9.09 am: Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre , revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, was shut...
9.09 am: Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, was shut on Wednesday for a week, as a precaution against the coronavirus, reports AFP.
9.05 am: France registers 1,331 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, a jump of 231 from the day before, reports AFP.
9 am: Health officials in Madhya Pradesh say five more patients in Indore hospitals test positive for Covid-19, reports PTI. This takes the total number of cases in the state to 20. This includes a Ujjain-based woman, who died on Wednesday in Indore, say officials.
8.58 am: The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States has reached 60,115, while 827 people have died so far, according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
8.52 am: Here’s what celebrities are doing during lockdown:
Actor Ryan Reynolds parodies (other) celebrities but also provides information
Home concert: Farida Khanum, Rekha Bhardwaj and Ali Sethi jam via Instagram
8.48 am: New York City in US takes aggressive measures to battle the coronavirus crisis, closing streets and asking people to stop playing basketball and other contact sports in public parks, reports Reuters. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says more than 30,800 people have tested positive for the virus in his state.
8.42 am: The total number of positive coronavirus cases...
