India

Of the 104 people with severe acute respiratory illness who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, 40 did not have any history of travel abroad or contact with a Covid-19 patient.

Dr Arun Gaud, principal medical officer of the Bhilwara district hospital, said the 28th person, who tested positive for the infection on Thursday, was identified in screening by a medical team and was admitted to hospital.

A resident of Kalyanwadi locality who had tested positive for coronavirus died at civic-run KEM Hospital, said an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The initiative by the ministers came amid reports that people were refusing to cremate such patients fearing the spread of the disease.

Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow range as gains in domestic equities supported the local unit amid lingering concerns over coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The Students’ Federation of India’s (SFI) Jadavpur University Local Committee released a series of cartoon strip to amid reports of students from north east being tagged 'Chinese' and blamed for the spread of the disease in the country.

Demanding that Adityanath look into the matter, Mayawati wrote that non-repetition of such an act with any Dalit in the state must be ensured.

The state’s bureaucracy mapped the returnees from the religious conference in Delhi through a four-part compartmentalisation; what lies ahead for the southern state is a massive challenge in containment.

Two female doctors were physically hurt in a nearby market after a man accused them of spreading coronavirus in the locality.

The labourer, whose picture has been released by the police department, is among four people who had tested positive for the coronavirus discharged by mistake.

States, district administrations and experts have suggested extension of the ongoing lockdown beyond April 14 to contain the spread of the virus, said Modi.

Any doctor, fit and willing to work in the public health facilities and the training hospitals in the near future, can apply for the same by registering themselves at niti.gov.in.

BJD's Pinaki Misra said Modi made it clear that the lockdown is not being lifted and also that the "life pre-corona and post-corona will not be the same".

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked the state governments and the UT administrations to take urgent steps to ensure availability of these essential goods, by invoking provisions of the Essential Commodities (EC) Act, 1955.

Twelve people were injured as two groups belonging to separate communities clashed over the issue of distribution of ration in Kamalpur village here, police said on Wednesday.

The airline has also been allowed by the government to carry cargo in their planes to ferry food, medicine and medical equipment.