Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Today is the 105th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India has so far recorded 7,19,665 cases, which includes 20,160 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. However, the recovery rate is rising and now stands at 61.1 percent.
Globally, there have been over 1.16 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 5.3 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE updates:
Total lockdown for a week from Wednesday in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district; third district in the state to impose restrictions to contain COVID-19
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates:
Maharashtra govt decides to allow markets, shops to remain open for additional 2 hours till 7 pm from July 9 (PTI)
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has wished Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a speedy recovery. He has tested positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE updates | Ganjam Collector:
5-day complete shutdown in all urban areas and5 block HQs of Ganjam (9-13 July);essential services to continue. Screening and other measures to be done in all NACs, Hinjilicut municipality, all block HQsand Berhampur Municipality from 9-13 July due to rising cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Drugs Controller General:
Considering emergency and unmet medical need for COVID-19, the Central Drugs Standard Control Org has approved Restricted Emergency Use of Remdesivir injectable formulation for treatrnent of patients with severe COVID19 infection subject to conditions and restrictions.
Drugs Controller General in a letter to Drugs Controller of all States/UTs has requested them to instruct their enforcement officials to keep strict vigil on the matter to prevent the black-marketing and sale of the drug Remdesivir Injection above MRP.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who has drawn a lot of flak for downplaying the coronavirus pandemic-led health crisis time and again, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.
According to a report by The Guardian, Bolsonaro announced on live television that his latest test results have come back positive.
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Coronavirus LIVE updates | BREAKING: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates | BMC:
No prescription or self declaration required for COVID-19 testing of symptomatic or asymptomatic individuals. Laboratories are free to conduct RT-PCR tests for any individual in accordance with ICMR guidelines.
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COVID-19 deaths in Europe pass 200,000-mark,news agency AFP has reported.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates:
5,134 new COVID-19 positive cases, 3,296 discharged and 224 deaths in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 2,17,121 including 1,18,558 recovered, 9,250 deaths & 89,294 active cases
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates:
Tamil Nadu reported 3,616 fresh COVID-19 cases and 65 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,18,594 and death toll to 1,636. Number of active cases stands at 45,839.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates:
Only one new coronavirus patient reported in Mumbai's Dharavi, case tally in area rises to 2,335
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE updates:
CM Nitish Kumar's relative, who had been staying at his official residence in Patna, tests COVID-19 positive, sources told news agency PTI.
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Bhiwandi civic body in Maharashtra's Thane district issues show-cause notice to hospital for allegedly refusing to admit pregnant woman. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE updates | RJD's Tejashwi Yadav:
When CM's sample is sent for COVID-19 test, reports are received in 2 hours. But in case of common men, it takes over 5-7 days. Now, CM's residence has been turned into a ventilator-equipped hospital, while poor people are suffering due to lack of medical facilities.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir hands over Kanti Nagar COVID-19 isolation centre set up by his foundation to Delhi Government. He says, "This is not the time for politics but to serve people".
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CBSE brings big respite to students, reduces syllabus for classes IX-XII
WHO to travellers: keep an eye on "anywhere and everywhere" COVID-19
The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged travellers to wear masks on planes and keep themselves informed as COVID-19 cases surge again in some countries, prompting new restrictions in places like Australia.
Spokeswoman Margaret Harris urged people not to be caught off-guard by resurgent local epidemics and quarantine measures, saying: "If it's anywhere, it's everywhere and people travelling have to understand that."
"This virus is widespread and people have to take that very, very seriously."
The WHO said last month that it would update its travel guidelines ahead of the northern hemisphere summer holidays but they have not yet been released.
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Supreme Court issues notice to Civil Aviation Ministry, DGCA on plea seeking directions to airlines to refund full amount of tickets for flights cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown.
Face masks, hand sanitisers no more essential items: Centre
Face masks and hand sanitisers are no more essential products as their supply is sufficient in the country and, therefore, are now kept out of the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said on July 7.
On March 13, the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry had declared face masks and hand sanitisers as essential commodities for 100 days to boost supply and prevent hoarding of these items in its fight to check the spread of coronavirus.
"These two products were declared as essential items till June 30. We are not extending further as there is enough supply in the country," Nandan told PTI.
A decision in this regard was taken after consultation with the state governments, she said.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Face masks, hand sanitisers no more essential items: Centre
Face masks and hand sanitisers are no more essential products as their supply is sufficient in the country and, therefore, are now kept out of the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said today.
On March 13, the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry had declared face masks and hand sanitisers as essential commodities for 100 days to boost supply and prevent hoarding of these items in its fight to check the spread of novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus impact | Mumbai's dabbawalas face an uncertain future
One of the victims of the lockdown’s collateral damage are the iconic ‘dabbawalas’ (lunchbox carriers), who, through their sheer ingenuity, have gained global recognition for their fail-proof business processes.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in ASEAN countries
> Brunei: 141 cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Cambodia: 141 cases
> Indonesia: 64,958 cases
> Laos: 19 cases
> Malaysia: 8,668 cases
> Myanmar: 316 cases
> Philippines: 44,254 cases
> Singapore: 45,140 cases
> Thailand: 3,195 cases
> Vietnam: 369 cases
(Source: News reports and Reuters tracker, as of 3.05 pm IST on July 7)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Singapore reports 157 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore has recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases, including 137 among foreign workers living dormitories, taking the country's total count to 45,140.
