Here's your ten-point cheat sheet on coronavirus cases in India 7-4-2020

Here's your ten-point cheat sheet on coronavirus cases in India

1. Two more cases have been reported from Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the biggest slum in Asia where million people live within five square kilometres. The new cases take the total in the slum cluster to seven, including one death. Of Maharashtra's 868 coronavirus cases, Mumbai - one of the COVID-19 hotspots listed by the government- has reported 526 cases with 34 deaths. The Wockhardt Hospital in the city was shut yesterday and declared a containment zone after three doctors and 26 nurses tested positive.
2. US President Donald Trump on Monday warned of "retaliation" if India does not lift ban on export hydroxychloroquine, a key anti-malaria drug believed by many to be effective in the treatment of coronavirus. His remarks come nearly two weeks after the government banned export of the drug as experts test its efficacy in helping treat COVID-19 patients. Currently, the US has the most number of coronavirus cases in the world.
3. The salaries of central ministers and members of parliament - starting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi - will be slashed by 30 per cent for the coming year in view of the coronavirus outbreak and the expected economic downturn, the Union cabinet decided on Monday. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and all state governors have also voluntarily decided to take the pay cut.
4. The government has also decided to suspend the MPLADS scheme for two years, saying Rs 7,900 crore from the MPLADS scheme will go to Consolidated Fund of India. The decision was vehemently criticised by the opposition that said it would not be in the interest of the people.
5. The Assam government is considering issuing entry permits as a temporary measure to regulate the entry of people in the state after the nationwide lockdown ends. This will be a special entry permit and not on the lines of Inner Line Permit, as required in some of the other north-eastern states.
6. In Delhi, which has the second highest number of cases in India, 12 more staff members of the Delhi State Cancer Institute tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of infected staff members to 18. The number includes two doctors. The chain of infection started a few days ago when a doctor tested positive. The hospital said he had contracted it from a patient who was asymptomatic.
7. India witnessed a surge in the number of cases last week after more than 1,000 people linked to the controversial Delhi mosque event tested positive. At least 17 states have reported COVID-19 cases linked to the gathering. On Monday, the Assam government said members of the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, who held the congregation in Delhi last month, will be charged with culpable homicide unless they come forward for medical screening.
8. The Indian Council of Medical Research, which has so far conducted around 90,000 coronavirus tests, said orders have been placed for 5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits.  
9. Worldwide, more than 13 lakh people have contracted infection; over 74,000 have died since the novel coronavirus outbreak originated in China's Wuhan city late last year. China on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus deaths for the first time since it started publishing figures in January, the National Health Commission said.
10. The World Health Organization warned Monday that wearing masks alone would not be enough to defeat the global coronavirus pandemic. "Masks should only ever be used as part of a comprehensive package of interventions. There is no black or white answer, and no silver bullet. Masks alone cannot stop the COVID-19 pandemic," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference.

Corona virus updates 4-4-2020 india

BREAKING | Increase of 525 Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the largest spike in a day. Total number of Covid-19 positive cases has risen to 3,072 in India (including 2,784 active cases, 213 cured/ discharged/ migrated people and 75 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Top ten corona virus updates 30-03-2020

1. India is still in the local transmission stage of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has said, responding to questions about a health ministry document that said the country was currently in "local transmission and limited community transmission phase". "Nowhere are we calling it community transmission. We are still in the local transmission stage. If we use the word 'community' then there is speculation," said Luv Agarwal of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
2. With a sharp jump of 25 in the past 24 hours, the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi rose to 97. Two people have died in the national capital of COVID-19, which has killed over 36,000 across the world. Of the 97 patients, five have recovered, while the rest are battling the virus.
3. The Telangana government decided to impose big salary cuts ranging from 10 per cent to 75 per cent for its executive, political representatives, Public Sector Undertakings, institutions receiving government grants, government employees and retirees.
4. The finance ministry said the financial year has not been extended till June and reports about this were "fake news". "A notification issued by the Government of India on 30th March 2020 with respect to some other amendments done in the Indian Stamp Act is being misquoted," read a statement from the ministry.
5. Over 300 people in Delhi have been taken to different hospitals to be tested for coronavirus after a mosque gathering that featured visitors from Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan. Seven of the people have died -- six in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir. Four others have tested positive for the virus.
6. BN Singh, the District Magistrate of Noida near Delhi was removed today after a public dressing down from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Gautam Buddha Nagar, of which Noida is a part, has reported 38 of the 96 COVID-19 cases in UP. BN Singh has been replaced by 2007 batch IAS officer Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj.
7. Delhi's prestigious India Institute of Medical Sciences said it was reshaping its Apex Trauma Centre complex into a dedicated hospital for the treatment of Coronavirus patients.
8. The borders of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar were sealed this morning, a day after the Centre asked states to seal borders and encourage migrant labourers to stay where they are, by providing food and shelter.
9. Residents of Goa complained about a lack of essential supplies in the coastal state. The police have been accused of using brute force to enforce the lockdown. Paramilitary troops were called in to manage the crowds.
10. COVID-19 has already killed more than 35,000 people worldwide, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, with the number of confirmed cases over 766,000. US President Donald Trump has warned that the peak death rate in the country from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks.