'In India, $i Billion Emergency Financing Will Support Better Screening, Contact Tracing', Says World Bank : Coronavirus Outbreak Live News Updates on April 2, 2020
The PM will have a video conferencing at 11 am today with all the Chief Ministers of states to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in their respective states. Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
"In India, $1 billion emergency financing will support better screening, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics; procure personal protective equipment; and set up new isolation wards," says the World Bank
5 more persons have tested positive for #COVID19 in Bihar taking total number of cases to 29. 2 are from Gopalganj with travel history to Middle East and 1 from Saran with travel history to UK. 2 are from Gaya and are contacts of earlier positive cases: State Health Department
3 more persons have tested positive for #COVID19 in Uttarakhand, taking the total number of cases to 10. There are 245 Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) attendees in institutional quarantine in the stat
7 persons arrested by police in connection with stones pelted at health workers in Tatpatti Bakhal area of Indore yesterday. The health workers were there to screen people, in the wake of #Coronavirus outbreak
A resident doctor of AIIMS who was tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today, his 9 months pregnant wife (a doctor posted at Emergency) has also been tested positive. She has been isolated and her delivery will take place at AIIMS.
A resident doctor of AIIMS who was tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today, his 9 months pregnant wife (a doctor posted at Emergency) has also been tested positive. She has been isolated and her delivery will take place at AIIMS.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of United States has requested the Defence Department to make 100,000 body bags available to help state health agencies with mortuary affairs
As many as 40 health workers of Shatabdi hospital in Kandivali have been quarantined after a patient undergoing treatment there was found to be coronavirus positive.
Three employees of an outlet in the Phoenix Mall at Velacharey have tested positive for coronavirus, said the Chennai Municipal Corporation on Thursday.
As many as 81 new coronavirus cases have been reported today in Maharashtra. Out of the 81 fresh COVID19 cases, 57 have been reported in Mumbai. The state has so far recorded 416 coronavirus cases.
Tamil Nadu has reported 75 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday. Of them, 74 had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz. The state has so far seen 309 coronavirus cases.
Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal Lucknow today issued a 'Fatwa' that getting tested and treated for Coronavirus is important for all, and hiding this disease is a crime. Putting one's own and lives of others in danger is forbidden in Islam: Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali
Mumbai, April 2: The total number of positive cases jumped to 1,834 (including 144 cured) in the country. The Ministry of Health informed that 437 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in India. In a shocking incident, the first person from Dharavi, which is known as the Asian largest slum died on Wednesday night.
The 56-year-old man was tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day. He was then shifted to Sion Hospital. His death created panic in the area. The other seven members of his family were home quarantined, and they will be tested on Thursday. With this, the death toll in the country reached 50 on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a telephonic conversation on Wednesday on the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra. The PM will have a video conferencing at 11 am with all the Chief Ministers of states to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in their respective states.
In a bid to spread awareness against #coronavirus, Bengaluru Traffic Police at Nagenahalli checkpoint wrote on the road, "If you come to the road, I'll come to your home."Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
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