In all, 40,717 have fully recovered from the infection, PTI has reported.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE updates |
1,178 COVID-19 newcases reported in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 21,197. Death toll rises to 252 and a total of 9,745 discharged.
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British newspaper publisher Reach said it would cut about 550 jobs –12 percentof its workforce –after the COVID-19 pandemic hit circulation and advertising.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Hetero facilitates COVID-19 patients to access their remdesivir version
With requests for access to antiviral drug Remdesivir for treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients on oxygen pouring from across India, Hetero has launched a service to reach out to the patients.
Patients who are in need of the drug will have to fill details such as name, email, location, contact, number and quantity, provided on the product enquiry page on Hetero's website.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 7,19,665 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Afghanistan: 33,190 cases
> Bangladesh: 1,65,618 cases
> Bhutan: 80 cases
> Maldives: 2,468 cases
> Nepal: 15,964 cases
> Pakistan: 2,34,482 cases
> Sri Lanka: 2,077 cases
(Source: MoHFW India, news reports and Reuters tracker, as of 1.50 pm IST on July 7)
Coronavirus in Tripura LIVE updates | 112 new COVID-19 cases in Tripura; count rises to 1,693
As many as 112 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, taking the Northeast state's tally to 1,693 today, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said.
Of the 1,693 cases, 474 are active, while 1,218 people have recovered and one patient has died, officials said, adding that 73,059 samples have been tested so far. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Russia reports more than 6,300 new coronavirus infections
Russia has reported 6,368 new COVID-19 cases, taking its nationwide tally of infections to 6,94,230.
The country's coronavirus crisis response centre said 198 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 10,494. Russia said 4.6 lakh people have recovered. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates | Over 15 lakh quarantined in Mumbai since coronavirus outbreak: BMC
More than 15 lakh people have been quarantined in Mumbai after contact-tracing so far since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city civic body said.
Out of these, 5.34 lakh people were identified as high-risk contacts, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE updates |
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan have risen to 2,34,482, according to Dawn. This figure includes patients who have recovered (1,34,957) and the death toll in the country which stands at 4,838.
While Punjab province has reported 82,669 cases so far, Sindh has reported 96,236 cases.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates | Health Department:
Four COVID-19 deaths and 234 new cases have been reported today, taking the total number of infections to 20,922 in the state.
After 15,966 patients were discharged upon recovery, there are 4,137 active cases in the state.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Compounds that halt reproduction of COVID-19 virus identified
Scientists have identified several existing compounds that block the replication of the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 within human cells grown in the laboratory, by targeting a key viral enzyme.
The inhibitors all demonstrated potent chemical and structural interactions with viral proteins critical to the virus's ability to proliferate, according to the study published in the journal Cell Research.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | China's Sinovac starts late stage trials for its COVID-19 vaccine
China's Sinovac Biotech is starting phase-III trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil, becoming one of three companies to move into the late stages in the race to develop an inoculation against the disease.
It follows a fast-track approval for the trials by Brazilian regulators last week.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE updates | Health Department:
As many as 571 new COVID-19 cases have been reported today. Total confirmed cases in the state have surged past the 10,000-mark.
COVAXIN trials: Ethics committees at AIIMS, Vizag hospital yet to approve protocols
At least two hospitals — New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Visakhapatnam’s King George Hospital — have still not approved protocols for clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVAXIN, according to a news report.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Australia deploys police, army to enforce border closure amid COVID-19 outbreak
Hundreds of police officers and army troops are being deployed to enforce the closure of the busy border between Australia's two most populous states as officials grapple to contain a fresh COVID-19 outbreak.
The state line between New South Wales and Victoria, which is highly porous and stretches hundreds of kilometres, is scheduled to close at 11.59 pm today for the first time in 100 years. (Input from Reuters)
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“The Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan is definitely a ‘Make in India’ enabler. We are hopeful that the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan will make the domestic medical devices manufacturers competitive so that they can compete locally as well as globally and make India a global medical devices manufacturing hub,” Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) writes for Moneycontrol.
Read the full opinion piece here | Mission Aatmanirbhar Bharat: COVID-19 crisis shows that Indian medical devices sector can rise to the challenge
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The recovery rate in India now stands at 61.1 percent.
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As many as 22,252 new COVID-19 cases and 467 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
With 1,00,823 confirmed novel coronavirus cases, Delhi remains severely impacted. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, the national capital has reported 3,115 COVID-19 deaths so far. As many as 72,088 patients have recovered.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates |
With 1,14,978 confirmed novel coronavirus cases, Tamil Nadu remains severely impacted. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, the state has reported 1,571 COVID-19 deaths so far. As many as 66,571 patients have recovered.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates |
With 2,11,987 confirmed novel coronavirus cases, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, the state has reported 9,026 COVID-19 deaths so far. As many as 1,15,262 patients have recovered.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
With 2,11,987 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,14,978) and Delhi (1,00,823).
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
As many as 4,39,948 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The reported active COVID-19 cases in India now stand at 2,59,557, according to the Union Health Ministry.
