7.29 am: Odisha reports 58 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 352, according to ANI. 7.27 am...
7.29 am: Odisha reports 58 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 352, according to ANI.
7.27 am: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that it is formulating a policy to provide employment to the 20 lakh migrant workers expected to return to the state amid the nationwide lockdown to rein in the coronavirus pandemic, The Indian Express reports. Many of the migrants are already back in the state.
7.25 am: Five labourers have died and 11 others have been injured after the truck they were travelling in overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Patha village on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, reports ANI.
7.22 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that it will initiate a study in the worst-affected 75 hotspot districts to check for community transmission of the coronavirus, reports PTI. “As a part of the study, people from red, orange and green zones in a district will be tested for Covid-19 at random to check whether they have developed antibodies against the infection even though they remained asymptomatic or showed mild symptoms,” says an official.
7.20 am: Kerala will observe a complete lockdown today, reports NDTV. Nothing will be allowed to operate except essential services. “With a view to...
