TIMES OF INDIA
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 18, 2020, 07: 01: 18 IST
Coronavirus cases have crossed 182,000 all over the world with over 7,100 deaths. Of these, China has over 80,800 positive cases while Italy’s tally stands over 27, 900. Total cases in India have risen to 137, as per the Union health ministry. Three persons have lost their lives in India due to the virus. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:
Thane housing society stands by family put in quarantine
While there are reports of a few housing societies in Mumbai not allowing foreign-returned residents to enter premises, a Thane building has gone out of the way to ensure that one of its residents and his family, who arrived from a Covid-19 notified country on Monday, don’t feel isolated. Initially apprehensive, the building’s other residents consulted health experts and have now ensured that the family is strictly quarantined. They have ensured doorstep delivery of items, including grocery, for a fortnight so that the family doesn’t need to step out.
Limited localised Covid-19 spread so far: Govt
Continuing to tighten travel restrictions as part of its efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 cases, the government on Tuesday banned flights from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia with immediate effect. “No flight shall take off from these countries to India after 3pm IST on Tuesday,” an fresh advisory said. The government feels restrictions on entry announced since February 26, along with rigorous contact tracing, have helped limit virus transmission. Read more
India scrambles to escape a coronavirus crisis. So far, it’s working
Over the weekend in Lucknow, one of India’s bigger cities, young people packed into pubs. Despite the Indian government scrambling to lock things down, few on the bar scene were taking the coronavirus very seriously. “I am not scared. I eat, party, sleep,” said Akshay Gupta, an accountant who was bar hopping on Saturday night. “The scare is overhyped.” Read more
World is at war with coronavirus: Donald Trump
The world is at war with the invisible army of the new coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said here, and asserted that we will win. The president repeated the expression multiple times on Tuesday, telling the nation that he was using all available resources to combat the challenge posed by the virus that has so far killed at least 100 people in the US and over 7,000 globally. “The world is at war with a hidden enemy. WE WILL WIN!” Trump tweeted in the afternoon. “We have to get rid of this, we have to win this war and ideally quickly,” he told reporters at a White House news conference. Trump referred to the fight against the Covid-19 as a “war” again at a meeting with CEOs of the tourism industry.
Canada to announce $27 billion economic aid package on wednesday to offset coronavirus