The Latest Update on Coronavirus

Over 15 lakh people have been screened across the country for coronavirus. Around 10.2 lakh people have been screened in the villages of Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim bordering Nepal. 

About 25,000 people have returned from countries affected by coronavirus and have been advised isolation at home and district surveillance officers are constantly taking an update on symptoms of the disease, if any.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, under the travel advisory, existing visas including e- visas will stay suspended for Iran and China. He advised Indians to avoid non- essential travel to China, Korea, Iran, Singapore, Italy. He also admitted that to tackle the situation, 15 new laboratories have been made operational.

Two cases confirmed in India- one in National Capital Region and other one in Telangana. One more positive case is suspected of an Italian tourist in Jaipur, confirmation is awaited. The person from Delhi had travelled to Italy, he is being diagnosed at RML Hospital. The other person with the coronavirus infection from Telangana has travel history to Dubai.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicted that the world economy may slow down due to a virus, for the first time since the international financial crisis more than a decade ago.

The Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Monday became the latest sporting event to be affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, pushed from April to September in the wake of the deadly disease which is spreading across the world.

The tournament, which was scheduled to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from April 11 to 18, will now be held from September 24 to October 3

Health Minister told 12,431 people screened at major and minor seaports. 

India’s sun Pharma flags hypertension drug shortage due to supply constraint. 

Global Impact

• The US recorded 88 positive cases so far and death toll raised from two to six
• Iran raises to 66 death toll
• Coronavirus cases in Seoul near 100
• Egypt detects its second new case
• The government of Vietnam has decide to temporarily suspend visa exemption for citizens from Italy from March 3 amid fast rising COVID-19 infections in the European country
• Berlin reports first case of the virus and the toll has crossed 3,000
• Two people are tested positive for the virus in Florida and so the state declared a public health emergency
• Pakistan confirms fifth coronavirus case
• China gives citizens color code- green, yellow, red- that indicates their health status and reports 125 new cases.
• Indonesia reported its first confirmed cases of coronavirus 
• South Korea reported 600 new coronavirus cases, raising total to 4,812
• Canada’s total number of coronavirus cases rose to more than 20 over the weekend as Ontario, Quebec and British.
• Scottish government confirms first coronavirus case
• World economy conference with Pope Francis postponed due to coronavirus
• French coronavirus cases rise to 130
• Over 88,000 infected globally, more than 3,000 dead. 

Over to you

India’s weather may have been acting as a shield against Covid-19, which has already taken almost more than 3,000 lives across the globe, as experts believe. But there may also lie consequences of ‘silent transmission’ of nCoV in the country.