At least 195 Kannadigas were brought to the Bangalore International Airport from Dubai. Six of them have reportedly shown symptoms of Covid-19, and have been admitted to the isolation ward of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru, state health minister Sriramulu said.
Bihar reported its first death due to COVID-19 on Sunday, as a man with a travel history to Qatar died at the AIIMS here, hospital superintendent CM Singh said.
Millions of people across the country stayed indoors, streets wore a deserted look and bare number of vehicles were on the road on Sunday in an unprecedented shutdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for a 'Janata curfew' to help check the spread of coronavirus.
Only SSLC exams have been postponed, but second PUC exams will be held as per scheduled, M Kanagavalli, Director, PU Examination Department said.
The Karnataka government has decided to shut state borders, also postpone all exams including SSLC (class 10), aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 virus, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Sunday.
A petrol bomb was hurled by an unidentified person near the protest site at Shaheen Bagh on Sunday where women have been on a sit-in for over three months against the newly amended citizenship act, police said.
Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 324 on Sunday after fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry said.
A batch of 263 Indians evacuated from Italy in view of the COVID-19 outbreak there were brought back to the country on Sunday and sent to a ITBP quarantine facility, officials said.
A 63-year-old coronavirus patient died in Mumbai on Sunday, taking the death toll in Maharashtra to two, a health official said. The man was admitted to the H N Reliance Hospital here on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for ''Janata curfew'' to prevent coronavirus spread evoked a good response on Sunday in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
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