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49-day lockdown necessary to stop coronavirus resurgence in India: Study
The paper titled 'Age-structured impact of social distancing on the Covid-19 epidemic in India' has been published on open-access preprint repository ArXiv and is yet to be peer-reviewed.
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Coronavirus LIVE: Govt asks states not to let people march across cities
India's number of coronavirus cases rose to 979 on Sunday. Prime Minister Modi presented his Mann Ki Baat speech on the 21-day lockdown. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Europe, US death toll rises as Trump defers New York lockdown
Globally, the death toll has stormed past 30,000 and officials in some countries say the worst still lies ahead
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Power discoms get relief of deferred payments, round-the-clock power supply
The ministry of power has asked Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to provide a three-month moratorium to discoms on payment to gencos and transcos
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NTPC readies its hospitals for Covid-19, offers them to state govts
According to the statement, as many as 121 beds, with all facilities, have been turned into isolation wards in these hospitals.
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No disruption in services, all branches to remain open: Bankers assure FM
During the call, she also instructed CEOs to ensure that all branches and ATMs remain open and continue operations
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States to use Rs 29,000 cr SDR fund for food, shelter to migrants: MHA
Srivastava said Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written another letter on Saturday asking them to set up camps for migrant workers and provide them food and shelter.
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Tatas Trusts pledge Rs 500 crore for fight against coronavirus in India
Besides, it would also be used for setting up modular treatment facilities for infected patients, knowledge management and training of health workers and the general public, Tata Trusts said.
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Violence erupts in China's coronavirus-hit Hubei as people try to move out
Hubei province with over 56 million people was kept under lockdown from January 23 as part of aggressive measures to bring down coronavirus cases which rapidly spread in the area.
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Covid-19: UP gives ration to 7 mn people; sets up 522 community kitchens
11,000 isolation and quarantine beds identified for corona/suspected patients
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Donald Trump forces General Motors to make ventilators, invokes wartime law
Trump invoked the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, which allows a president to force companies to make products for national defence.
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States, UTs step up vigil on international passengers to check virus spread
Next few days are crucial and if anyone shows any symptoms, the local authorities will take action to quarantine them or shift to a designated hospital, the official said.
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In Rajasthan, lockdown violators to serve in coronavirus quarantine wards
SDM Nawalgarh, Murari Lal Sharma also urged people to click photographs of those loitering on roads without any reason and send the pictures to the district authorities.
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Covid-19: Govt says report on stage 3 misleading, denied by official
In an interview the convenor of the task force for Covid-19 hospitals said that the next ten days are crucial to halt the spread of the pandemic
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MHA rejigs rules; state disaster funds to be used to feed migrant workers
The migrant workers are left with no option but to walk as normal transport services have been hit after the announcement of the nationwide lockdown by Modi on Tuesday
India coronavirus dispatch: Life lessons from the history of lockdowns
Lockdown diary for India, trying to understand Covid-19, our response to it and did pangolins transmit coronavirus to humans
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Food riots may occur if food is not present for migrant workers: Pronab Sen
'If supply system doesn't come unstuck, if the requirements of people who have no income are not met then food riots are very real possibility,' he said
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Will heat, humidity slow down coronavirus outbreak? What experts say
All five studies that have come out between March 10 and March 23 have analysed COVID-19's relation with temperature and humidity in China and in other countries with high number of cases
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Will speak to banks to facilitate cash flow amid lockdown: FM Sitharaman
The Finance Minister appreciated the service banks correspondents across the country and said that she will talk to states and request for no restrictions in their movements
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Covid-19: UP govt arranges 1,000 buses to ferry stranded migrant labourers
The 21-day lockdown has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers
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