04 Mar, 22:30 (IST)

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India issues advisory for schools in view of CoronaVirus. The ministry said that students with travel history to coronavirus-affected countries should be quarantined at home for 14 days. Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard. 

04 Mar, 20:26 (IST)

Paytm employee in Gurugram, Haryana has tested positive for the coronavirus.  Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard.

04 Mar, 19:58 (IST)

"Cumulative number of Passengers from China visited and found residing in Uttar Pradesh is 2203 and those from 12 specified countries under observation as on today are 633," Directorate of Health Services, Uttar Pradesh, said. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

04 Mar, 18:49 (IST)

The Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) issued a fresh advisory for schools. The educational instituted have been asked to maintain cleanliness among students and inculcate among them the habit of using handkerchief or tissue papers while sneezing and coughing.

04 Mar, 18:01 (IST)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global death rate of 3.4 percent due to coronavirus. Out of over 93,000 affected patients, around 3,200 have succumbed to death. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

04 Mar, 17:18 (IST)

"Delhi metro staff has been sensitized and guidelines have been circulated regarding Do’s and Don’ts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Instructions are being issued to increase the frequency of cleaning within the metro premises," said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in its statement. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

04 Mar, 16:26 (IST)

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja: The 3 students who returned from Wuhan (China) and tested positive for Coronavirus are stable and at home. Their isolation period is also over.

04 Mar, 16:12 (IST)

Techies in Building Number 20 of Mindspace, the IT park in Hyderabad, were asked to vacate office and work from home on Wednesday amid coronavirus fears. The building would be quarantined and the operations would resume only after it would be considered safe. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

04 Mar, 14:51 (IST)

Two passengers with travel history to Italy/South Korea identified; symptomatic passenger shifted to GMC Jammu for quarantine sample testing, asymptomatic passenger instructed for home quarantine as per protocol."Dedicated 24x7 data control Centres established at Srinagar and Jammu to receive information of travellers coming from #Coronavirus affected countries," said Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

04 Mar, 14:20 (IST)

Karnataka: At present, total 5 persons are admitted in the isolation wards of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru. Samples have been collected. Reports will be received later today. Track Live The Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities Across The World.

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New Delhi, March 4: India, which was so far considered to be largely immune to the novel coronavirus outbreak, is now treading cautiously to prevent its spread. The overall toll of COVID-19 cases jumped to 28 in India, after 14 Italian nationals who arrived in Delhi tested positive for the virus. They have been sent to isolation at the quarantine camp of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Chhawla. Stay tuned here for all the live news updates related to the coronavirus outbreak in India and other parts of the world.

A day earlier, an Italian national quarantined in Jaipur had tested positive for the virus. Reports today confirmed that his wife has also been infected with the disease. The health department officials in Jaipur have launched a prioritised operation to trace down all locations where the couple went and all individuals whom them met. Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard.

"Till now, there have been 28 positive cases of Coronavirus in India. 14 out of 21 Italian nationals have found positive for coronavirus. They have been sent to at Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) quarantine facility in Chhawla," said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.

The government also announced that beginning from today, passengers from all international flights would be screened for the novel coronavirus at all airports. Earlier, the universal health screening was applicable on only those passengers who had arrived from the 12 nations which are worst-affected by COVID-19.

"From now on, all flights and passengers will be part of universal screening, not just the 12 countries which we had listed earlier. We had screened about 5,89,000 at our airports, over 15,000 at minor and major seaports and over 10 lakhs at the border of Nepal, till yesterday," Harsh Vardhan added.

Schools in Delhi-NCR have written to the parents, asking them to not to send their children if they are even diagnosed with "mild cough and cold". The school notices further read that they may declare holidays on short notices considering the safety of children and staff. The notices were dispatched two days after two Noida schools decided to remain closed after some students had attended a birthday party hosted by a person infected with coronavirus.

While India has so far not recorded any death due to novel coronavirus, the toll across the world has jumped to nearly 3,000. The bulk of deaths have been reported in China, where 38 more fatalities were confirmed on Wednesday. However, no new case has been recorded in the country. South Korea is the second worst country hit by the novel coronavirus, followed by Iran. Globally, over 88,000 cases have been recorded.