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This Article is From Mar 29, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak Highlights: PM Modi Announces New COVID-19 Fund As Count Crosses 900-Mark

Coronavirus: Four days into the 21-day lockdown, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced Rs 1.7 lakh crore in package for the people, promising food security and money to buy the essentials.

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Updated : March 29, 2020 2:34 am IST

More than 800 people have tested positive for the coronavirus infection across the country.

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of a new fund to combat the coronavirus crisis and similar situations arising in the future, instantly drawing a flood of pledges including one of Rs 25 crore from Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. Called the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund or PM CARES, the fund will see the Prime Minister as the chairman of the trust and its members will include the Defence Minister, Home Minister and Finance Minister.

India saw the highest jump in coronavirus or COVID-19 cases today with 194 patients testing positive for the highly contagious illness in different parts of the country. The total is now 918, which includes 19 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. Earlier, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs1.7 lakh crore package for the people, promising food security and money to buy the essentials.

India's response to COVID-19 has been "pre-emptive, pro-active and graded", the government said on Saturday, brushing aside the allegation that the 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced without any planning, triggering a major crisis for migrant workers and people who live on daily incomes.

The government has faced criticism that the lockdown, that came two months after the global outbreak, was announced abruptly and without planning, leaving millions stranded and triggering panic about access to food and basic necessities.

Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus:

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Mar 29, 2020 02:34 (IST)
BSF official in Madhya Pradesh tests positive for coronavirus

A Border Security Force (BSF) official, who was posted as a supervisory officer at a BSF quarantine centre in Madhya Pradesh's Tekanpur, has tested positive for COVID-19.

"He attended four meetings from March 15-19 where he met other ADG and IG rank officers. His wife returned from UK 15 days ago. All officers and his wife are under quarantine now," the BSF said.
Mar 29, 2020 01:26 (IST)
Worldwide coronavirus toll passes 30,000, two thirds in Europe

More than 30,000 people have died worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic, two-thirds of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Saturday.

In total, 30,003 lives have been lost with 21,334 of those in Europe where Italy has the highest number of fatalities with 10,023 deaths, followed by Spain with 5,690, the tally based on official information sources found.
Mar 29, 2020 01:25 (IST)
More Than 10,000 Killed In Italy By Coronavirus Pandemic

Italy's world-topping coronavirus death toll shot past 10,000 on Saturday and showed few sign of slowing down.

The 889 new fatalities reported by the civil protection service came a day after the nation of 60 million registered a world record 969 deaths on Friday.
Mar 29, 2020 01:03 (IST)
3 new cases in Bhilwara, one in Ajmer takes Rajasthan tally to 54

Four new coronavirus cases -- three in the state's 'epicentre' Bhilwara and the first one in Ajmer, were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday, taking the state's total to 54, health officials said. Ajmer has now become the state's tenth district to report a Covid-19 case, confirmed health officials.
Mar 29, 2020 01:01 (IST)
In Andhra Pradesh, a 23-year-old man of Rajasthan, has tested positive for COVID-19. Kurnool District Collector Veerapandian confirmed the news via Twitter and stated that the 23-year-old patient is stable.
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Mar 29, 2020 01:00 (IST)
Sending stranded people to home states could defeat purpose of lockdown: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said sending stranded migrant workers to their home states would defeat the purpose of the lockdown and could increase the spread of the coronavirus.

He said a better course of action would be to provide food and shelter to such people, wherever they are, by setting up special camps.

Mr Kumar ordered officials to set up relief camps in districts in Bihar that share borders with adjoining states like Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and also Nepal.
Mar 29, 2020 00:30 (IST)
Amarinder Singh urges Centre to immediately release Rs 2088 Cr GST compensation for Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday sought immediate release of GST compensation arrears of Rs 2,088 crore as well as deferment of instalments of industrial and agricultural loans by commercial banks to help the state fight the coronavirus infection.

In a letter, that followed a telephonic conversation, the Chief Minister sought from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman some additional urgent steps to mitigate the crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Union Finance Minister had earlier called up the Chief Minister, who subsequently sent her a detailed letter listing out certain important proposals to help out the state in this critical time, according to an official spokesperson.
Mar 29, 2020 00:24 (IST)
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu appeals to members to contribute to coronavirus relief
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday appealed to members of the Upper House to contribute liberally from their MPLADS fund to aid measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

He urged them to contribute at least Rs 1 crore and send consent letters to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Mar 29, 2020 00:21 (IST)
Jhandewalan Temple provides meals to migrant workers, homeless people
The Jhandewalan Temple here is providing meals to the migrant workers, daily wage labourers, destitute and homeless people. This comes in the backdrop of the novel coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown.

The temple trust has been providing food since March 25 to poor people who have been suffering most due to the nationwide lockdown.

Food is being prepared two times for approximately 20-22 thousand people in the vicinity of temple. The Trust is paying great attention to hygiene and cleanliness at the premises where food is being prepared.
Mar 29, 2020 00:07 (IST)
Not enough passes for staff of medicine shop owners: Delhi Drug Trader Association
Medicines shops in Delhi are facing a shortage of staff due to the ''non-availability'' of the passes for them, said Ashish Grover, General Secretary of Delhi Drug Trader Association said on Saturday.

