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IndiaSpend reported, "Another death due to COVID-19 has been reported in Maharashtra, increasing the state’s tally to three and country’s to ten. Total COVID19 cases in India have reached 606 as of 25 March."
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The US Justice Department was quoted by Politico as saying that the people who are "intentionally spreading" the novel coronavirus could face charges under the US' federal terrorism laws.
"In a memo to top Justice Department leaders, law enforcement agency chiefs and US Attorneys across the country, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said prosecutors and investigators could come across cases of “purposeful exposure and infection of others with COVID-19," the report said.
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The number of coronavirus cases in the United States jumped by nearly 10,000 while about 150 Americans died in a day even as President Donald Trump hoped to reopen the country's economy by Easter, 12 April.
With millions of Americans under lockdown, the National Guard, as well as the armed forces, were pressed into service in several states such as New York which saw at least 53 deaths and about 5,000 new cases on Tuesday. New York has so far reported more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases and 210 fatalities.
According to Worldometer, a website that compiles COVID-19 cases, nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases were reported across the country on Tuesday alone taking the total to around 54,000 while the number of fatalities surged by 150 in a day bringing its total to about 700.
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"In view of COVID19, it has been ordered to temporarily suspend the collection of toll at all toll plaza across India. This will not only reduce inconvenience to the supply of emergency services but also save critical time," Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways said on Wednesday.
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A total of 25,144 samples from 24,254 people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Wednesday. Of which, 581 people have tested positive.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel has tested negative for the novel coronavirus in a second test, CNN reported on Wednesday.
"The Chancellor's second coronavirus test was negative. She continues to work from home and there she will be tested again at the beginning of next week,'' the spokesperson confirmed.
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Spain deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo reportedly tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. "She had tested negative in previous tests, the statement said, but doctors didn't think those provided conclusive data. Calvo is receiving medical treatment and progressing favorably, the statement said. She's in quarantine at a hospital," CNN reported.
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Two coronavirus positive cases were reported in Telangana on Wednesday, taking total positive cases in the state to 41. The first case, a woman in Hyderabad, is the family/primary contact of a positive case. The second case, a 3-year-old boy, has a travel history to Saudi Arabia, the Telangana government said.
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Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday directed the Labour and Employment department to release Rs 1,000 to each of 3.50 lakh workers registered with Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board for purchase of ration during the 21 days lockdown period.
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Reports said that the Noida Police has been directed that the online delivery services Grofers, Milk Basket, Zomato, Big Basket, Harvest Gold, Easy Day, and Spencer will be allowed to operate their services in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.
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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised the government over its denial of restoring 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir.
If you are going to restore our 4G then please just go ahead & do it. Stop messing with our heads with these “orders” “fake orders” & “denials”. Why should we be made to feel like beggars for restoration of basic services the rest of the nation take for granted?
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 25, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Repeat samples of three people, admitted at Pune's Naidu Hospital, have tested negative for COVID-19. They will be discharged from the hospital following due process, ANI reported.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday refuted reports of the restoration of 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir. The statement said, "Neither the Ministry of Home Affairs nor the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued any such orders. The news report is not true."
Director of AIIMS in Delhi said that the institute is going to start a "tele-consultation facility". "Our follow-up patients can consult doctors through telephone. Several patients had appointments which are now cancelled. Chronic patients can consult doctors through this facility."
"This will be rolled out in a day or two. Every department will have some doctors who will resolve the health related issues of the follow-up patients. All health services personnel — doctors, nursing officers, OT technicians, administrative staff, have been working 24/7. Some are monitoring patients in Jhajjar, some are making preparations to look after COVID patients for which we've done several rehearsals," he added.
The first two COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra were discharged from hospital after their full recovery from the disease, as confirmed by 2 successive negative samples during follow-up period, the state public health department said.
