8.10 am: The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration in Uttar Pradesh issues an order saying that any worker or employee infected with ...

8.10 am: The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration in Uttar Pradesh issues an order saying that any worker or employee infected with Covid-19 in Noida and Greater Noida will get 28 days of paid leave from their employer, PTI reports. The administration orders shops, industries and factories that are closed because of the ongoing lockdown to give daily wages along with leave to their workers.
8.07 am: The number of deaths in the United States crosses 2,000, according to Johns Hopkins data.
8.02 am: The toll in Turkey crosses 100, says Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
Türkiye'nin Günlük Koronavirüs Tablosu’nu, HER AKŞAM YENİLENEN VERİLERLE burada ve aşağıda paylaştığım linkte görebilirsiniz. Doğru ve detaylı bilgi bu iki kaynakta.
— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) March 28, 2020
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8 am: Spain will halt all nonessential economic activity for two weeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says.
7.30 am: Here are the top updates from Saturday:
- The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in its 5.45 pm update said there are 918 cases of the coronavirus in the country so far. Of these, 819 are active cases, 79 have recovered, and 19 people have died. One person has left the country.
- A 69-year-old man, who tested positive for the coronavirus, died in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Saturday. This is the first Covid-19...