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India has registered 5,609 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, the Union Health Ministry data showed this morning, with 132 deaths reported in the same period. This leads to that the total number of cases in the country to 1.12 lakh, with 3,435 deaths related to the virus. This is the second 24-hour period in which more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases have been detected. A total of 45,300 people have recovered from the illness until the moment. There are 63,624 active cases as of this morning. Domestic flight and rail services have been allowed to resume gradually, as the government seeks to pull the country out of lock. At the global level, the number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed the five million mark, with the number of deaths having crossed 3.25 lakh.
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National transport of passengers of the flights would resume “in a calibrated way” since Monday, the Minister of Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, wrote on twitter on Wednesday afternoon in the largest after the lockdown move announced yet. Flights had been arrested in late March after the country was blocked to prevent the virus’ spread. The international flights remain grounded, for now.
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The airports, in collaboration with the government, have drawn up detailed plans to ensure the safety of the coronavirus when flights resume. The protocols are based on the minimum contact and social distancing, starting with the contact of check-in for passengers and the mandatory use of the Aarogya respective eras of the application. He talks about leaving in the middle of the seats in the aircraft empty have been put on hold for now, with airline officials indicating the 3 per cent reduction in seat capacity would drive up ticket prices.
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The Railways, which is already running limited passenger train, opened bookings for 200 regular passenger train from 10 in the morning, through the IRCTC website and app only. These trains will run from June 1, which includes both the AC and non-AC coaches. All passengers will be screened before boarding, with only asymptomatic passengers are allowed to travel. Symptomatic of the passengers will get a full refund. Everyone should have the Aarogya respective eras app installed on their phones, the railroads, he said.
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Bengal, which has been reported 3,103 COVID-19 cases and 253 deaths so far, was hit by Cyclone Amphan on Wednesday evening and the night. One of the worst storms ever recorded on the Bay of Bengal, at least 12 deaths were reported and thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed, leaving the authorities struggling to balance rescue and relief in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. The chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the impact of the cyclone was the worst of the virus and said Rs 1 lakh crore damage.
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Less than eight persons per lakh of the population in India has been infected, the Health Ministry said that on the night of Wednesday, compared with the global average of 62 people per lakh. The government also said that India by lakh mortality rate (0.24) was significantly better than the global average of 4.2 per lakh. It also noted a constant increase of the recovery rate – the number of people who have recovered as a percentage of the total cases, 7.1 percent in March to 40.31% this morning.
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Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Delhi being the worst affected states, in that order. Maharashtra has recorded nearly 40,000 cases (or more than one-third of all cases in India) and reported 1,390 deaths. Tamil Nadu has 13,191 cases and 87 deaths, while in Gujarat and Rajasthan have 12,537 and 11,088 of the cases, respectively. The national capital has reported 176 deaths while in Gujarat has 749 deaths.
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Uttar Pradesh are Noida has been released from Lock 4 guidelines, which allows businesses to re-open, but maintains the Delhi-Noida border is sealed, except for the people associated with exempt and essential services. Among the facilities and shops can open are the parks, dry-cleaning, printing presses, while the restaurants and shops of sweets have allowed us to open for home delivery or takeaway only. Other measures announced by the center for the Lock up 4, including allowing cars and bikes to run with limited to passengers and 7 pm – 7 am curfew will be enforced, the district administration, he said.
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Class 10 and 12 board exams have been granted exemption from the measures of blocking and these can be carried out, the Minister of the interior Amit Shah, said on Wednesday, adding that the special buses for students will be organized by the respective state governments. The interior Minister said that some conditions – such as social distancing, the use of sanitisers and face masks – to be obligatory, and the test dates would be staggered.
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Global COVID-19 cases has surpassed the five million mark, with Latin America, overtaking the US and Europe to denounce the greatest number of new cases per day. Represents a new phase in the virus’ spread, which reached its peak in China in February, before the outbreaks in Europe and the united states. Latin america accounted for around a third of the 91,000 cases reported earlier this week, Europe and the united states represents more than 20 per cent each.
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Doctors in China have warned that the virus may be presenting differently in a new cluster of cases in the northeast of the country, suggesting that the pathogen may be changing in unknown ways. Patients in the north and north-east of the provinces it seemed to take away the virus more and take more time to test negative.
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