ICMR To Increase Sentinel Surveillance
The Indian Council of Medical Research has stated that all the 826 samples they tested for community transmission have tested negative, post which they are going to increase the number of sentinel surveillance that they have been conducting.
BMC Likely To Use GPS Tracker For People With Travel History
Faced with violations of the mandatory 14-day home quarantine for arriving international travellers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked Mumbai Police to track their movements through GPS location of their phones to make sure they stay at home, reported the Indian Express
Indians Returning From Attari-Wagah Border Quarantined At Amritsar
43 Indians who arrived last night through Attari-Wagah Border have been sent to quarantine facility in Amritsar. Parijeet Kaur Johal, Civil Surgeon says, "29 have travel history of Dubai & 14 are students studying in Pakistan. Medical reports sent to state govt".
Indians Stuck At Singapore Due To Travelling Restrictions
Nearly 100 Indian travellers, arriving from the Philippines and Malaysia, are stranded at Singapore's Changi Airport and are unable to get back home due to the travel restrictions imposed by India, the Indian High Commission said. "We have worked with the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Civil Aviation to facilitate the return of these Indians back home," India's High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf told ANI.
IndiGo Announces Pay Cuts
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta announces pay cut for all employees, will himself take 25 per cent cut in salary. "With precipitous drop in revenues, the very survival of airline industry now at stake," Dutta said while announcing pay cut. Dutta added that senior vice presidents and above are taking 20 per cent pay cut; vice presidents, cockpit crew taking 15 per cent pay cut.
Maharashtra Case Count Reaches 49
Maharshtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope tweeted that the state had found 4 new positive cases taking the total number of cases in the state to 49.
UGC Postpones All Exams, Evaluation Till March 31
The University Grants Commission has asked all universities to postpone exams and evaluation till March 31 in lieu of the Coronavirus.
Six Deboarded From Saurashtra Express
6 passengers who returned from Singapore recently & have 'home quarantine stamp' on their hands, were deboarded from Saurashtra Express at Borivali Railway Station today: Public Relations Officer (PRO), Western Railway.
This is the second case of deboarding passengers. Yesterday, 4 were deboarded from the Garib Rath at Palghar.
HCL Employee In Noida Tests Positive
An employee from HCL Technologies' Noida office has tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus while he was in self-isolation after his return from international travel. HCL said that all prescribed protocols of sanitization and contact tracing have been conducted.
Lucknow Confirms Two New Cases
Sudhir Singh, COVID-19 isolation ward in-charge, King George's Medical University said two more persons have tested positive for Coronavirus in Lucknow, taking the total number of cases to 5. All the patients are stable. T