Coronavirus Highlights: Gurgaon Paytm employee tests positive

There are 93,042 confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 3,201 deaths reported globally in 67 countries

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Italian tourist's wife tests positive for coronavirus at Jaipur hospital, sample sent to Pune for confirmation: Rajasthan health department

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Disinfect airlines coming from South Korea, Japan, Italy: DGCA

DGCA asks all airlines to ensure that aircraft arriving from South Korea, Japan and Italy are subjected to disinfection process.

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Provide masks, gloves to personnel: Haryana Police to field units

The Haryana Police on Tuesday directed its field units to take immediate action to safeguard on-duty personnel from potential coronavirus infection by providing them masks, gloves and hand sanitisers.

 

In an official communication, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk said all police personnel who come in close contact with other persons during frisking, interacting, crowd control, access control, traffic duties are at risk of exposure.

 

They need to be protected by equipping them appropriately with masks, gloves and hand sanitisers, he said.

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G7 ready to use 'all appropriate policy tools' against coronavirus risk: statement

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Xiaomi, realme cancel launch events amid coronavirus scare

Chinese smartphone companies Xiaomi and realme have cancelled their launch events scheduled for the next two weeks in the wake of coronavirus fears in the country.

 

With an Italian tourist in Jaipur testing positive for novel coranavirus, the total number of confirmed cases in India is now six.

 

While realme was scheduled to unveil its realme 6 series on March 5, Xiaomi was slated to launch Redmi Note series on March 12.

 

However, it is not clear whether Motorola - which is to launch its new flagship 'Motorola Razr' in India on March 16 - will go ahead with its launch event.

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CISF provides sanitisers, gloves and masks to its airport-guarding troops

The CISF has provided medical kits containing hand sanitisers, gloves and masks to all its personnel deployed to guard 62 civil airports in the country in view of the coronavirus scare, officials said on Tuesday.

 

They said as the personnel have close physical interaction with the outgoing and incoming passengers by way of frisking and talking to them, it has been ordered that the medical kit be stocked and used at all international and domestic airports under the force's security cover.

 

All the airports have been provided alcohol-based sanitiser bottles, hand gloves and face masks of the normal and N95 variety for use by our personnel, a senior CISF official said.

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Tajikistan cancels Indian U-16 football team's tour amid coronavirus outbreak

Indian U-16 football team's exposure trip to Tajikistan has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

The U-16 boys, currently the U-15 SAFF Champions, were slated to depart on March 5 to play two friendlies against Tajikistan, the AFC U-16 Championship runners-up.

 

"Please note that as directed by the government of the republic of Tajikistan due to the situation around the coronavirus, the citizens of 35 countries including India cannot visit Tajikistan," Tajikistan Football Federation said in an official mail to All India Football Federation (AIFF).

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COVID-19 is a new infection, but there is no need to panic: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

He said that, govt taking all possible steps to keep Delhi safe, isolation wards being readied in 25 hospitals. 3.5-lakh N95 masks arranged. We have over 8,000 separation kits for staff treating coronavirus patients, the health minister added.

 

Deputy CM Sisodia on the infected delhi resident said, we are trying to get in touch with people who could be infected or were in contact with coronavirus-infected man.

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Pope Francis tests negative for coronavirus: Report

Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, an Italian newspaper reported Tuesday, as Italy battles Europe's worst outbreak.

 

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did not respond to a request for comment on the report in the Messaggero newspaper.

 

Francis cancelled a Lent retreat for the first time in his papacy this weekend, after axing all public meetings at the end of last week over the cold.

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4 crew members, who were with coronavirus-infected passenger on Feb 20 Dubai-Bengaluru flight, under home observation since Mar 2: IndiGo.

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Italian tourist in Jaipur tests positive for coronavirus, taking total number of confirmed cases in India to 6: Health Ministry sources.

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Iran: Supreme leader orders armed forces to combat new virus

Iran's supreme leader ordered on Tuesday the Islamic Republic's armed forces to assist its Health Ministry in combating the spread of the new coronavirus.

 

The decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei comes as Iran has the highest death toll from the new virus and the COVID-19 illness it causes outside of China, the epicenter of the virus.

 

Khamenei's decision was announced after state media broadcast images of him planting a tree wearing disposable gloves ahead of Iran's upcoming arbor day.

 

"Whatever helps public health and prevents the spread of the disease is good and what helps to spread it is sin," Khamenei said. 

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Iran reports 11 new coronavirus deaths, total now 77

Iran announced on Tuesday that 11 more people had died from the new coronavirus in the past day, bringing the Islamic republic's overall death toll to 77.

 

In all, 2,336 people have been infected with COVID-19 since the outbreak began, including 835 new cases, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said, in remarks aired live on state television.

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Air India asks passengers, who travelled on Feb 25 with person who tested positive for coronavirus, to follow Health Ministry protocols

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Don't waste time on social media accounts, deal with coronavirus: Rahul to PM