Coronavirus India Updates: Total Covid-19 Cases Cross 56,000; Nearly 1,900 Dead
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The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 56,000-mark today as the country reported over 3,000 cases for the second straight day.
India reported 3,390 new cases in 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s 8 a.m. update today, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 56,342. This includes more than 16,540 people cured and 1,886 people dead.
The country has added over 20,000 cases in the first eight days of May alone.
To contain the spread of coronavirus in Surat, Gujarat, the city’s civic authorities on Thursday announced that all shops selling vegetables and fruits will remain closed in the city from May 9 - 14. The announcement came a day after Ahmedabad civic authorities ordered closure of all shops, except those selling milk and medicines, for a week.
Global Update:
U.S. fatalities from the novel coronavirus topped 75,000 and the World Health Organization said as many as 190,000 people in Africa could die if containment measures aren’t properly implemented. Globally, total cases passed 3.8 million while deaths topped 269,000, according to John Hopkins data.
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Vashi APMC To Shut From May 11 To May 17
The Vashi APMC markets, a key hub for Mumbai and adjoining areas’ food supply, will be shut from May 11 to May 17 to contain the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the city.
All five markets at Vashi APMC will remain shut and be disinfected.
CBSE To Conduct Exams In July
#WATCH CBSE will conduct pending class 10th and 12th board exams from July 1st to July 15th: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal pic.twitter.com/JTW2067cvQ
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2020
India May Expand Scope Of Repatriation Mission
India may expand the scope of countries from where citizens will be repatriated, ANI reported citing sources.
State-wise break-up of repatriation requests in descending order - Kerala (25,246), Tamil Nadu (6,617), Maharashtra (4,341), Uttar Pradesh (3,715), Rajasthan (3,320), Telangana (2,796), Karnataka (2,786), Andhra Pradesh (2,445), Gujarat (2,330) and Delhi (2,232): Sources
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2020
Mumbai Inovokes Century-Old Law
Mumbai is inovoking a colonoial era making it compulsory for private doctors to sign up for minimum two weeks duty at any state-run hospitals.
Letters have been sent to 75,000 doctors with private practice in Mumbai. Defying the order could mean prosecution and imprisonment under the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 and losing their license to practice medicine.
1st Batch Of 168 Indian Students Stranded In Bangladesh Leaves For Home
The first batch of 168 Indian students, stranded in Bangladesh due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions, left for home on Friday on board a special Air India flight, officials said here.
The evacuation flight carrying the students from here will land in Srinagar directly.
More such flights are also being readied by the authorities to facilitate other Indians as part of the Operation Vande Bharat - A homecoming', India's massive repatriation operation to bring home its citizens stranded abroad.