymen as he signed the Bill in the Oval Office at the White House. Read more here
The World Health organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that more than a hundred thousand people have recovered of coronavirus. Talking about the global data he said, ''There are now, more than half a million confirmed cases of #COVID19 and more than 20,000 deaths. These are tragic numbers, but let us also remember that around the world, more than a hundred thousand people have recovered.' Read more here
Globally, the United States of America, the world superpower, tops the positive cases with 101,657 at 6.35am(IST) as per data recorded by Johns Hopkins University. The US has left China way behind and the death toll has been the maximum in Italy.
New Delhi: As the coronavirus, pandemic continues to spread it has now affected more than 5 lakh 93 thousand people worldwide and killed more than 27,000 people. In India, the number of infected cases are 873 with 19 deaths, India recorded 149 new cases on Friday.
Yesterday, in a press conference the Reserve Bank of India cut the Repo Rate by 75 basis points to 4.4 per cent and slashed Reverse Repo Rate by 90 basis points to 4 per cent as part of measures to ease the pain on banks and industries.
Also, the RBI governor appealed to citizens to not resort to panic withdrawal from private banks amid the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. India is under a 21-day lockdown period to fight COVID-19 and social distancing is one of the suggested measures to stop the spread of this virus.
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