The total number of coronavirus positive cases have risen to 606 in India (including 553 active cases, 42 cured/discharged people and 10 deaths), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi, noting reports of doctors facing discrimination because of treating coronavirus patients in several parts of the country, said that he is very pained with discriminatory behaviour against the staff of essential services. Warning against discrimination, he said that "people in white coats and doctors are like God right now, they are protecting us". He also appealed for help towards the underprivileged. "Everyone must strive to help at least nine people during nine days of Navratri."
Reports on Wednesday said that four more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the Kashmir Valley. Reportedly, all the patients are from the Bandipora district.
"Preliminary findings suggest they were close contacts of Srinagar patient who tested positive yesterday. All 5 reported to have participated together in religious event. Total 8 Positive cases in Kashmir now," a report by News18 Urdu said.
The Madhya Pradesh government said that a journalist who attended former chief minister Kamal Nath's press conference on 20 March has tested positive for coronavirus and advised all other attendees to "immediately" self-quarantine and stay away from their family members.
"If anybody wants to know more can call 0755-2704201 for further details," the statement said.
The Government of India has suspended data collection for updation of the National Population Register and the first phase of Census 2021. The exercise will remain suspended until further orders, ANI reported.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the people not to panic about the availability of essential commodities during the 21-day nationwide lockdown. Further, a helpline number 011-23469536 to reach the police commissioner's office has been announced for use by those facing any non-cooperation from the cops.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat has gone up to 38 as three more people tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, a health department official said. With this, the total number of cases in Ahmedabad is 14, Surat and Vadodara-seven each, Gandhinagar-six, Rajkot-three, and Kutch-one.
The exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census-2021 have been deferred indefinitely due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported five new coronavirus cases since Tuesday night, taking the number of cases in the state to 112, the highest in the country so far, officials said.
Five persons admitted in different hospitals of Indore have tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh to 14, health officials said on Wednesday. None of the patients in Indore have a history of travel abroad.
A 33-year-old resident of Pilibhit has been tested positive for coronaVirus on Wednesday. "He doesn't have any travel history, it is a confirmed case of contact transmission," Dr Sudhir Singh, King George's Medical University, Lucknow told ANI. The number of coronavirus cases reached 562 in India, with active cases stand at 512, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. This includes 40 cured/discharged patients and 9 deaths.
Another person test positive for coronavirus in Patna's Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, taking the total number of cases to 4 in Bihar. While the government, amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, banned the export of anti-malarial drug hydroxycloroquine, with immediate effect to ensure sufficient availability of the medicine in the domestic market.
The Centre has asked the state governments to ensure unhindered operation of essential services and their seamless availability for the general public during the 21-day lockdown period announced to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
A nationwide lockdown for 21 days announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect from Tuesday midnight. He asserted that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus.
In his second address to the nation on the pandemic raging across much of the world with the number of infections rising in India, Modi made a fervent appeal to the countrymen not to cross the 'lakshman rekha' of their homes in the next three weeks.
Any negligence in these 21 days will "push the country and your families by 21 years", he said underlining the massive danger the coronavirus poses.
The experience of countries, which have been able to contain the virus to some extent and experts' views have made it clear that social distancing caused by a lockdown is the only way to break the cycle of the infection, he said.
This is the only ray of light, he asserted. "To save India, to save every Indian, there will be a complete ban on people from stepping outside their houses from 12 midnight today," he said.
"Lockdown is being imposed on every state, union territory, district, village, mohalla and street," he added.
The lockdown will be like "curfew" and more stringent than the 'janata curfew', which the country had observed on Sunday, he said, adding it will have an economic cost but saving people's lives is of the paramount interest to his government.
A lockdown in most of the country was already in place till 31 March, and Modi's announcement extended it everywhere and for two more weeks after this month.
Modi folded his hands a few times to emphasise his request to citizens to adhere to his call, saying it is applicable to everyone from the prime minister to a citizen in a village.
Even countries like Italy, France and the US with world class infrastructure have been left helpless due to the spread of the disease despite their relentless efforts, he said, emphasising the gravity of the situation.
Some people suffer from this wrong mindset that only infected persons need to follow social distancing, he said, warning that such a view can endanger lives of others and their families.
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