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Watch: Indian Doctor who has not seen his 2-month-old daughter for weeks urges people to stay home, breaks down on camera
Doctor Sanjay Kumar has urged people to help the doctors in curbing the spread the of coronavirus by following lockdown orders and staying at their homes
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Uttar Pradesh: 33-year-old with no foreign travel history tests positive for coronavirus, contact transmission confirmed
The ICMR had already confirmed earlier that in India, coronavirus is at Stage 2, which means local transmission.
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Brazil President gives up on lockdown, says normal life should resume as their country is younger and warmer than Italy
Brazilian President Bolsonaro diminished threat posed by the novel coronavirus by citing the country's younger population and warmer climate
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Afghanistan: Suicide bombers attack Gurudwara in Kabul, 150 held hostage, some rescued
Armed terrorists and suicide bombers attacked a Gurudwara in Shor Bazar area in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday morning.
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India locked down: This is how the police and administration is ensuring 1.3 billion people maintain social distancing amidst coronavirus outbreak
The world's largest democracy announced a total lockdown of 21 days starting midnight on 25 March, 2020 in a bid to curb the spread of Wuhan coronavirus.
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I did not test for COVID-19, but it is ‘extremely likely’ that I had it. Now I have basically recovered: Globetrotting climate ‘activist’ Greta...
Greta has further written that in Sweden, one cannot get tested for coronavirus unless they are in the need for emergency medical care and anyone feeling ill is advised to stay at home and isolate themselves.
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Coronavirus: Commerce Ministry bans export of Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug showing promise as an effective treatment in COVID-19 cases
Recently, the National Task Force COVID-19 constituted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had recommended the use of hydroxy-chloroquine for high-risk cases, as a preventive measure against COVID-19.
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Taiwan wrote to WHO on 31st December asking about human-to-human spread, WHO ignored under Chinese pressure: Here is what Taiwan says
It now emerges that on the 31st of December, Taiwan had written to the WHO (World Health Organisation) raising questions about the human-to-human contact aspect of the virus and the WHO had summarily ignored Taiwan.
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Coronavirus: Telangana Chief Minister says shoot at sight orders may be issued for violators
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that if the violators continue to defy the prohibitory orders during the lockdown, then his government will have no other option but to issue shoot at sight orders and call in the army.
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Punjab: 90,000 NRI have landed in the state in 1 month, many showing Coronavirus symptoms, health minister seeks urgent help from centre
Over 90,000 NRIs have landed in Punjab in a month. The state had declared lockdown after the first coronavirus death.
