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10 June, 2020, 05:04 PM IST

Coronavirus Live Updates: 'Big challenge' ahead for Delhi, warns Kejriwal; says not time to do politics

Total number of cases in the country now at 276583, including 133632 active cases. Death toll is 7745.

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05:02 PM

11 lakh migrant labourers have returned to the state already, 30 thousand are yet to come. I never called the trains 'Corona Express', it was the public who called it that.

- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

05:00 PM

S&P retains India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-', outlook stable.

04:59 PM

Rajasthan decides to seal its borders for a week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases; only those with valid passes to be allowed

04:58 PM

Rajasthan Government issues directions for regulating the inter-state movement of persons - movement of people by international flights into state to be in accordance with MHA's SOP. People coming to state by scheduled domestic commercial flights/trains/buses to be screened on arrival.

04:52 PM

Iran reports more than 2,000 new virus cases

Iran on Wednesday announced more than 2,000 new coronavirus infections.
This was in line with a recent surge in cases that President Hassan Rouhani attributed to increased testing.

04:46 PM

UK PM Johnson says on the death figures from coronavirus, we must wait until epidemic has been through full cycle before drawing international comparisons

04:27 PM

Tally touches 5,247 in Andhra Pradesh as 218 new cases were added in the last 24 hours.

04:10 PM

COVID-19 positive undertrial accused escapes from hospital in Jind, nabbed later

An COVID-19 positive undertrial accused, who was out on bail, escaped from a hospital in Haryana's Jind. He escaped through a window wearing a PPE kit. It went in vain as he was nabbed hours later.

03:16 PM

UP CM asks officials to make available COVID-19 testing machines in all districts

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to make TrueNat machines available in all 75 districts by June 15.
ICMR had approved the use of TrueNat system for conducting coronavirus tests.
At the meeting, the chief minister emphasised on checking the death rate

02:28 PM

35-yr-old BSF jawan succumbs to COVID-19 in Delhi; death toll rises to 3 in force: Officials

01:55 PM

Doctors Without Borders sets up temporary COVID-19 hospital in Patna

International medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders said it has set up a 100-bed temporary hospital in Patna
This is in collaboration with the Bihar government for the treatment of Covid-19 patients
This facility at Patliputra Sports complex in Patna will be fully managed by Doctors Without Borders in India.
It will provide medical care to patients with moderate symptoms
This is managed by 180 Doctors Without Borders staff from across the country

01:48 PM

Centre-state coordination gap led to migrant crisis: Medha Patkar

Social activist Medha Patkar has said the migrant crisis erupted during the lockdown due to lack of coordination between the central and state governments. She said the central government did not make the required arrangements for food and transportation of migrant labourers.But, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government arranged state transport buses which helped several migrants, she said.

01:46 PM

Pakistan records highest single-day spike, WHO urges 'intermittent lockdown

Pakistan has registered its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases with over 5,000 infections.
The country has so far 113,702 confirmed cases and 2,255 deaths.
World Health Organization has urged Pakistan government to impose a two-week lockdown

01:23 PM

Pakistan has registered its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases with over 5,000 infections in the last 24 hours.

01:22 PM

42 new cases reported in Assam till 12noon, taking the total number of positive cases to 3092.

01:21 PM

COVID-19 pandemic radically changing consumer behaviour in India: EY survey

Consumer behaviour in India is radically changing due to COVID-19, says an EY survey
60% of buyers in the country believe that the pandemic would alter the way they shop, the survey said
Back with a bang (38%) Stay frugal (29%), Keep cutting (19%), Cautiously extravagant (11%) Get to normal (2%): were the categories in the study

01:14 PM

Odisha has reported 110 new COVID-19 cases, raising the state's tally to 3,250.

01:12 PM

This is not the time to fight with each other and do politics. This is the time for all governments and organisations to stand together to defeat Coronavirus.

- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

01:11 PM

Widespread face mask use could prevent second COVID-19 wave: Study

Population-wide use of face masks combined with lockdowns could prevent further waves of COVID-19, according to a modelling study.
The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A,
Study suggests that lockdowns alone will not stop the resurgence of SARS-CoV-2.
The study also shows that even homemade masks with limited effectiveness can dramatically reduce transmission rates if worn by enough people.

01:08 PM

Number of recoveries exceed active cases for first time

Number of recovered COVID-19 patients in India has exceeded total active cases for the first time, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The number of active cases in the country stands at 1,33,632, while 1,35,205 people have recovered.

