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Coronavirus Outbreak: Deaths rise by 602 in a day in Italy, taking toll to 6,078; total number of confirmed cases 63,927 till yesterday
• 5 years agoOn Sunday, 651 people died. That followed 793 on Saturday and 627 on Friday in Italy
Coronavirus Outbreak: 'Stay safe or go to jail'; Gautam Gambhir warns quarantine offenders
• 5 years ago'Don't be a threat to society. We are fighting for our existence, not for our livelihood. Follow the government's lockdown guidelines', Gautam Gambhir added
Coronavirus Outbreak: 'Could've told us earlier'; Donald Trump slams China for being secretive about the pandemic
• 5 years ago'They should have told us about this', Donald Trump told reporters at a press conference in the White House on Sunday during a briefing on his administration's coronavirus response
Coronavirus Outbreak: Mamata Banerjee urges Narendra Modi to stop all flights from landing in West Bengal
• 5 years agoWest Bengal on Sunday announced a partial lockdown from 5 pm on Monday till 27 March midnight, in an attempt to arrest the spread of the viral disease
Coronavirus Outbreak: Delhi Bar Council says high court should consider total shutdown till 31 March
• 5 years agoIt also suggested that no advocates, their staff or litigants be allowed to enter the court premises, except for urgent matters and said that the entire premises should be sanitised periodically
Home quarantine stamped people to be arrested if found in public places, says Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao
• 5 years agoAccording to officials, the stamped people should remain quarantined at home, the default period being 14 days
Ernakulam Medical College in Kerala's Kochi to be transformed into full-fledged COVID-19 treatment centre
• 5 years agoFrom now on, only the emergency Out Patient (OP) wing and dialysis unit will work at the hospital
Coronavirus outbreak: Centre asks states to enforce lockdown strictly to prevent spread, take legal action against violators
• 5 years agoThis comes just an hour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the public to take the lockdown seriously and urged the state government to ensure that rules and laws are followed
Delhi sees dip in pollution as vehicles go off road amid lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak
• 5 years agoAccording to the Central Pollution Control Board data, the city's overall air quality index at 9 am stood at 112, which falls in the 'moderate' category
Telangana Railway Police registers cases against five for flouting home quarantine and travelling; all had been sent to hospitals, say officials
• 5 years agoAll five passengers had been allegedly violating the government's orders by using public transport despite being advised home quarantine on their return to Hyderabad from abroad.