New Delhi: As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread it has now effected more than 5 lakh 93 thousand people worldwide and killed more than 27,000 people. In India, the number of infected cases are 873 with 19 deaths, India recorded 149 new cases on Friday.
Yesterday, in a press conference the Reserve Bank of India cut the Repo Rate by 75 basis points to 4.4 per cent and slashed Reverse Repo Rate by 90 basis points to 4 per cent as part of measures to ease the pain on banks and industries.
Also, the RBI governor appelaed to citizens to not resort to panic withdrawal from private banks amid country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. India is under a 21-day lockdown period to fight COVID-19 and social distancing is one of the suggested measures to stop the spread of this virus.
There have been several myths and false ideas being propagated about the coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak,
Migrant workers at Ghaziabad’s Lal Kuan, making their way back home to their native places amidst the 21-day lockdown period.
Maharashtra Congress president and state revenue minister Bala Saheb Thorat tweeted that he has communicated to all senior Congress leaders, Ministers, MPs, MLAs, District Magistrates and office bearers to help daily wage migrant labourers stuck while on their home amid nation-wide lockdown.
Andhra and Karnataka govts carry out joint quarantine operations for migrant labourers amid lockdown due to coronavirus COVID-19.
the Central government has prepared a relief package on electricity amid the coronavirus scare, relief from penalty charges due to late filling of electricity bill. Also, for power distribution companies 50% relief in advance security deposit.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar took to twitter to announce that farmers won’t suffer because of the 21-day lockdown.
The UP government has arranged 1000 buses to transport the trapped people to their homes.
As many as 491 vehicles have been sent with fruits and vegetables in Gautam Buddha Nagar so that everyone can get fresh fruits and vegetables while under lockdown.
Lockdown scene near Lucknow-Barabanki Border.
MP Nusrat Jahan today visited Chetla Market in Ward No. 82 in Kolkata, in her neighbourhood, for household shopping. She urged people to practice social distancing in the market places and stand in the designated marked circles. She also enquired about availability of househood products and requested the vendors to sell at fair prices.
Total coronavirus cases in Maharashtra is at 159, with five new cases reported from Mumbai and one from Nagpur.
A huge crowd of people gathered at UP border on Friday waiting to return to their native place amid lockdown due to coronavirus scare. They were seen boarding inter state trucks carrying essential items like milk and vegetables to get home.
Delhi Police have issued an advisory regarding cybercrimes in the wake of coronavirus COVID-19, warning people against fraud and scam schemes.
The Ministry of Health on Friday released the standard operating procedure (SOP) for reallocation of residents, PG students and nursing students as part of hospital management amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. As per the guidelines in SOP, the hospital may be divided into three broad zones – non covid area, covid area looking after patients with mild to moderate illness and critical area like the ICU.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North West Vijayanta Arya and her team have taken responsibility for providing essential items to refugees from Pakistan living at a camp in Majlis Park for during the 21-day lockdown period. “There are around 280 families at this refugee camp in Majlis Park… We got information that these people are in great need… We will provide the essential items including food and medicine,” said Arya. She said that all have to work together to combat COVID-19 and it is a collective responsibility to help the needy.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the historic $2 trillion rescue package to help the Americans and secure the country’s economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 100,000 people across the nation. “Help is on the way,” Trump assured his countrymen as he signed the Bill in the Oval Office at the White House.
The World Health organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that more than a hundred thousand people have recovered of coronavirus. Talking about the global data he said, ”There are now, more than half a million confirmed cases of #COVID19 and more than 20,000 deaths. These are tragic numbers, but let us also remember that around the world, more than a hundred thousand people have recovered.’
Globally, the United States of America, the world superpower, tops the positive cases with 101,657 at 6.35am(IST) as per data recorded by Johns Hopkins University. The US has left China way behind and the death toll has been the maximum in Italy.
Bureau Report
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