Coronavirus live updates: About 30 groups in India trying to develop vaccine to fight Covid, says govt

Karnataka suspends arrivals of flights, trains and vehicles from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP & Rajasthan into the state to contain the spread of Covid-19, reports ANI

Do not cut health spending during downturn, WHO warns

European governments should not cut healthcare spending during the current economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday.

84 new positive cases have been reported in Kerala today: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (ANI)

Two Fulham players test positive for virus, reports AFP

"Both players, who shall remain unnamed due to medical confidentiality, are now self-isolating in line with league and government guidance," the London club said in a statement.

Nearly 23 lakh people in quarantine across India: Government estimates

According to an official estimate, as on May 26, a total of 22.81 lakh people were in quarantine facilities arranged by different states and union territories -- almost double from 12 days ago (May 14) when the people put under quarantine were 11.95 lakh, a government official told PTI.

AICTE and CSIR have embarked on a drug discovery hackathon- this is a high-end hackathon where students are trained with information on how to do computational drug discovery: Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India Prof K Vijay Raghavan

Creating an entirely new drug to fight covid is a big challenge: K Vijay Raghavan, Principal scientific advisor to GOI

There are about a total of 30 groups in India, big industry to individual academics, who are trying got develop vaccines, of around 20 are keeping a good pace: Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India Prof K Vijay Raghavan (ANI)

Man dies of COVID-19 in J&K; death toll reaches 27, reports PTI

A 55-year-old man from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir died of coronavirus, taking the death toll to 27 in the Union territory, officials said on Thursday. The man from Khanpora area in north Kashmir was referred from the Government Medical College Hospital Baramulla with fever and respiratory distress to the SMHS Hospital here on Wednesday, they said. The patient died within hours of admission, the officials said.

SC asks Centre and the states to furnish the plan on transporting migrants back to their homes by next Friday.

SC asks Centre and states to give plans on transporting back all migrant workers wanting to return home and the mechanism to provide them with food and shelter.

SC orders that migrant workers shall be charged no fare for rail or road transport to their homes

While they are stranded and waiting for their turn for the train or but to go home, the concerned state will provide food shelter and water.

Maharashtra: Cases against 250 tribals for holding protest amid lockdown

Police have registered cases against around 250 tribals for allegedly holding sit-in protests at different places in Maharashtra's Palghar district despite the lockdown to press for their various demands like getting ration cards, an official said on Thursday. The tribals have been holding sit-in protests outside the tehsil offices in Mokhada, Vasai, Dahanu in the district since the last couple of days, Palghar police spokesperson Sachin Navadkar said. These protesters, who also included women, also demanded works under the EGS (employment guarantee scheme), he said.

7 persons test positive for Covid-19 in Manipur, total rises to 51

Of the fresh cases, five were from Thoubal district and one each from Kakching and Imphal West, he said. All the new patients have returned to the state recently and were in quarantine centres, the official said, adding that their samples were tested at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal. Churachandpur district with 18 patients has the highest number of cases in Manipur.

15 sent home before Covid test report in HP, probe ordered

Fifteen COVID-19 patients in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur were sent home from quarantine centres while reports of their second tests were still awaited, prompting the district administration to order a probe, an official said on Thursday. They were brought back and sent to COVID care centres after their test reports came back positive, he said. These 15 people had returned from Maharashtra's Mumbai and Thane on a special train and were under institutional quarantine in Hamirpur.

Indore Covid-19 tally up by 78 to 3,260; death toll 122

At least 78 people tested positive for coronavirus in Indore in last 24 hours, taking the COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh's worst-hit district to 3,260, a senior health official said on Thursday. Apart from this, three persons, including two women, succumbed to the viral infection in different hospitals here in last two days. With this, the death toll in the district has gone up to 122.

Lockdown: TN police registers five lakh plus FIRs, imposes over Rs 8 crore fine

For the 5,08,263 cumulative instances of violation of lockdown, an equalnumber of FIRs were registered, the state police said. A fine amount of Rs 8.36 crore has so far been imposed on the alleged violators of lockdown regulations and as many as 4,27,689 vehicles were seized,a police release said. Chennai police, meanwhile, said in a single day they registered 427 cases and seized 35 two-wheelers, 21 autorickshaws and five light motor vehicles including cars for alleged violations.