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Coronavirus cases: The current blockade throughout the country has been extended until May 3.
New Delhi:
The government issued new guidelines today, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the nationwide blockade will extend until May 3 to combat the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Some relaxation may be allowed after April 20 in places where there are no hot spots, PM said.
Prime Minister Modi said that the implementation of the blockade will be strictly assured in its second phase and that detailed guidelines will be presented on Wednesday to ensure that the outbreak does not spread to new areas.
India has 11,439 cases of COVID-19 and there have been 377 deaths, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
Here are the live updates on the coronavirus pandemic:
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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned that “misinformation” about COVID-19 on various social media platforms like WhatsApp is spreading falsehoods and announced a new UN initiative to flood the Internet with facts and science to counter the “poison” of misinformation that is putting more lives at risk.
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California Governor Says Mass Gatherings Unlikely During Summer
Mass gatherings of hundreds or thousands of people are likely to be banned in California at least during the summer, as the state plans to reopen its economy and recover from the coronavirus pandemic despite an increase in deaths, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday.
Incremental steps to loosen orders to stay home could begin after “a few weeks” of evidence that rates of infection and hospitalization for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, are declining, Newsom said in a press conference in the state capital Sacramento.
New Zealand Minister Jacinda Ardern and the ministers take a 20% pay cut for six months due to the impact of the coronavirus
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, her government ministers and executive heads of public services will have a 20% pay cut over the next six months amid the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
New Zealand’s offices, schools and nonessential services have been closed for the past three weeks, and economic activity is stagnant as the country undertakes one of the strictest blockades worldwide.
The government forecast that unemployment will rise due to the global and domestic slowdown. “This is where we can take action and that is why we have done it,” Ardern said at a press conference announcing the decision.
New York City Registers Steep Increase in Coronavirus Deaths After Unproven Victims Added
New York City, the US city hardest hit in the coronavirus pandemic, revised its official COVID-19 death toll to more than 10,000 on Tuesday, to include victims who reportedly died of lung disease but never had the test.
The new cumulative number of “confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths” released by the New York City Department of Health marked a staggering increase of more than 3,700 deaths formally attributed to the highly contagious disease since March 11.
The 60 percent increase in reported deaths underscored the huge losses suffered in the nation’s most populous city, where the sounds of sirens have echoed almost nonstop through largely empty streets for weeks.
The city’s revised count, 10,367 in total, increased the number of coronavirus deaths across the country to more than 28,300: New York represents the highest proportion of deaths.
UN chief says “Now is not the time” to cut WHO resources after Trump’s announcement
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that “it was not the time” to cut resources for the World Health Organization after President Donald Trump halted US funding for body management. of the coronavirus pandemic.
Guterres said in a statement that “it was not the time to cut resources for the operations of the World Health Organization or any other humanitarian organization in the fight against the virus.” “Now is the time for unity and for the international community to work in solidarity to stop this virus and its devastating consequences,” he said.
A Gujarat lawmaker tested positive for coronavirus hours after attending a meeting with Prime Minister Vijay Rupani and two other ministers, the sources said. The MLA Congress Imran Khedawala also attended a press conference, where other MLAs and health officials were present. Sources said the Jamalpur-Khadia MLA had a temperature for several days and that it had given its samples for analysis. But he was out before the results came, sources said.
Donald Trump halts WHO funds for “poorly managed” coronavirus pandemic
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut funding for the World Health Organization, accusing the UN body of mishandling the coronavirus crisis as governments grapple with how and when to return to work on their struggling economies.
The deadly pandemic has already killed more than 125,000 people and infected nearly two million worldwide since it first emerged in China late last year.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the current blockade to control the spread of the coronavirus in India until May 3.
- The prime minister said the restrictions could be revised for the least affected parts of the country on April 20.
- “After taking into account all the suggestions, we have decided to extend the blockade until May 3,” Prime Minister Modi said.
- Some essential activities could be allowed after April 20 in parts of the country that showed some improvement in the fight against infection, he explained.
- The government will present detailed guidelines on the closure today.
- India has 10,815 cases of COVID-19 and there have been 353 deaths, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
