Coronavirus: India closes tourist spots, Pakistan records 187 cases

Maharashtra has been the hardest hit with 39 confirmed coronavirus cases, or roughly a quarter of the 126 cases in the country.

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, India closed Taj Mahal for from Tuesday onwards, meanwhile, in Mumbai, offices providing non-essential services were ordered  to keep half their staff at home in ramped up measures to curb the spread virus in the subcontinent.

Mumbai, which is home to 18 million people, also authorised hospital and airport authorities to stamp wrists of those ordered to self-isolate with indelible ink reading “Home Quarantined” and displaying the date the quarantine ends.

The moves, announced late on Monday, come just days after the city shut down schools, cinemas, malls and gyms, and also banned mass gatherings.

Maharashtra has been the hardest hit