"We have passes for medicine shop owners but not for staff due to which there is a shortage of staff. The stock is enough but we don''t have transportation to move it. The government should buy this stock and distribute it," Ashish Grover, General Secretary, Delhi Drug Trader Association told news agency ANI.
Mar 28, 2020 23:57 (IST)
Six coronavirus patients discharged from hospital in Haryana
A total of six coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital after receiving treatment, officials said on Saturday.

"A total of Six coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospital. Five coronavirus patients from Gurugram and one from Faridabad" said, officials.

A bulletin issued by the health department of the Haryana government said so far a total of 20 cases have been reported positive (Gurugram 10, Faridabad 3, Panipat 4, Panchkula 1, Palwal 1 and Sonepat 1).

Mar 28, 2020 23:46 (IST)
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said people have been left at the mercy of God on the streets of Delhi, Ghaziabad and Anand Vihar, who are trying to get back to their hometown amid the lockdown.


"A human tragedy is spreading its legs on the streets of Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Anand Vihar. Women, children, and senior citizens have been left at God's mercy..." she tweeted in Hindi.
Mar 28, 2020 23:41 (IST)
COVID-19: Hundreds of women stitch masks for poor in Punjab
Women in villages of Punjab are doing their bit by stitching masks and distributing them free of cost among the poor in the state. Hundreds of women who were trained by the Nanhi Chaan Trust in sewing and embroidery stitching are making the masks to help people protect themselves from the virus, according to the trust''s coordinator Rajni Sachdeva.

"We reached out to our individual members as well as self help groups to make face masks for free distribution. Our members responded enthusiastically to the appeal made by our patron Harsimrat Kaur Badal (a Union minister), and have already started distributing face masks in their respective areas," she said.
Mar 28, 2020 23:33 (IST)
Calcutta High Court to hear urgent matter via Skype
The Calcutta High Court will be hearing petitions via Skype in view of the inconvenience faced by lawyers and litigants in physically attending court proceedings due to the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, it said in a notification on Saturday.

The notification said that only extremely urgent matters will be taken up for hearing through Skype.

Advocates will be required to file the petitions through e-mail, it said
Mar 28, 2020 23:23 (IST)
Qatar confirms first coronavirus death
Qatar on Saturday recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry said.

The 57-year-old Bangladeshi national was suffering from a previous chronic disease, state news agency QNA reported.The majority of cases in Qatar have been diagnosed among migrant labourers, and authorities have locked down a large section of an industrial zone where many live and work
Mar 28, 2020 23:09 (IST)
Chennai cop uses "Corona helmet" to dissuade lockdown defiers
In a bid to spread awareness about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, Chennai police inspector Rajesh Babu in collaboration with a a local artist has made a unique ''Corona'' helmet to dissuade commuters from coming out on the streets during the nationwide lockdown.

Gowtham, the artist, who designed the helmet told news agency ANI, "The public at large is not treating the COVID-19 situation seriously, whereas, the police personnel are working round the clock to ensure people stay at home and do not venture out so that further spread of the disease can be stopped."


Mar 28, 2020 22:40 (IST)
Mar 28, 2020 22:33 (IST)
Coronavirus death toll in Italy's Lombardy rises by around 542 in a day
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's contagion, has risen by around 542 in a day to some 5,944, a source familiar with the data said on Saturday.

The fatalities are broadly in line with Friday's tally of 541, which was the second highest since the outbreak emerged on Feb

21.The number of cases in the region, which includes Italy's financial capital Milan, increased by some 2,117 to roughly 39,415 the source said.On Friday there were 2,409 new cases.The nationwide tally will be released at around 6.00 p.m
Mar 28, 2020 22:27 (IST)
25-year-old man tests positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu
A 25-year-old man from West Mambalam in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.

"A 25-year-old male from West Mambalam, Chennai has tested positive for COVID1-19. The patient is undergoing treatment in isolation at a private hospital. His condition is stable," said Dr C Vijayabaskar, Tamil Nadu Health Minister.

The Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department have detected two more positive COVID-19 cases in the state on Saturday.


Mar 28, 2020 22:21 (IST)
Assam-based couple stranded in Mumbai, forced to sleep under flyover amid lockdown
An Assam-based couple has been stranded in Mumbai and are forced to stay under a flyover near Lokmaiya Tilak Terminal here.

The couple who work in Goa, reached Mumbai to board a train for Assam but the lockdown was imposed across the country in view of the coronavirus outbreak, afterwards they got stuck in Mumbai.

Sourabh Deka and his wife Renu Deka work in a Goa-based restaurant and they have urged the Maharashtra government to provide them with a safe shelter to stay.

"I request Maharashtra government to give us a safe place to live in Mumbai. We cannot afford to live in a hotel as we are poor. In Assam, my one and a half-year-old daughter is staying with her grandmother. I and my wife are stuck here and we are facing major problems here," said Sourabh Deka.



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