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Scientists say the social and political context of a country needs to be taken into account to manage the spread in, for instance, low-income and high-population density nations.

In a joint digital media address with Lt Governor Anil Baijal, he said Delhi has reported 39 coronavirus cases out of which 29 contracted the infection during foreign travel and infected others on their return.

Talking about officers and personnel stationed at the Line of Control and Line of Actual Control, he said that they are forced to stay together at the border and other areas due to operational and tactical reasons.

The man who was stranded in Kuala Lumpur later tested negative for COVID-19 despite having flu-like symptoms.

There has been a spike in the number of cases in Bihar since then with seven persons testing positive in less than a week.

In 2019, a three-team women's tournament was held featuring sides called IPL Velocity, IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas.

The decision to reopen grocery shops came after the Goa administration imposed a '100 per cent lockdown' that left people without the supply of milk, bread and other essential items.

Reports of desperate migrant workers heading home amid lockdown on account of coronavirus pandemic are emerging from many parts of the country.

The root of the transmission to the patient is believed to be the same private hospital in Bhilwara whose coronavirus-infected doctors treated hundreds of patients before themselves testing positive.

Disclosing this here on Thursday, Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that convicts will be released on parole for 6 weeks and undertrial prisoners on interim bail for the same period.

The government warned of stringent action against those violating home quarantine protocols, even as it assured them that their essential needs will be met.

Accordingly, the state government on Thursday signed two tripartite agreements with SUM and KIMS Medical Colleges here to set up the 1,000-bed state level hospitals in Bhubaneswar for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

In a video message, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said cross-border trade and investment flows have a role to play in efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maharashtra has so far recorded 124 positive cases of COVID-19, of which 15 have been cured and four have died of the infection.

The festival is observed on the first day of the lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra of the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.

The first day of Chaitra is also when the Chaitra Navratri begins and the day is also called Nav Samvatsar. Vikram Samvat is the main calendar used in Nepal. In India, several states, too, follow it.