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Economic Times | 18 May, 2020 | 08.59AM IST
Coronavirus India Updates Live: 206 virus deaths, Pune crosses 4,000-mark
Total cases in India have risen to 90,927 and 2,872 deaths so far.
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China reports 25 new coronavirus cases, Wuhan has highest asymptomatic infections
- China has reported 25 new COVID-19 patients, the health authorities said on Monday, as 14 asymptomatic cases were detected in Wuhan, the first epicentre of the coronavirus where officials are doing mass testing of the city's entire 11 million population, taking the number of such cases in the city to 337, the highest in the country.
- The death toll in China remained at 4,634 on Sunday with no new fatalities reported.
All religious places/places of worship shall be closed for public; religious congregations are strictly prohibited: MHA
As per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines for #CoronaLockdown, all religious places/places of worship sh… https://t.co/fsUyYGKl8F
— ANI (@ANI) 1589771579000Gujarat will make guidelines according to containment zone and non-containment zone. Tomorrow District Collectors, Municipal commissioners will make a list of these zones
- Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Timeline of WHO's role in the coronavirus pandemic
- December 31, 2019 -- China reported to the WHO a "cluster" of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Of a total of 44 cases, 11 patients were "severely ill", while the others were stable.
- January 1, 2020 -- The WHO activated a crisis group, putting the body "on an emergency footing for dealing with the outbreak".
- January 4 -- The WHO on social media reported a cluster of pneumonia cases "with no deaths", in Wuhan. A day later, it published its first "Disease Outbreak News" destined for scientists and public health specialists on the new virus.
- January 10 -- The WHO sent "technical guidance" with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases. Evidence at the time suggested "no or limited human-to-human transmission", the WHO said.
- January 11 -- China gave the WHO the genetic sequence of COVID-19.
- January 13 -- Thailand reported the first imported case on its territory.
- January 14 -- Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, told a news briefing that there "may have been limited human-to-human transmission", based on 41 confirmed cases, and that there was the risk of a wider outbreak.
- January 20, 21 -- WHO experts from China and the western Pacific region went on a brief field visit to Wuhan.
- January 22 -- The WHO mission to China said there was evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan -- among close contacts such as families or in health care settings -- but that "more investigation was needed to understand the full extent of transmission".
- January 22, 23 -- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened an emergency committee to assess whether the outbreak constituted a "public health emergency of international concern" -- the highest alert it can trigger. The committee, consisting of independent international experts, was unable to reach a consensus and asked to meet again 10 days later.
- January 28 -- A WHO delegation travelled to Beijing, led by Tedros, who agreed with the Chinese government that an international team of scientists would be dispatched to China.
- January 30 -- The WHO declared COVID-19 to be "a public health emergency of international concern".
- February 16-24 -- An international scientific mission of experts from the United States, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore and Canada travelled to Wuhan.
- February 24 -- A team of experts from the WHO and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control travelled to Italy, which became the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak after China.
- March 11 -- The WHO designated COVID-19 as a pandemic. At the time, 90 percent of cases were declared in just four countries, according to the WHO, with 81 countries reporting no cases at all, and 57 countries reporting up to 10 cases.
- April 9 -- The WHO publishes a chronology of its statements in response to criticism that it had been slow to sound the alarm.
- April 14 -- US President Donald Trump halts payments to the WHO pending a review of its role in allegedly "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus", and accuses it of being biased towards China.
- April 24 -- The WHO urges member states to speed up the development, production and distribution of treatments and vaccines and ensure universal access to therapeutics.
- April 27 -- The WHO urges countries lifting their lockdown measures to test, isolate and treat suspected cases while ensuring physical distancing, or risk a second wave of infections.
- May 14 -- The WHO says the virus may never go away and could become a disease that the world has to learn to live with.
- May 18-19 -- The WHO's decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, holds its annual gathering virtually, with the spat between between Beijing and Washington threatening to overshadow proceedings.
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 2 to 174,355 - RKI
- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 2 to 174,355, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday.
- The tally showed no further deaths due to the virus. The reported death toll remained at 7,914.
India's gas demand gradually picking up as virus restrictions ease
- India's natural gas consumption is recovering slowly as the world's biggest lockdown starts to ease with the gradual resumption of economic and industrial activity, several industry sources said.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is starting to pull back from one of the world's tightest lockdowns of 1.3 billion people, which has left millions out of work and stranded in cities far from home while infections keep rising.
Mexico prepares to resume economic activity as coronavirus cases continue to rise
- Mexico on Sunday reported 49,219 cases of the coronavirus, 2,075 more than the previous day, as the country prepares to resume economic activities deemed essential.
- Deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, increased by 132, to a total of 5,177.
- Mexico announced last week a plan to gradually resume economic activity that has been halted by the coronavirus, starting on June 1.
8 more COVID-19 deaths in UP, toll rises to 112; tally 4,464 with 206 new cases; active cases 1,716
US records 820 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: tracker
The United States on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, but the country's total death count neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University tracker reported.
95 new cases in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, total number in the district rises to 2565
95 more people have tested positive for #Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, taking the total number of positiv… https://t.co/8bxhUs9Pqi
— ANI (@ANI) 1589746383000Lockdown 4.0 will start from tomorrow (18th May), we have decided that we will continue the curfew imposed in Himachal Pradesh till 31st May: State Chief Minister Jairam Thakur
Goa has 29 positive cases
4 persons who travelled in Mumbai-Goa train on Sun,test positive for #COVID19 during TrueNat testing. All 4 samples… https://t.co/nXLrekwcfD
— ANI (@ANI) 1589741819000Taking into account the restrictions on air travel and movement of people till 31st May, the BCCI will wait further before organizing a skill-based training camp for its contracted players: Board of Control for Cricket in India
9 deaths and 223 COVID19 positive cases reported in last 24 hours in Pune, taking the death toll to 206 & total positive cases to 4018
9 deaths and 223 #COVID19 positive cases reported in last 24 hours in Pune district, taking the death toll to 206 &… https://t.co/hHyCfuWz6s
— ANI (@ANI) 1589738966000Apple reopening 25 more US stores, will soon top 100 worldwide
- Apple Inc will this week reopen more than 25 of its branded stores in the United States, a company spokesman said on Sunday, continuing a gradual process that has unlocked doors at nearly a fifth of its worldwide retail outlets.
- The iPhone maker in March shut all its stores outside of Greater China in response to the spread of the coronavirus. It started shutting its China stores in January and reopened them by mid-March.
- "Our commitment is to reopen our stores when we are confident the environment is safe," Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's head of retail, wrote on Sunday in a note on the company's website.
China reports 7 new coronavirus cases, up from 5 a day earlier
China reported seven new coronavirus cases for May 17, up from five a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday. Of the new cases, four were imported from the Inner Mongolia province.
Mexico reports 49,219 cases of coronavirus and 5,177 deaths
Japan's economy slips into recession, with 0.9% GDP drop: Govt
Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world's third-largest economy contracting by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the fallout from the coronavirus.
GM plans tentative restart for plant in Silao, Mexico on May 20
General Motors Co signaled that it was tentatively planning to restart operations at its auto assembly plant in the Mexican city of Silao on May 20 after the coronavirus outbreak stalled production, according to a message to workers seen by Reuters.
Indian govt will soon take decision on OCI visa issue: Minister
- In a bid to allay fears of OCI card holders over the temporary suspension of their long-term visas, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, said his government will soon take an appropriate decision on it.
- He also invited members of the Indian diaspora to invest in the country in view of the recent economic reforms announced by the government.
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