One person, who returned from Italy tested positive in Andhra Pradesh. A native of Nellore, the patient is under surveillance in SV Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati. According to the district authorities, he is responding to the treatment and all his vital organs are functioning well. He will be discharged from the isolation ward after two weeks
The number of coronavirus positive cases in India rose to 73 in India, while the cases identified around the globe are 116,000.
The situation in China is limping back to normality with Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, reporting cases in single-digit.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said in Lok Sabha 6000 Indians are stranded in Iran, including 1,100 pilgrims from Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir. There are also around 300 students stranded in Iran. He said the initial focus is on bringing the stranded people back home from Iran.
US President Donald Trump suspended travel from Europe to the US for 30 days.
India suspended all tourist visas till April 15, 2020.
World Health Organization(WHO) finally declared a Coronavirus situation as a pandemic.
The Haryana government on Thursday declared a coronavirus epidemic in the state. State health minister Anil Vij requested people who had traveled abroad in the last 14 days to self-isolate for at least two weeks.
A woman doctor from Canada has tested positive in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, taking the total of such cases in the northern state to 10. She was admitted to an isolation ward at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow.
Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has reported that he and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus. The couple are now in Australia on a shoot for their untitled movie.