Coronavirus LIVE Update: India's Cases Rise To 59,92,532; 94,503 Dead

Paytm Shuts Gurugram Office For 15 Days

Paytm has shut its Gurugram office for up to a fortnight after one of its employees tested positive for coronavirus, as it looked to contain the spread of infection to other employees.

Mumbai Has 9 Suspected Cases

Mumbai quarantined 9 people at Kasturba Hospital from the 167 screened since January. 

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray says he's been keeping a tab on the progression of the virus daily. 

The Maharashtra government is also deciding to convert the currently vacant Seven Hills Hospital into a quarantine facility if the number of suspected cases increase in the upcoming days. 

Facebook And Amazon Report Confirmed Cases

Washington State in USA has witnessed 9 COVID-19 deaths. 

Tech giants Facebook and Amazon have asked their employees to work from home after employees of each organisation reported confirmed cases. 

Earlier this week, Amazon reported that an employee at the Seattle office tested positive for COVID-19. 

On Wednesday, March 4, Facebook reported that a contractor with its Seattle office had contracted the virus.

Maharashtra Launches Coronavirus Helpline

Maharashtra Government also launched a dedicated helpline number 020-26127394 for COVID-19

Mumbai Launches A Helpline For Coronavirus

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Coroporation launches a 24x7 helpline number '1916' to report COVID-19 cases in the city, as reported by ANI

The Ministry of External Affairs spoke about the Iranian tourists in India

MEA on reports that 495 Iranian tourists are untraceable: Till now we haven't received any info about it from Iranian Embassy. Some Iranian tourists who're in India had come here before #CoronaVirus outbreak&they can't return as no flight is operating b/w 2 countries at present. pic.twitter.com/Pyb6A0RlhT

— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2020

Two Telangana Suspects Test Negative For COVID-19

The samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for further confirmation.

One of the two persons was working in a software company here as the virus scare hit the IT corridor at Cyberabad with a complex being "closed" for sanitisation.

India Defers EU Summit

According to Reuters, India said on Thursday it had postponed a planned summit with the European Union due to the coronavirus outbreak.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to travel to Brussels later this month for meetings with EU leaders.

"Both sides have agreed that due to health authorities advising against travel between regions, it would be wise to reschedule the summit to a later, mutually convenient date," Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India's foreign ministry, told a news conference.

The Economic Times reported that the Delhi Government has asked offices to suspend biometric attendance due to the spread of COVID-19. 

Delhi To Close Primary Schools For Coronavirus

Delhi Education Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted that all primary schools in Delhi will be shut till March 31, 2020.