8.55 am: A 68-year-old man has died in Kerala, PTI reports citing the state government. The medical superintendent of the Government Medic...
8.55 am: A 68-year-old man has died in Kerala, PTI reports citing the state government. The medical superintendent of the Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram tells ANI that the patient suffered kidney failure.
8.12 am: The toll from the coronavirus pandemic in United States has crossed 3,000, reports AFP.
8.10 am: There are 37,639 virus-linked deaths globally and the number of confirmed cases is 7,84,716, according to Johns Hopkins university’s update.
8.08 am: World Bank warns that millions could be driven into poverty in Asia due to the coronavirus pandemic, reports AFP.
8.05 am: Italy’s government says it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against the coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until April 12, reports Reuters. Italians have been under lockdown for three weeks, with most shops, bars and restaurants shut and people forbidden from leaving their homes for all but non-essential needs.
8 am: People continue to board buses in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi for a coronavirus checkup.
As Scroll.in reported previously, thousands of Indians and hundreds of foreigners had attended the conference that took place on March 9 and 10 in the densely populated Nizamuddin area of Delhi. Many of them fanned out across the country to recruit people after this, raising concerns about the scale of the potential spread of infection at the conference.
