Coronavirus latest updates: India records fourth death; no foreign flights to land, Centre orders

Coronavirus (COVID-19) India Latest News Updates: The Centre has asked all state governments to issue directions that citizens above the age of 65 and children below the age of 10 should remain indoors.

By: Express Web Desk Written by Tabassum Barnagarwala , Ralph Alex Arakal , Vishwas Waghmode | Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi |Updated: March 19, 2020 7:31:38 pm

India reported its fourth coronavirus-linked death on Thursday from Punjab as the number of cases spiked to 173. The government also announced that no international commercial flights would be allowed to land in India from March 22 for a week. In Tamil Nadu, authorities have identified the first “domestic case”. Meanwhile, the first positive case was reported in Chhattisgarh. The Centre has decided to allow 50 per cent of its employees to work from home and the remaining to attend office every day besides implementing different time slots for working hours. China on Thursday said no new domestic cases of the coronavirus were reported for the first time in the country, three months after the virus broke out in Wuhan.