Coronavirus LIVE: 'No vaccination in Mumbai for 3 days from tomorrow'

Coronavirus live updates | Statewise list of fresh Covid-19 cases: Maharashtra 63,309, Karnataka 39,047, Kerala 35,013, Uttar Pradesh 29,824, and Delhi 26,000 cases. Stay tuned for corona-related news

7:10 AM

Actor Priyanka Chopra urges global community to help India fight Covid surge

6:46 AM

Covid-19 risk greater if passengers board plane from back to front

Boarding passengers seated at the back of the aircraft first -- a Covid-era change by Delta Air Lines Inc and others to cut the risk of infection -- actually increases the chance of catching the virus by 50%, a scientific study showed.

 

So-called back-to-front boarding is also twice as risky as letting passengers on at random, even though it does reduce exposure between seated passengers and those walking down the plane, according to the study published Wednesday in the Royal Society Open Science journal. The higher risk comes from closer contact between passengers in the same rows clustering in the aisle as they stow their luggage. Read on...

6:43 AM

Maruti MD & CEO Kenichi Ayukawa tests Covid-positive, hospitalised

Kenichi Ayukawa, managing director and chief executive of car market leader, Maruti Suzuki India, has tested positive for Covid-19. He has been admitted to Medanta in Gurugram, according to people in the know. The spokesperson at the company didn’t respond to a text message till press time.

 

This is the second time in less than a year that Ayukawa, 66, has tested positive for the virus, said one of the persons cited above. “Like last time, this time too he is asymptomatic but decided to get himself admitted as his family is in Japan and he lives alone,” said the person. Read on...