New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: China on Thursday said no new domestic cases of the coronavirus were reported for the first time in the country, three months after the deadly virus broke out in Wuhan.
China's National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report on Thursday said no new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday. It, however, said 34 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported but they were all from those arriving from abroad.
The deadly virus has infected 168 people in India and has so far claimed 3 lives. In view of the coronavirus, several states in the country have been placed under partial shutdown, with cinema halls gyms, schools, colleges and other educational centres being shut till 31st March. The Indian Army also reported its first case of coronavirus on Wednesday after a 34-year-old soldier of Ladakh Scout regiment tested positive for the COVID-19.
Here are the Latest Updates on Coronavirus
4:30 pm: R Kumar, MEA: We're moving fast on proposals announced during PM's video conferencing with SAARC leaders. The emergency fund is up&running. We've received many requests from other SAARC countries in form of masks, gloves etc. Quantum of assistance requested so far as crossed $1M
4:25 pm: Father Robinson, Delhi Catholic Church: Mass held on weekdays and Sunday's have been suspended till 31 March in wake of the #CoronavirusPandemic. We will live stream Mass on social media. All are requested to stay at their home and pray.
4:20 pm: Dammu Ravi, AS & Coordinator [COVID-19], MEA: The Ministry is strengthening the Covid Control room. Right now 25-30 people are working in the control room. They work in shifts. We are getting about 400 e-mails and 1000 calls in a day.
4:15 pm: Haryana: All farmers//vegetable markets shall remain closed till March 31 to avoid large gatherings in view of #coronavirus, says Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board in its order
4:10 pm: Pune: An FIR has been registered against 16 shop owners for defying Collector's order to keep shops closed as the Epidemic Act 1867 and Disaster Management Act 2005 has been invoked in #Maharashtra
4:05 pm: Deputy Commissioner #Jammu Sushma Chauhan: Despite advisories to avoid gatherings, a large number of people are still found in the market areas, thus, in order to implement social distancing, all shops except grocery, chemist & medical shops shall be closed with immediate effect.
3:55 pm: Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration: All sports coaching centres and sports academies (govt & private) to remain closed till 31st March, in view of #Coronavirus.
3:45 pm: Jammu and Kashmir: Kathua District Magistrate bans the entry of worshipers/devotees/pilgrims to the places of worship with immediate effect in the district till March 31. The order reads, "Religious leaders may, however, continue to follow the norms of prayers"
3:35 pm: SpiceJet: We are forced to temporarily suspend majority of our international operations from March 21 till April 30. We will resume the suspended flights as soon as the situation normalises.
3:30 pm: Embassy of India in Iran: The hygienic facility, surrounded by greenery, has ample space for the pilgrims to walk around. 2 full-time and 8 part-time Indian student volunteers are helping out dedicated Iranian medical personnel in the effort.
3:25 pm: Embassy of India in Iran: The Embassy in cooperation with health authorities in #Qom set up a wellness facility to take care of & undertake 24/7 supervision of infected Indian pilgrims.
3:20 pm: Manali Hoteliers Association: In a meeting with all tourism stakeholders, it has been decided that after three days all activities should be stopped till March 31st, in view of #Coronavirus.
3:10 pm: Uttarakhand: All hotels in Nainital will remain closed from March 21 to March 31, says Praveen Sharma, executive member of Northern India Hotels & Restaurant Association
3:00 pm: All Holy Masses and other services in our parishes are to be suspended till 31st March: Anil Couto, Archbishop of Delhi.
2:55 pm: Chhattisgarh Govt: Entry of the transport buses coming from other states in Chhattisgarh has been restricted with immediate effect. Operation of all passenger vehicles with All India Tourist Permit has also been stopped till further orders.
2:50 pm: Brahm Mohindra, Local Bodies Minister, Punjab: We will now put 'Home quarantine' stamping on the reverse side of the palm of the people who have been advised home quarantine.
2:40 pm: Manali Hoteliers Association: In a meeting with all tourism stakeholders, it has been decided that after three days all activities should be stopped till March 31 in view of #coronavirus. All members are advised not to entertain bookings till March 31.
2:30 pm; Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava:We did random sampling study of community transmission of about 820 samples from 50 sites.They have come negative.We will scale it up.According to this study community spread has not happened
2:15 pm: AC local services on Western Railway in Maharashtra will be cancelled from tomorrow & will be replaced by non-AC suburban services, till 31st March: Public Relations Officer (PRO), Western Railway
1:50 pm: Dr Ravi Malik, Chairman of Media Cell, Indian Association of Pediatrics: Generally, most of the respiratory viruses specifically affect the children and mortality is more among them but this is not true for #COVID-19. There is no need to fear, it is a preventable disease.
1:30 pm: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope: Chief Ministers of all the states as well as State Health Ministers will talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow at 4 pm, through video conferencing.
1:15 pm: Teachers to do evaluation work for annual exams from home; board exams' evaluation suspended: Delhi govt
1:10 pm: All schools in Delhi to be closed till March 31 for teaching, non-teaching staff : Delhi govt
1:05 pm: All tourist places in Meghalaya to remain closed till 31st March and there is a possibility that this may be extended up to 15th April. All tourists are requested to re-schedule their travel plans: Director, Information & Public Relations, Meghalaya
1:00 pm: 6 passengers who returned from Singapore recently & have 'home quarantine stamp' on their hands, were deboarded from Saurashtra Express at Borivali Railway Station today: Public Relations Officer (PRO), Western Railway
12:55 pm: Maharashtra: Mumbai's 'Dabbawalas' to suspend their services from 20th March till 31st March, in wake of #CoronavirusPandemic; Visuals from today morning.