01:02 PM

136 new COVID19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID19 cases in the state to 4126.

12:23 PM

Data shows COVID-19 cases will significantly increase in Delhi in coming days; we have a big challenge ahead.

- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

12:19 PM

Bihar detects 128 new positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 5583.

12:18 PM

LG's order on hospitals will be implemented

LG's directives will be implemented in letter and spirit, this is not the time for disagreements or arguments: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on LG over-ruling Delhi cabinet's decision of reserving hospitals for residents

12:02 PM

Rajasthan decides to seal its borders for a week due to a rise in COVID19 cases; only those with valid passes to be allowed ( ANI)

12:00 PM

There is transmission in the community, but whether it is community transmission or not that can be declared only by the Centre. it is a technical term.

- Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain

11:59 AM

Delhi to increase number of beds by 2000

Delhi govt has issued orders to increase no. of beds by 2000 in next 2-3 days.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has said the city would need 15000 beds by end of June.
He said they will even use space available in banquet halls, hotels and stadiums, if required.

11:31 AM

Working for migrant labourers purely out of love: Sonu Sood

Actor Sonu Sood has said he is helping migrant labourers “purely out of love” and that he is not interested in politics. Sood has been arranging for transport for thousands of migrants desperate to return to their home states. He estimates that he has helped 18,000-20,000 workers to go back to their homes in states such as Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

11:24 AM

Mumbai Police chief meets Ganesh mandal representatives

Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh held a meeting with representatives of various Ganesh mandals. He has sought their views on how they plan to organise the Ganpati festival celebration this year. Ganesh Chaturthi falls on August 22 this year. Mandals assured the police chief that they will follow the orders of the state govt.

11:21 AM

Five more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state tally to 93.

11:15 AM

This year, some 49 million extra people may fall into extreme poverty due to the COVID-19 crisis. The number of people who are acutely food or nutrition insecure will rapidly expand. Every percentage point drop in global gross domestic product (GDP) means an additional 0.7 million stunted children.

- UN chief Antonio Guterres

11:12 AM

110 new COVID19 cases reported in Odisha today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 3250

11:11 AM

Panacea says aiming to make COVID-19 vaccine

ndian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd has said it will partner with U.S.-based Refana Inc to make a potential vaccine for COVID-19.
The collaboration aims to make more than 500 million doses of the vaccine candidate.
Over 40 million doses expected to be available early next year, reuters quoted the company as saying

11:04 AM

Singapore firm Tychan to start human trials for COVID-19 treatment next week

Singaporean biotechnology firm Tychan will begin human clinical trials next week for TY027, a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19
Monoclonal antibodies mimic natural antibodies and can be isolated and manufactured in large quantities to treat diseases
The first phase of the trial will be conducted on healthy volunteers to determine the safety and tolerability

10:57 AM

Eiffel Tower to reopen to public on June 25

The Eiffel Tower will reopen to the public on June 25 more than three months after shuttering. At first, only visits by the stairs will be available, and not by elevator. To ensure that ascending and descending visitors do not meet in the stairs, ascent will take place from the East pillar and descent by the West pillar. The top level will remain closed for now.

10:29 AM

No new cases reported in Maharashtra Police in the last 48 hours. Total coronavirus cases in the force stand at 2,562, death toll at 34

10:02 AM

Australia on track to see coronavirus largely gone by July, says official

Australia is on course to have largely eradicated the coronavirus by July, a public health official has said
The official said the country is "pretty much on track"
Australia's most populous state New South Wales said it would resume community sports like netball and cricket from July 1

09:30 AM

India reports almost 10,000 new cases

9985 fresh infections and 279 deaths were reported.
Total cases have reached 2,76,583, with 7745 deaths

09:19 AM

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 318 to 184,861

09:05 AM

DMK MLA J Anbazhagan who was suffering from COVID19 passes away at a private hospital in Chennai.

08:42 AM

Europe demands better pandemic plan, as Moscow exits lockdown

Europe's most powerful countries urged the European Union to better prepare for the next pandemic after chaotic responses to the coronavirus, as Moscow emerged from lockdown despite Russia still being in the grip of a surging epidemic.
Europe has been the hardest-hit continent with nearly 185,000 people killed, and the leaders said a lack of coordination had left nations short of crucial medical equipment when the coronavirus arrived.

