INDIA AT THIRD STAGE OF PANDEMIC REPORTS 39,000 INFECTED CASES IN THE LAST HOURS

Highlights:

India expands its testing network, tests more samples
Cases surge as the country surpasses the 3 lakh mark.

India is rapidly going towards a huge surge in its third stage of the pandemic as it reports 39,000 newly infected cas...

MAHARASHTRA’S DAY OF COVID19 EXTREMES: MOST RECOVERIES & DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY

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Mumbai contributed to the most deaths in Maharashtra with 116 deaths, most since the pandemic began
Mumbai also had the most recoveries in one-day & Dharavi reported no new deaths

It has been a day of extremes for Mah...

COVID19 POSITIVE PERSON ON INDIGO CHENNAI- COIMBATORE FLIGHT

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The detected positive person is now quarantined in a Coimbatore hospital
This is the first case on a domestic flight
Indigo flight crew grounded for 14 days

India resumed its domestic flight operations on Monday. By Tues...

COVID INFECTED MUMBAI GRAPPLES WITH PROBLEMS

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Mumbai currently has the most infected cases
Not everyone in the city is yet following the mandatory face mask rule
Ambulance service shortage is costing the city timely treatment

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GUANGZHOU SUPPLIES 3 LAC RAPID ANTIBODY TEST KITS TO INDIA

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Antibody rapid testing kits dispatched to India
Supplies airlifted from GUANGZHOU by Air India

China is the ground zero of Covid-19. Yet it is also the country to have recovered from the virus infection the fastest. Now when the whole wo...

MUMBAI COP TESTS POSITIVE, HOSPITAL ASKS FOR 50K

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Mumbai constable tests Covid positive e
Hospital refuses admission unless 50 K is paid
Senior police officials do not help

As covid-19 cases surge in India, many in the first line of defence are falling prey to the virus. A 31-...

TEST THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND LET THEM GO IF POSSIBLE: BOMBAY HIGH COURT

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Maharashtra receives thousands of migrant daily wage earners every month
Mumbai in Maharashtra currently is one of the worst-hit cities by covid-19

Mumbai is not immune to the coronavirus. It is one of the worst-hit in India. ...

BERLIN MAY NOT RELAX ITS LOCK DOWN TILL APRIL 27 2020: MAYOR MICHAEL MULLER

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Mayor Muller states that until April 27, 2020, Berlin will not relax the lockdown
Chancellor Merkel says all the states will strictly adhere to social distancing until May 3 2020
Schools to reopen on May 4 2020

With 133,456 cor...

KERALA STAUNCHES SECONDARY SPREAD OF COVID-19: WINS PRAISES

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Kerala handles coronavirus
Stops secondary spread
Has more recoveries than infected people

Kerala’s state finance minister had tweeted that the state’s coronavirus graph has finally flattened...

INDIA’S LOCK DOWN NOT LIKELY TO END ON APRIL 14 2020

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India’s coronavirus cases still on the rise
PM video conferences with opposition leaders of the floor for a discussion
Informs lockdown unlikely to be lifted on April 14 2020

Given the statistics of India and the spread o...

PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IMPOSES CURFEW IN 5 ZONES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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• Pune Municipal Corporation imposes curfew in 5 zones

• Grocery shops will be open from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

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US REQUESTS INDIA FOR HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A COVID-19 TREATMENT

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The Indian PM had banned hydroxychloroquine from being exported last Saturday
India to rethink about exporting the drug.

Indi produces hydroxychloroquine in abundance and the US needs it today. The US has already approve...

AMIDST RISING COVID-19 CASES, MICHIGAN’S HOSPITALS TO RUN DRY OF SUPPLIES

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Michigan registers more cases as testing increases
Hospitals have stocks that will run for not more than a week

Michigan’s count of corona virus-positive cases remain high as the state increased its testing rate. T...

INDIA FINDS MOST COVID -19 CASES IN THE AGE BRACKET OF 21 -40 yrs

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India’s age profiling study of the covid -19 profiles the most cases in the age group of 21-40
Retired doctors and the ones in the Indian Army comes out to volunteer their services to fight covid-19

While India was locked down...

GCC MEETS VIRTUALLY: SAUDI EXTENDS 3 MONTHS FOR THE EXPATRIATES

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GCC holds its virtual meeting
The GCC nations will sea, air and land routes open to each other for transportation of goods

Commerce ministers of the Gulf operation council (GCC) held a virtual meeting to discuss the econ...

NEEDLE & THREADS: BRIGHT FACE MASKS FOR THE NEEDY

HIGHLIGHTS:

Amy Curnutt found her calling for community work when she got laid off
She makes bright and pretty face masks
Giving back to the community is a service

Being inspired is a sudden realization and doing what makes you...

AIR INDIA TO CANCEL BOOKINGS UNTIL THE END OF APRIL 2020

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Air India will not take any bookings until the end of April 2020
These instructions to the national carrier come from the government
The private flights have not been issued any such instructions

The 21-day lockdown calle...

WHO CHIEF ALL PRAISES FOR MODI’S Rs $24 Bn SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAM

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In the light of the coronavirus lock down the Indian economy is suffering
People have lost jobs and the daily wage earner has
The package announced by Modi will take care of the basic needs of the poor and needy.

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