Coronavirus LIVE: India stays indoors for Janata Curfew on PM Modi's appeal

Coronavirus latest updates: Globally 300,227 infections reported while death toll rose to 12,948 till Saturday due to Covid-19. Catch Coronavirus LIVE updates here

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170 visitors from Nepal denied entry into India

West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb said a total of 170 people were not allowed to enter India from Nepal on Saturday after thermal screening.

 

Though the India-Nepal border in Panitanki area in Darjeeling district is open, visitors to both the countries are being screened in wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, he said at a press conference here.

 

Deb said visitors to Nepal from India are also being screened.

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Tripura urges Centre to seal Bangladesh borders

The Tripura government urged the Centre to seal the India-Bangladesh border to prevent foreigners from entering the country as Dhaka is yet to stop operation of international flights, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Saturday.

 

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Clapping won't help: Rahul Gandhi slams Janata Curfew

Describing the coronavirus crisis in the country as a huge blow to the economy, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government over its preparations to combat the pandemic, saying "clapping" would not help as a huge economic package is needed to help the people.

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Total Covid-19 cases in the national capital at 27: Delhi Health Department

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Walmart India to shut stores for 'Janta Curfew'

Walmart India said it will close all its stores and fulfilment centres on Sunday from 7 am to 9 pm to comply with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to the nation to observe a 'Janta Curfew' by staying indoors during this time period.

 

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot orders lockdown in the state from March 22-31

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Assam reports first Covid-19 case

Four-and-a-half-year-old girl tests positive in Jorhat, samples sent to ICMR for reconfirmation.

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Two fresh cases in Andhra, total goes up to five

Two people who returned from Europe to Andhra Pradesh this week tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of cases to five, the state Medical and Health Department said on Saturday night.

 

A 24-year-old man who returned to his native Krishna district from Paris via New Delhi and Hyderabad on March 17, tested positive, Special Chief Secretary (Health) K S Jawahar Reddy said in a release.

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Kerala CM seeks Centre's help to bring home stranded Indians in Kuala Lumpur

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan seeks Centre's immediate intervention to bring back around 250 Indian students stranded in Kuala Lumpur because of cancellation of flights to India.

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Mizoram govt imposes prohibitory orders under Section 144 in several districts

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Odisha forms teams to trace 3 persons who came in contact with Covid-19 patient

The Odisha government on Saturday formed nine teams to trace three persons who came in contact with a COVID-19 patient, officials said.

 

The Odisha government's spokesperson for COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi said swab and blood samples of 77 persons have been tested so far, of which two have tested positive, 74 have tested negative and the report of one person is awaited

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Coronavirus: L&T pledges to protect livelihood of contract labour

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