7.39 am: China’s aviation regulator says it will resume direct flights to Beijing from eight countries including Thailand, Cambodia, Gree...
7.39 am: China’s aviation regulator says it will resume direct flights to Beijing from eight countries including Thailand, Cambodia, Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Canada from September 3 amid the coronavirus crisis, reports Reuters.
7.37 am: The Civil Aviation Ministry has said that international passengers who have to take connecting domestic flights after landing in India will be able to get themselves tested for the coronavirus at the entry points, reports PTI.
7.35 am: The Donald Trump administration in US has urged states to get ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by November 1 – two days before the presidential election, reports AFP. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has states to consider waiving requirements that would “prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by November 1, 2020.”
7.30 am: Here are the top updates from Wednesday:
- India’s coronavirus count touched 37,69,523 with 78,357 new cases. The toll rose by 1,045 to 66,333. As many as 29,01,908 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 76.98%. The fatality rate has declined to 1.76%. There are 8,01,282, active cases in the country, comprising 21.26% of the total caseload.
- Maharashtra registered its biggest-single day rise of 17,433 new cases, taking the state’s tally to 8,25,739. The...
