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COVID-19: List of measures deployed by Railways to contain coronavirus spread
March 21, 2020 23:36 IST
From cancelling trains, relaxing refund rules, to suspending travel concessions, here's all Indian Railways is doing to discourage travel by trains.
Janata curfew HIGHLIGHTS: Today countrymen have told that if they decide they can take on any challenge, says PM Modi
March 23, 2020 12:35 IST
Janta Curfew HIGHLIGHTS: 14-hour lockdown in force; PM Modi urges citizens to remain indoors; another death in Mumbai; coronavirus cases rise to 370 across the country.
‘Stay wherever you are to stop coronavirus’: PM’s fresh appeal ahead of ‘Janata curfew’
March 21, 2020 22:11 IST
Panicked over the extraordinary decision of the Indian Railways to stop its services across the country from 7 am to 9 pm on Sunday, several people, mostly migrants working in cities, are rushing back home.
Coronavirus: Pune woman may be first case of community transmission in India
March 21, 2020 21:56 IST
The woman was admitted in a private hospital on March 16 after she had complained of breathlessness. The hospital sent her swab to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to check for possible infection with H1N1 virus. The sample turned out to be positive for SARS-CoV2.
Coronavirus: Delhi metro restricts services on Monday, to be operational for six hoursSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 20:39 IST
The DMRC has already suspended its Sunday operations in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a Janata curfew across the country to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Sonia Gandhi urges govt to test more samples, ensure supply of masks
March 21, 2020 20:33 IST
Hitting out at the Centre over the significantly low number of samples tested, Gandhi said: "We appear to have underutilised our public and private sector capacities"
Vasundhara Raje, son Dushyant test negative for COVID-19
March 21, 2020 20:19 IST
Vasundhara Raje and son Dushyant had isolated themselves after singer Kanika Kapoor, who attended a party where both of them were present, tested positive for the virus.
This puppeteer from Tripura took to social media to generate awareness on COVID-19Subscriber Only
March 21, 2020 16:59 IST
Das, who is a program executive at Doordarshan by profession, has chosen the World Puppet Day to take to his performing art and sensitise people on social distancing.
Covid-19: Goa seals borders, restricts entry of tourist vehiclesSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 16:15 IST
Goa sources bulk of its vegetables and other edible essentials from its neighbouring states, Karnataka and Maharashtra, and the order stated that only those vehicles would be allowed interstate travel.
Punjab man says he wants to volunteer for trials in search of a cure for coronavirus: ‘I will be responsible if I die’
March 21, 2020 16:26 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, Rajinder Singh, who works with an insurance firm, said that he will be responsible for his death if any untoward incident happens.
India expands testing for COVID-19, will now include patients with pneumonia, other severe acute respiratory infectionsSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 16:21 IST
This is a huge leap from the earlier strategy when testing was only for symptomatic people with travel or contact history of health workers with symptoms.
Coronavirus: UP launches scheme to disburse Rs 1,000/month to daily wage workersSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 14:24 IST
CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the immediate release of a month's worth of food grain to about 1.67 crore people who have Antyodaya cards, MGNREGA cards, and also to construction workers and daily wage workers.
Coronavirus: Passengers to get full refund within 45 days for trains cancelled between Mar 21-Apr 15
March 21, 2020 14:47 IST
Earlier, the passengers could avail the full refund within 3 days from the current journey date. It also added that the passengers who want to cancel their pre-booked tickets on their own can do so within 30 days of the date of their journey instead of 10 days.
Coronavirus India update March 21: Total cases jump to 315, most from Maharashtra and KeralaSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 22:54 IST
Coronavirus India update March 21: The country is also set to observe a 'janata curfew' from 7 am to 9 pm on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated social distancing, asking people barring those in essential services not to get out of their homes.
Maharashtra: 11 new coronavirus cases reported, health minister urges people to avoid public transport
March 21, 2020 12:20 IST
State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that out of the 11 cases reported on Saturday, eight patients are those who had returned from abroad, while the rest three cases were through social contact with those infected.
Coronavirus global updates today: WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’; Iran reports 123 deaths today
March 22, 2020 20:47 IST
Coronavirus global updates today: The death toll in Italy has leapt by 627 to 4,032, an increase of 18.4 per cent-- by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month go.
Third coronavirus case in Bengal, woman had travel history to Scotland
March 21, 2020 11:16 IST
According to the state health department, the woman, who is a resident of Habra in North 24 Parganas, claimed she was in home quarantine after she returned from Scotland
Coronavirus: Govt caps price of hand sanitizers at Rs 100 for 200 ml
March 21, 2020 10:14 IST
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the Indian market has registered a massive surge in the prices of hand sanitizers and face masks and has therefore decided to fix the same for the convenience of the consumers.
Punjab: 150 people across 3 districts interacted with Nawanshahr patient, put in home quarantineSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 10:09 IST
These 150 people are residents of Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts. The samples of 18 close contacts, including 14 of the deceased's family members, as well as the village sarpanch, have been collected and sent testing by the district health department.
Man, woman test positive, isolated in Himachal’s Kangra hospital
March 21, 2020 09:50 IST
The results of three other samples are awaited by the health authorities, while nine samples have tested negative so far in the state.
China apologises to family of doctor who warned against coronavirus
March 21, 2020 10:10 IST
Coronavirus: The party's top disciplinary body said the police force in Wuhan had revoked its admonishment of Dr. Li Wenliang that had included a threat of arrest.
Four fresh cases in UP; Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur to be sanitisedSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 09:25 IST
The government also ordered the closure of outdoor patient department facilities and non-essential tests till March 31 in government hospitals and also ordered sanitisation of public places in three cities of Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur - following sudden rise in the number of coronavirus cases being reported in the state.
Coronavirus stays in faeces even if nasal swab tests negative: studySubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 05:58 IST
In at least one patient, faecal samples for the virus came positive for 33 days even after the virus was not detected in respiratory samples, and in another patient the virus was present for 47 days after first symptoms of infection surfaced.
No train to run Sunday during Janata CurfewSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 06:54 IST
As a disincentive to travelling, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to suspend operations in its food plazas, refreshment rooms, jan ahaar and cell kitchens.
Covid-19 testing in India extended to all pneumonia cases: GovtSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 08:24 IST
Earlier, testing was limited to symptomatic patients with travel or contact history, and symptomatic health workers with contact history. As part of sentinel surveillance, only random samples of pneumonia cases were being tested.
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