Coronavirus pandemic | Health ministry issues guidelines for preparedness and response to COVID-19 in urban settlements
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Today is the 53rd day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to stop the novel coronavirus pandemic. Known COVID-19 cases in India stand at 85,940, surpassing China's total tally. The death toll in India due to the outbreak has reached 2,752.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to announce the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package’s details for agriculture and allied activities to help them tide over the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 16.
There have been over 45.4 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. At least 3.07 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala today supported restarting of domestic flights as well as the opening of schools and universities, stressing on the resumption of normal life while dealing with COVID-19.
Addressing a webinar organised by Assocham, Chautala said all restrictions cannot be lifted from May 18. However, he was in favour of relaxing norms on public movement with certain restrictions. (PTI)
884 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 18,396.
238 patients recovered and discharged today, while 4,806 patients have discharged till date. The death toll stands at 696: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai (ANI)
Health ministry issues guidelines for preparedness and response to COVID-19 in urban settlements
Zero-based budgeting is a term that is likely to be used more frequently as we deal with the after-effects of COVID-19 on the corporate sector in the coming months.
Govt has decided not to conduct the remaining exams for Class 10 of Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. The merit list of Class 10 will be announced based on the exams held. The pending exams of Class 12 will be held between June 8 and June 16: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (ANI)
A man from Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir has become the twelfth fatality from COVID-19 in the Union Territory, officials said today. Jan said the patient was admitted to the hospital on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday after he complained of heart problem. However, the doctors attending him diagnosed a chest infection and his sample was taken for testing.
"The sample report came out positive this evening," the SKIMS medical superintendent told news agency PTI.
Phishing attacks in the name of Aarogya Setu mobile application are witnessing a "high rise" as online scamsters are taking advantage of the increased inquisitiveness of internet users during the COVID-19 pandemic, India's cybersecurity agency has said.
Read more: Phishing attacks in name of Aarogya Setu app increasing: Cyber agency
Two more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 79 in the state. One person each tested positive in Hamirpur and Kangra districts, Special Secretary (Health) Nipun Jindal said. (PTI)
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to change the criteria for allocation of 'Chana whole' from per household to per person, to ensure equitable distribution of foodgrain among the migrants amid coronavirus lockdown: State Public Relations Department (PTI)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today interacted with a group of migrant labourers near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover here and asked them about their problems as they walk home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Gandhi, dressed in black pants and a white kurta, was seen sitting on the footpath and asking migrant labourers near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover about their ordeal. (PTI)
Seven more COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in West Bengal, raising the death toll to 160 in the state, while 115 new cases pushed the COVID-19 count to 2,576, Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay said today.
The state has so far attributed 72 other deaths to comorbid health conditions, where the novel coronavirus was incidental. (PTI)
