Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Delhi-NCR and the total number of positive cases has now reached 30 after another man from Ghaziabad area was tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Asking people to not panic amid the spread of coronavirus, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has assured that 11 separate rooms and isolation wards have been set up at a Delhi hospital to treat coronavirus patients. The Delhi government is also well prepared to increase the number of rooms and facilities as and when required, he said after visiting the hospital to check the preparedness to contain the spread of the coronavirus. He said those tested positive for the virus will be admitted to single-occupancy rooms.
Meanwhile, the blood test report of 68 people who had come in contact with the Italian couple have come out negative. Test results of eight more people are awaited.
Coronavirus Updates March 6 | As it happened
9:43 pm: Iranian embassy refutes reports of Indians stranded in Iran being deported. The embassy said that Indians found positive for Coronavirus will be treated in "advanced, special medical centres" in Iran
8:50 pm: DGCA issues instructions for checking aviation personnel. According to the instruction, aviation personnel will be examined for symptoms of coronavirus infection before breath analyser test.
7:59 pm: The first Iranian flight carrying sample swabs of stranded Indian citizens will leave Tehran on Saturday, the Iranian embassy in New Delhi said in a statement.
7:10 pm: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused China of providing faulty data on the outbreak of coronavirus, which led to the hindering of efforts by the US to check the new virus in the initial stages.
"The information that we got at the front end of this thing wasn't perfect and has led us now to a place where much of the challenge we face today has put us behind the curve," Pompeo was quoted as saying in an interview to CNBC.
6:48 pm: "Must lend all support to public healthcare responders to carry out their duties effectively," says Sonia Gandhi
6:44 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi urges Congress-ruled states to set up "Protocols for contact identification" and "quarantine facilities"
6:30 pm: "I wish to express again my closeness to those who are ill with the #coronavirus and to healthcare workers who are caring for them, as well as to civil authorities and all those involved in assisting patients and in containing the spread of the virus.' Tweeted Pope Francis.
6:00 pm: Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya but will not take part in Aarti on Sarayu river due to Coronavirus, says Sanjay Raut.
3:58 pm: UGC suggests avoiding large gathering amid COVID-19 fears
3:51 PM: National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) postpones shooting world cup in light of Coronavirus outbreak. The tournament was to take place in New Delhi between March 15 and March 26.
3:45 pm: The Netherlands reports first Coronavirus death
3:30 pm: Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate bans meat sale in open areas
Muzaffarnagar DM Selva Kumari J has issued orders to ban sale of meat in open areas in view of Coronavirus
02:36 Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds review meeting with States over Coronavirus preparedness
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today held a review meeting with States over preparedness for Coronavirus. He stressed on the importance of keeping the testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, labs, inactive readiness.
01:24 pm: In the view of the COVID19 virus, IIFA has been postponed.
01:21 pm: Washington DC has pop up shops for food and drink, even marijuana. And now, coronavirus prevention supplies. As local stores sell out of masks and hand sanitizer, Adilisha Patrom, owner of a co-working and event space next to Gallaudet University, saw an opportunity and jumped on it.
01:17 pm: Many patients have been discharged after treatment at temporary hospitals in Wuhan, leaving some beds empty.
10:51 am: Isolation wards have been set up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
09:59 am: Confirmed cases of coronavirus rise to 31 in India as another man tests positive from Ghaziabad
08:30 am: China reports 30 more coronavirus deaths with fresh infections rising for a second straight day and 16 new cases imported from overseas. In total 3,042 people have died from the disease in China
07:02 am: Assam: All passengers coming on international flights being screened at Dibrugarh Airport.
06:55 am: Medical store owners in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad say that hand sanitisers have disappeared from the market, owing to a rise in demand. Say, "We are not getting fresh stock, the old stock is almost exhausted. Earlier no one used to buy it and the products used to get expired."
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