7.37 am: Air India cancels flights to Italy and Korea till March 28 and March 25 respectively, reports ANI. 7.30 am: Indian Embassy in ...

7.37 am: Air India cancels flights to Italy and Korea till March 28 and March 25 respectively, reports ANI.
7.30 am: Indian Embassy in United States issues an advisory on travel to India amid the spread of coronavirus.
Indian Embassy in United States issued an advisory on travel to India, in the wake of #CoronaVirus. pic.twitter.com/WkOLh5Tenb
— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2020
7.28 am: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor says on Twitter. “To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus and were found to be positive,” Hanks adds.
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 12, 2020
7.20 am: United States President Donald Trump announces that he would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reports AFP. “To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,” he says in a televised address to the nation. “The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight.”
However, he specifies that the restriction would not apply to the United Kingdom.
Here are the top updates from Wednesday:
- The government said it will suspend all tourist visas to the country in a wide-reaching...