Coronavirus In India
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Coronavirus: Two test positive in Pune; 47 confirmed cases in India
India | Mar 09, 2020, 11:34 PM ISTTwo Pune residents, who has a recent travel history to Dubai, tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Both of them have been admitted to Naidu Hospital in Pune.
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Coronavirus: Haryana exempts employees from marking biometric attendance till Mar 31
India | Mar 09, 2020, 06:04 PM ISTThe Haryana government has exempted its employees from marking attendance through the biometric system till March 31 as a preventive measure in view of coronavirus scare, an official said in Chandigarh on Monday.
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Coronavirus Avoid Chinese products this Holi Rajasthan health minister
India | Mar 09, 2020, 03:06 PM ISTRajasthan Health minister Raghu Sharma on Monday appealed to people to avoid using Chinese products on Holi in the wake of novel coronavirus scare.
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Delhi to Kerala: How India is battling COVID-19
Fyi | Mar 09, 2020, 01:45 PM ISTThe Covid-19 outbreak began in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province in December 2019 and has since spread to 88 countries and territories. There have been over 98,000 confirmed cases — 82 per cent of that in China alone — and 3,380 deaths, with over 3,000 just in China.
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Odisha gets testing facility for coronavirus
India | Mar 09, 2020, 12:49 PM ISTA testing facility for detection of novel coronavirus was unveiled in a government-run medical research unit in Odisha, though no positive case has been found so far.
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Delhi buses, metro to be disinfected on regular basis to thwart spread of coronavirus
India | Mar 09, 2020, 12:06 PM ISTTo deal with novel coronavirus, the Delhi government has ordered DTC and cluster buses, metro and hospitals to be disinfected on a regular basis as a precautionary measure.
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Coronavirus update: First confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir
India | Mar 09, 2020, 10:39 AM ISTA 63-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus here, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The woman, who had a travel history to Iran, was among two patients who were declared "high viral load cases" by the administration on the weekend.
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Coronavirus scare: Maharashtra pharmacist held for stealing masks
India | Mar 09, 2020, 12:00 AM ISTAmid novel coronavirus scare, a pharmacist from a reputed hospital in Maharashtra's Pune has been arrested for allegedly stealing masks and other medicines worth over Rs 35,000, police said on Sunday.
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Coronavirus in Chhattisgarh: 32 of 36 samples test negative for COVID 19
India | Mar 08, 2020, 11:32 PM ISTSamples of the 32 persons screened for possible novel coronavirus infection have tested negative in Chhattisgarh, a health official said on Sunday.
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Saudi-returned coronavirus suspect dies in Bengal hospital
India | Mar 08, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTA suspected coronavirus patient, who returned from Saudi Arabia, died in a state-run Medical College in Murshidabad district on Sunday, an official said.
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5 more test Coronavirus positive in Kerala
India | Mar 08, 2020, 03:10 PM ISTAmid the rising number of Coronavirus cases in the country, 5 more people in Kerala have been affected by the deadly virus, state health minister KK Shailaja said on Sunday.
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Appeal to people to stay away from rumours regarding coronavirus: PM Modi
India | Mar 07, 2020, 04:25 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked people to stay away from rumours regarding coronavirus and emphasised on the need to follow the advice of doctors in this regard.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Isolation ward set up at a civic hospital in Thane
India | Mar 07, 2020, 01:43 PM ISTThe Thane Municipal Corporation has set up an eight-bed isolation ward at the civic-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa area of the city, an official said on Friday.
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2 new coronavirus cases test positive in India
News | Mar 07, 2020, 11:48 AM ISTCoronavirus: Two passengers with travel history to Italy and South Korea who were quarantined and kept at GMC Jammu have been tested positive for Coronavirus. Their treatment underway. With two more cases in India, the total number of COVID-19 positives have surged to 33.