7.35 am: China reports no new local cases for a second straight day. 7.32 am: California’s governor issues a statewide “stay at home” or...
7.35 am: China reports no new local cases for a second straight day.
7.32 am: California’s governor issues a statewide “stay at home” order to residents. The Los Angeles mayor also issues a similar order. “We’re taking this urgent action to limit the spread of COVID-19 and save lives,” says Mayor Eric Garcetti during a news conference.
7.31 am: Tesla Inc will suspend production in its San Francisco Bay Area vehicle factory on March 24, reports Reuters.
7.30 am: The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy has been put under lockdown after two India Forest Service trainees were found positive, Director General of Uttarakhand Health Department Amita Upreti tells ANI.
6.58 am: The Chhattisgarh government has issued a show-cause notice to a leading private hospital in Raipur for allegedly forcibly discharging a suspected coronavirus patient without following due procedure. The hospital, however, claims the patient’s family took her away on their own accord. According to her medical records reviewed by Scroll.in, her complaints included shortness of breath, fever and a dry cough.
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6.57 am: South Korea reports 87 new cases of coronavirus.
6.51 am: Argentina announces lockdown until 31 March. The country has so far recorded 128 cases including three deaths, reports The Guardian.
6.50 am: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 3,404 new cases. The toll has risen...
