New Delhi:
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Wednesday. 5:37 p.m.
Nepal’s COVID-19 tally crosses 14,000-mark. 5:26 p.m.
India invites Dutch firms for investments in healthcare and agriculture sectors. Experts suggest treating asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID patients in home isolation.
5:12 p.m. Nashik records 18 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 4,270.
5:05 p.m. Scientists identify molecules that may block key COVID-19 drug target.
4:49 p.m. CM Arvind Kejriwal says COVID-19 situation is brought under control with joint efforts of Delhi & central governments.
4:31 p.m. The number of COVID-19 cases might increase in UP after a campaign to test people starts from Thursday, but it will certainly help in reducing deaths, says CM Yogi Adityanath.
Shopping malls reopen in Indore with slew of restrictions. UP’s COVID-19 tally crosses 24,000-mark and death toll mounts to 718.
4:14 p.m. Made in India ventilators have Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure mode, says Union Health Ministry.
AP reports 657 new COVID-19 cases as tally crosses 15,000 mark in the state. 3:59 p.m.
HC seeks government’s reply on disposal of COVID-19 biomedical waste. 3:48 p.m.
Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar says the state will open to domestic tourists from July 2. 3:35 p.m.
Pune civic body is set to start rapid antigen tests. Physical distancing over six feet may be essential to prevent COVID-19 transmission, says study.
3:29 p.m. Woman who returned from India tests COVID-19 positive in Singapore.
3:04 p.m. Indian banks may face asset quality and earning pressure for at least two years, says report.
2:43 p.m. Long road ahead for export recovery, says report.
Indian Navy repatriates over 600 Indians from Iran. 2:36 p.m.
COVID-19 cases in Thane district nearly doubled in 15 days, data reveals. 2:34 p.m.
Section 144 imposed in Mumbai to check rising COVID-19 cases. 2:28 p.m.
Second group of COVID-negative Pakistan players are set to depart for UK on Friday. 2:24 p.m.
Aamir Khan’s mother tests negative for COVID-19. 2:13 p.m.
As many as 15 inmates of Bengal prison test positive for COVID-19. SC refuses to entertain bail plea of COVID-19 positive convict in 1984 riots case.
2:07 p.m. AIIMS doctors team up with IIT-Delhi to launch app for patients needing plasma therapy.
1:50 p.m. Fighting coronavirus is physically challenging and mentally tiring, say health workers.
1:42 p.m. COVID-19 situation in Delhi is not ‘terrible’, more people recovering now, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
1:37 p.m. The ILO has warned that if another COVID-19 wave hits in the second half of 2020, there would be global working-hour loss of 11.9 per cent — equivalent to the loss of 340 million full-time jobs.
1:34 p.m. The Tripura government announces a 24-hour complete lockdown to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories announces partnership with Tokyo-based Fujifilm Corporation and Dubai-based Global Response Aid for the development, manufacture, and sales of Avigan Tablets (favipiravir), a potential treatment of COVID-19. Scientists identify best material for making homemade masks to prevent COVID-19 spread.
1:28 p.m. A BJP MLA from Goa tests positive for coronavirus, official says.
1:19 p.m. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane thanks doctors for service amid COVID-19 pandemic.
1:14 p.m. COVID-19 death toll in Maharashtra Police force reaches 60.
1:11 p.m. A 49-year-old Delhi Police Inspector dies due to COVID-19.
1:05 p.m. Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rises to 7,316.
1:04 p.m. Rajasthan records 78 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of infections to 18,092 in the state.
12:59 p.m. Majority of hotel operators expect up to two years for revenue recovery, JLL survey says.
12:02 p.m. COVID-19 highlights ‘urgent need’ for focused policy action to protect vulnerable groups, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T S Tirumurti says.
11:45 a.m. Puducherry reports 30 fresh cases of COVID-19, pushing UT’s tally to 739.
11:25 a.m. India records 507 deaths due to COVID-19 in a single day with 18,653 new infections.
11:03 a.m. Coronavirus may infect heart cells of COVID-19 patients, scientists say.
10:49 a.m. Vodafone Idea posts highest-ever loss by an Indian firm at Rs 73,878 crores in FY20.
10:34 a.m. More than 1,900 people who have returned to Mizoram from different parts of the country, have lost their jobs due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, official says.
10:24 a.m. Two premier Siddha institutes begin efforts to create largest database on Siddha treatment focusing on COVID-19.
9:25 a.m. A BJP MLA from Goa has tested positive for coronavirus, an official says.
