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Stay indoors or will issue shoot-at-sight order, warns Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao amid state lockdown
• 5 years agoTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, requesting public support, advised them not to let the situation slip into the imposition of drastic measures like promulgation of total curfew, issuing shoot at sight orders or calling in the Army to keep the situation under control.
Coronavirus Outbreak: 353 detained in 24 hours in Gujarat for violating lockdown, home quarantine, says police
• 5 years agoThose detained include people who violated home quarantine norms, director general of police Shivanand Jha said
Coronavirus Outbreak: Norwegian Refugee Council says worldwide travel bans preventing it from reaching people in West Asian conflict zones
• 5 years agoThe Norwegian Refugee Council said it was unable to reach people in Syria, Yemen and the Gaza Strip, where authorities have imposed strict measures to halt the spread of the virus
Coronavirus Outbreak: Strong social distancing measures best way to contain spread of COVID-19, says Lancet study
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe combined approach of social distancing comprising quarantine, school closure, and workplace measures, is the most effective way to fight coronavirus, a study published in The Lancet said
Coronavirus Outbreak: Delhi HC directs MEA to ensure safety of Indian students stranded at Kazakhstan's Almaty Airport, provide them food, medical aid
• 5 years agoA bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh, which conducted the hearing through video conferencing, asked the authorities to expeditiously provide students basic amenities and humanitarian assistance
Coronavirus Outbreak: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Indonesia sees deficit in hospital beds, medical staff, ICU; 55 dead so far
• 5 years agoHealth experts say Indonesia faces a surge in coronavirus cases after a slow government response masked the scale of the outbreak in the world’s fourth most populous country
21-day lockdown a 'watershed moment' in battle against coronavirus, must extend support to Centre, says P Chidambaram
• 5 years agoChidambaram also suggested a 10-point plan to put money in the bank accounts of the poor and the marginalised, including farmers and labourers
Coronavirus Outbreak: Amid 21-day locksdown, India bans Hydroxychloroquine export, drug to be used to treat medical staff handling COVID-19 cases
• 5 years agoICMR had on Monday recommended the use of hydroxychloroquine for treating healthcare workers handling suspected or confirmed coronavirus cases
Coronavirus Outbreak: NPR updation exercise deferred after 21-day lockdown announced by Narendra Modi
• 5 years agoDue to the prevailing situation, the NPR and Census exercises have been deferred till further orders, a senior home ministry official said
Coronavirus Outbreak: Johns Hopkins University interactive map tracks Covid-19 globally as it unfolds
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe map is maintained in near real-time throughout the day through a combination of manual and automated updating.