9 am: United States Vice President Mike Pence says 21 people on a stranded US cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus, AFP r...
9 am: United States Vice President Mike Pence says 21 people on a stranded US cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus, AFP reports. He says among those infected are 19 passengers and two crew members. Pence says the ship will be brought to a non-commercial dock this weekend and all 3,533 passengers and crew will be tested.
8.57 am: As many as 28 new deaths took place in China on Friday, the South China Morning Post reports. Just 99 more cases were recorded by Saturday morning, the lowest in over a month.
8.53 am: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday, ANI reports.
8.51 am: Baghpat Chief Medical Officer RK Tandon says a person who had travelled to Jaipur and had cold and cough was sent to an isolation ward as he did not want to enter a hospital, ANI reports. “His test report will come in 2-3 days,” Tandon says. “He has been told that he should stay home under observation.”
8.45 am: Here are the biggest updates from Friday:
- The number of coronavirus cases across the globe crossed 1 lakh, and the number in India rose to 31.
- The Asian Development Bank says the global losses due to the coronavirus outbreak could be about $156 billion, of...