08:28 AM

Travel bubbles could encase global divisions

New economic bubbles are blowing. They may be less damaging than ones that irrationally inflate financial markets, but so-called travel bubbles present risks of their own.
Australia is exploring a “Trans-Tasman” zone with New Zealand, which just declared itself virus-free and lifted all domestic restrictions.
China has allowed some essential business travel with South Korea and Singapore.
Norway and Denmark, on the other hand, are excluding Sweden from their travel plans because of its higher Covid-19 case count.

08:11 AM

Delhi reports 1366 new cases

Total number of cases are now 31,309
Death toll stands at 905.

07:50 AM

Elevated extreme poverty to persist through 2021: World Bank

Global economic growth could rebound next year -- but the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to remain unchanged after a huge surge this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned Tuesday.
The projection came after the Washington-based development lender said Monday the pandemic could drive between 70 and 100 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 as the global economy faces its worst recession in 80 years.
Before the pandemic, extreme poverty -- defined as living on $1.90 per day -- had been decreasing.

07:30 AM

Brazil resumes publishing virus toll, criticizes WHO

Brazil's government resumed publishing the country's total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude of its raging health crisis.
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government had stopped publishing the total number of deaths from the new coronavirus Friday, saying it was adopting a new methodology and would only report the number of deaths recorded in the past 24 hours in its daily bulletin.
That drew accusations of foul play from a long list of high-profile critics, as well as a ruling from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Monday that the government must return to the old format.

07:17 AM

US records more than 800 virus deaths in 24 hours

The coronavirus pandemic killed 819 people in the United States in the past 24 hours, according to figures released Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University.
There have been a total of 111,751 deaths in the country and 1,973,803 cases of infection, the Baltimore-based institution's real-time tracker reported at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday).
The United States is the country hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of both the number of fatalities and number of cases.

06:55 AM

WHO calls for new lockdowns in Pakistan as virus surges

The World Health Organization has told Pakistan it should implement "intermittent" lockdowns to counter a surge in coronavirus infections that has come as the country loosens restrictions, an official said Tuesday.
Since the start of Pakistan's outbreak in March, Prime Minister Imran Khan opposed a nationwide lockdown of the sort seen elsewhere, arguing the impoverished country could not afford it.
Instead, Pakistan's four provinces ordered a patchwork of closures, but last week Khan said most of these restrictions would be lifted

06:48 AM

Airlines expected to lose USD 84.3 billion in 2020: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its financial outlook for the global air transport industry showing that "airlines are expected to lose $84.3 billion in 2020 for a net profit margin of -20.1 per cent".
According to IATA, revenues will fall 50 per cent to $419 billion from $838 billion in 2019. In 2021, losses are expected to be cut to $15.8 billion as revenues rise to $598 billion.
"Financially, 2020 will go down as the worst year in the history of aviation. On average, every day of this year will add $230 million to industry losses. In total that's a loss of $84.3 billion," Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO was quoted as saying.

06:23 AM

Largely re-opened, China announces 3 new cases

With much of the country re-opened under safety measures, China has announced three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, all brought from outside the country.
No new deaths were reported Wednesday and just 55 people remain in treatment for COVID-19, while another 157 were being monitored in isolation for showing signs of having the virus or having tested positive for it without showing symptoms.

06:21 AM

Senior BMC official dies of COVID-19 in Mumbai

A senior official of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation who had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday died due to the virus amid surging cases of the disease in Mumbai.
According to the BMC, the official was deployed in the water supply department.
"A senior official of BMC who had tested positive for COVID-19 has lost his life. He was deployed in the water supply department," BMC said.

06:19 AM

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent second waves

Population-wide facemask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a UK study published Wednesday.
The research, led by scientists at the Britain's Cambridge and Greenwich Universities, suggests lockdowns alone will not stop the resurgence of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, but that even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public.

06:18 AM

Jharkhand reports 86 new cases

With 86 new COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand on Tuesday, the total number of cases has reached to 1,416 in the state, Jharkhand Health Department said.
According to the official data, there are 849 active cases in the state so far.
"Jharkhand reports 86 fresh COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,416. Number of active cases stand at 849," the state Health Department stated.

06:17 AM

Mexico confirms nearly 600 new coronavirus deaths

Mexico's health ministry reported 4,199 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 596 additional fatalities on Tuesday, bringing the total in the country to 124,301 cases and 14,649 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is significantly higher than the official count.

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