8.09 am: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up an 18-member committee led by Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh to monitor the overall ...
8.09 am: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up an 18-member committee led by Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh to monitor the overall situation in the state, PTI reports. The state government has also issued directives to all the districts asking them to maintain round the clock vigil to identify any suspected case of the virus. Samples of 137 people have been sent for testing, of which 109 have been negative and results for 28 others are awaited.
8 am: The toll in the United States has risen to 11 on Wednesday, with an elderly person who had taken a cruise to Mexico becoming the first individual to die in California state, AFP reported. Meanwhile, Washington state, which has recorded all the other deaths, has reported its 10th fatality on Wednesday.
7.55 am: Sirsa Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Viresh Bhushan says that the Haryana town has so far sent three samples for testing, but all of them have turned out to be negative, ANI reports. He adds that a person who had travelled to Italy and had symptoms of cold and cough was tested negative for the illness.
7.50 am: China has reported 139 new cases of the virus on Wednesday, according to the South China Morning Post. As many as 31 new deaths have been reported,...
