9 New Coronavirus Cases In Kerala, Karnataka; Total 56 In India
Nine fresh cases of coronavirus, the highly contagious disease which has spread to over 100 countries across the world, have been reported in Kerala and Karnataka, taking the total number of people infected in the country to 56. The central government has stepped up measures amid rise in the number of coronavirus cases. This morning, 58 Indians were airlifted from Iran, one of the worst affected in the world by the outbreak, as the central government started evacuating hundreds of citizens stuck in the country. "Mission completed. On to the next," Foreign Minister S Jaishankar tweeted after the Indian Air Force aircraft - C-17 Globemaster - carrying the evacuated Indians landed in Ghaziabad, about 30 km from Delhi.
