8.24 am: China reports 17 new coronavirus cases, according to Reuters. Fourteen of these cases are from Beijing. 8.23 am: United States...
8.24 am: China reports 17 new coronavirus cases, according to Reuters. Fourteen of these cases are from Beijing.
8.23 am: United States’ tally crosses 25 lakh.
#UPDATES There were 2,500,419 confirmed cases in the US, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University , with US deaths now exceeding 125,000, approximately one-fourth the world total of over 495,000 pic.twitter.com/7CH1pxIoJ0
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 28, 2020
8.20 am: Here are the top updates from Saturday:
- The Centre allowed the use of the drug dexamethasone to treat coronavirus patients with severe and moderate symptoms.
- A first information report was filed against yoga guru Ramdev, the chief executive officer of Patanjali Acharya Balkrishna, and three others in Jaipur for allegedly making misleading claims that they have found a herbal cure for the coronavirus
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in its 2020 World Drug Report, has highlighted a wide range of possible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on illegal drug production, supply and consumption.
- The coronavirus outbreak, which brought India’s financial capital Mumbai to a standstill, appeared to slow down after the doubling rate increased from 30 to 41 days. A report by the city’s civic authority said the prevention plan has been effective due to aggressive testing and isolation strategy.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed India was in...