12:50 pm: Two more persons have tested positive for #Coronavirus in Lucknow, taking the total number of cases to 5. All the patients are stable: Sudhir Singh, COVID-19 isolation ward in-charge, King George's Medical University
12:40 pm: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray: We are fighting a war against #Coronavirus. We all have to take precautionary measures, avoid unnecessary travelling. The situation is not critical but it is worrisome.
12:30 pm: 168 individuals have been confirmed positive in India among the possibly infected cases and contacts of known positive cases.
12:10 pm: HCL Technologies statement: One employee from our Noida office has tested positive for Coronavirus while he was in self-isolation after his return from international travel. Our office is following all government and heath advisory protocols.
12:05 pm: Chhattisgarh Health Min TS Singh Deo: A 24-year-old woman has tested positive for Coronavirus in Raipur; she has travel history to London. She arrived in India on March 15. Her family members have been directed to home quarantine themselves; none have shown any symptom till now.
12:00 pm: 128 people have been home quarantined, in order to control the spread of Coronavirus: Health Department, Uttarakhand
11:50 am: A PIL (Public interest litigation) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction for immediate removal/dispersal of mass gatherings from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh in view of Coronavirus.
11:40 am: Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office: CM Uddhav Thackeray is in touch with the Indian Consulate in Singapore to bring students stranded there to Mumbai. He also spoke to the stranded students
11:30 am: 24-year-old woman, who returned to Raipur from London on Sunday, tests positive for novel coronavirus; first confirmed COVID19 case in Chhattisgarh: Health officials
11:20 am: West Bengal: 2 immigration officers of Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport have been sent to 12 days home quarantine. Both of them were present at the counter during the clearance of 18-yr-old youth who has been tested positive for COVID-19.
11:15 am: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) postpones class 10th and 12th exams in view of Coronavirus. Revised dates to be announced later.
10:55 am: Maharashtra: Case registered against two doctors in Vasai and Nala Sopara for putting up hoardings outside their clinics, claiming to cure Coronavirus. Further investigation underway.
10:50 am: 826 samples tested, none of them are positive so far: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to ANI on random samples tested so far to rule out community transmission of COVID-19
10:40 am: B Sriramulu, Karnataka Health Minister: One person has been tested positive for #COVID19 in Kodagu today; he has travel history to Saudi Arabia. He is being treated in an isolated hospital. Total number of positive cases reaches 15 in the state
10:25 am: In view of the COVID-19 cases reported from Gautam Buddha Nagar, two new isolation wards will be set up at Asian Institute of Medical Science in Sector 40 and Mitra Hospital in Sector 35 in Noida: District Magistrate Gautam Buddha Nagar
10:20 am: Maharashtra Health Ministry: A 22-yr-old woman tested positive for #COVID19 in Mumbai; has travel history to United Kingdom. One more person, a 49-year-old woman from Ulhasnagar tested positive today; has travel history to Dubai. Total no. of positive cases reaches 47 in state.
10:10 am: Karnataka: 'Home quarantine' stamping with indelible ink for international passengers has started at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. The stamp indicates last day of quarantine
10:05 am: Indian Railways has cancelled 168 trains due to low occupancy in view of COVID19, from 20th March to 31st March.
9:55 am: Noida: ISKCON Temples (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in Sector 33 closed for devotees from today till 31st March in wake of the coronavirus.
9:35 am: All India Trinamool Congress parliamentary party’s daily media briefings at the party office in the Parliament have been suspended from today, till 31st March.
9:25 am: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in India rises to 166 - comprising 141 Indian nationals and 25 foreign nationals. There has been 3 deaths in the country due to #Coronavirus so far. (as on 19.03.2020 at 09:00 AM).
9:20 am: Mumbai: Mass gatherings suspended at St. Michael's Church in Mahim till 1st April, in view of Coronavirus.
9:10 am: Tamil Nadu: 50 international flights and 34 domestic flights have been cancelled at Chennai Airport in view of the coronavirus.
9:00 am: Facebook has said it would place "authoritative" coronavirus content at the top of user feeds as it scrambled to keep up with increased usage and stem the flow of misinformation on its platform and WhatsApp messaging.
8:45 am: Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year.
Total deaths in Italy have reached 2,978, more than half of all the cases recorded outside China, while the number of infections reached 35,713.
8:35 am: The first positive case for coronavirus has been reported in Kashmir-Khanyar, Srinagar, said Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary Planning, Jammu and Kashmir. The female patient has a travel history to Saudi Arabia and she has been put in isolation after arriving here on March 16.
8:25 am: Allahabad High Court directs the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, all District Magistrates of the state and financial institutions not to proceed with any recovery or demolition till 6th April, in view of the coronavirus
8:19 am: Two members of US Congress Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams have tested positive for COVID-19
8:17 am: Chandigarh: A 23-year-old woman has tested positive for #COVID-19. She has travel history to the United Kingdom.
8:15 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today at 8 pm, during which he will talk about issues relating to #COVID19 and the efforts to combat it
8:10 am: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC): Fine of Rs 1,07,000 collected from 107 people for spitting in open. 46 people were also given warning
8:05 am: Madhya Pradesh: Inmates of Central Jail, Jabalpur are manufacturing masks to tackle shortage in market amid #COVID19 pandemic. Gopal Tamrakar, Jail Superintendent says, "A team of 100 inmates is working to produce masks. We have also received an order of 50,000 masks from Mumbai"
8:00 am: Government of Assam has issued advisory over closure of all liquor bars (county bar), night clubs, beauty parlous, and salons in the state, as a precautionary measure against the spread of #COVID19.