First Death Reported in Denmank Due to COVID-19: Coronavirus Outbreak Live News Updates on March 14, 2020
The total number of deaths due to coronavirus across the world crossed 5000 mark on Friday. Catch live updates on the global coronavirus outbreak here.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA): The operation of existing India-Bangladesh cross-border passengers trains & passengers buses shall remain suspended from March 15-April 15.
Western Railway PRO (Public Relations Officer): Passengers should be advised to bring their own blankets in their own interest. Wide publicly should be given to this effect. Some quantity of additional bed-sheets may be kept for any exigencies.
Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu: As per test reports of family members of the 76-yr-old man from Kalaburagi (who passed away & was later confirmed positive for #COVID19), three out of 4 members have been tested negative for #Coronavirus. Report of one member still awaited.
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Spokesperson: 62 trainee Indian Forest Service officers, who returned after visiting Finland, Russia & Spain, have been medically tested&kept under observation after some of them showed symptoms of cold,cough & fever.
Rajasthan Health Department: A 24-year-old man, who returned from Spain, has tested positive for coronavirus in Jaipur today. With this, total number of positive cases of COVID-19 stands at four.
IIT Bombay on Saturday declared holiday till March 29 and asked all the students to go home. It said, "In case a student wants to go home, he/she must inform the Hall Manager before leaving. However, students having any difficulty in traveling may stay back. International students are welcome to stay back in hostels."
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Also, University of Kashmir announced that all the Post Graduation examinations, including internals, have been postponed till 31st March, in view of COVID-2019.
An Air India special flight took off from Delhi at around 4:30 pm today for Milan (Italy), to evacuate around 220 passengers from there. The flight will return tomorrow morning.
Uttarakhand government has declared Coronavirus as epidemic in the state. Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik said, "All Cinema halls and colleges will remain closed in the state till 31st March in view of Coronavirus. Medical colleges, however, will remain open."
Himachal Pradesh government issues 'The Himachal Pradesh Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020' under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 which empowers certain officers to issue order for surveillance, prevention, control and treatment of Coronavirus.
Maharashtra FDA (Food and Drug Administration) issues notification declaring hand sanitisers, 2 ply & 3 ply surgical masks and N95 masks as essential commodity. It also warns of legal action against persons hoarding these articles for black marketing.
Government of India said on Saturday Padma Award ceremony, scheduled to be held on April 3 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been postponed. Next date and time to be announced in due course.
New Delhi, March 14: The Centre and state governments in India are on high alert in view of the global coronavirus outbreak. India reported its second death due to coronavirus on Friday as a 68-year-old woman from west Delhi who had tested positive for COVID-19 died. The deceased woman was admitted with symptoms of coronavirus along with her son who had travelled to Switzerland and Italy between February 5 to February 22. Catch live updates on the coronavirus outbreak here.
In the United States, President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency as the number of coronavirus cases hit 1,700 with 41 deaths. This will make more funds available for fighting the fallout of the disease and cut red tape for finding medical solutions. The death toll due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran has risen to 514. In Italy, as many as 1,016 people have so far died due to coronavirus. Coronavirus in India: Total Number of COVID-19 Positive Cases Reaches 81, Check State/UT Wise List of Confirmed Cases.
Over 5000 people have so far died across the world due to coronavirus. According to worldometers.info, the total number of deaths across the globe were recorded to be 5,082 out of 138,275 total cases. As several countries in Europe reported steep rises in the number of infections and deaths, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the continent is now the "epicentre" of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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