Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

Coronavirus India update: PM holds meeting with CMs via video conferencing as positive cases top 220   The Health Ministry stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Janta curfew on Sunday will help break the chain of transmission in the country.

Coronavirus global updates: Death toll crosses 10,000   The global death toll due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exceeded 10,000 on Friday, with more than 2,45,484 people infected worldwide.

Explained: Amid coronavirus outbreak, what happens to those affected by humanitarian crises?   On March 17, guidelines developed jointly by the WHO, UNHRC, IFRC, and the IOM mentioned that this set of people may find it more difficult to access healthcare facilities that are otherwise available to the general population.

Assam to put $2000 in accounts of residents stuck abroad, stamp those coming in   In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday announced a $2,000 monetary relief measure for those residents who had travelled abroad from the state in the past 30 days and were now “stuck” with no way to come back home.

Mental health in the time of COVID-19: How Kerala is helping calm nerves, one phone call at a time   Once again, the mental health apparatus in Kerala has been sharpened and polished to deal with a new challenge, perhaps its most daunting and herculean yet: the coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 10,000 people across the world.