***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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1 hour ago, riashli said:

Courier services unnaya?

Nope they aren't essential no... Flights, Trains anni bandh inka couriers ekkadivi. Cargo flights tirigina deliver evaru chestaaru.

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Spain surpasses China toll, records second highest number of deaths after Italy

Spain has now the world's second highest tally of coronavirus deaths after a 738 spike was recorded Wednesday, the highest so far in one day. With 3,434, Spain surpassed China's 3,285 and has more than half of Italy's 6,820.Official figures show that 2,696 people have now died in the country and close to 40,000 are infected.

Spain overtakes China virus toll with 3,434 deaths:

Spain has overtaken China in the virus toll. Till Wednesday the European country registered 3,434 deaths. Italy has registered over 6,000 deaths due to the virus.

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Harvard president, wife test positive for coronavirus

Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow said he and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus. "We started experiencing symptoms on Sunday—first coughs then fevers, chills, and muscle aches—and contacted our doctors on Monday," he said in a statement to the Harvard community Tuesday. "We were tested yesterday and just received the results a few minutes ago."

Bacow said he's not sure how he and his wife contracted the virus, but said "far fewer people crossed our paths recently than is usually the case" as they both began working from home on 14 March."

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Prince Charles test positive for COVID-19

The Prince of Wales, Charles has tested positive for coronavirus Wednesday, BBC reported. 

The Duchess of Cornwall, 72, has also been tested but does not have the virus. Clarence House said Charles and Camilla were now self-isolating at Balmoral, adding the prince "has been working at home throughout the last few days".  

Charles is next in line of succession. The Queen of England, however, has not tested positive for the virus. 

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Indian Railways extends suspension of passenger trains till 14 April

The Indian Railways has extended the cancellation of all passenger trains and suburban trains till 2400 hours of 14 April, 2020.

 

 

 

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Rajasthan earmarks 1 lakh beds for quarantine

Rajasthan health minister has said that the state has earmarked 1 lakh beds for the purpose of quarantine. "Rajasthan was the first state in the country to impose lockdown. I am happy that PM Narendra Modi has called for 21 day lockdown in entire country," the minister said.

The health minister also informed that the number of novel coronavirus cases in the state has reached 36, out of which 16 are from Bhilwara.

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Just now, Kool_SRG said:

Rajasthan earmarks 1 lakh beds for quarantine

Rajasthan health minister has said that the state has earmarked 1 lakh beds for the purpose of quarantine. "Rajasthan was the first state in the country to impose lockdown. I am happy that PM Narendra Modi has called for 21 day lockdown in entire country," the minister said.

The health minister also informed that the number of novel coronavirus cases in the state has reached 36, out of which 16 are from Bhilwara.

Superb Job by Rajasthan Govt.

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Italy in 6900 dead 

This shows Chinese numbers are fake

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Cops in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru hash out issues in delivery of essential commodities

Cops in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru have assured the public that soon the problems in the door-to-door delivery of essential services will be hashed out. The Mumbai police announced that people won't have to step out of their homes to lodge complaints or grievances, as police teams will arrive at their doorsteps during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Delhi Police and Bengaluru Police held meetings with vendors of essential services and products providers in their respective towns to sort out problems and decided to issue passes to delivery persons so that they are not stopped during delivery.

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Centre issues notification regulating price of surgical masks

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution on Wednesday issued a notification regulating the price of surgical masks, which is a crucial protective gear against the coronavirus infection. The price is to be not more than Rs 16, the notification said.

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Rajasthan govt orders penal action against landlords harassing tenants working in health care

Rohit Kumar Singh, ACS, Medical and Health, Rajasthan: Some complaints were received about landlords evicting/threatening to evict doctors and health care workers involved in Covid -19 management. The government has taken a serious note of it and a notification preventing such actions has been issued.

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Delhi Police urges people to stay at home

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9 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Nope they aren't essential no... Flights, Trains anni bandh inka couriers ekkadivi. Cargo flights tirigina deliver evaru chestaaru.

 Cargo flights are not suspended, only passenger services are suspended...Most cargo services are working as usual, local delivery might have effected. 

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@riashli   garu make note of it...