After witnessing several attacks on healthcare workers engaged in testing people and treating people for coronavirus, the government has decided to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to introduce strict provisions for offenders.
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The Rashtrapati Bhavan said 115 staff houses in the presidential estate have been quarantined after a relative of one of the employees working there tested positive for the new coronavirus. Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases crossed 20,000 in India.
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US oil prices dipped below $0 for the first time ever as oversupply of crude left by the coronavirus crisis left North America’s oil producers without space to store it. In India, the number of coronavirus infections crossed 18,000 and death toll neared 600.
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The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, wrote a letter to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, in which she asked to explain why the Centre wants to send teams to her state to examine alleged violations of the coronavirus lockdown.
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The number of Coronavirus infections in India crossed 17,000 and the death toll 550. Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump has warned China of “consequences” if it emerges that Beijing knowingly allowed the spread of the virus outside the country.
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PM Narendra Modi called for unity and brotherhood in the country’s fight against coronavirus and said the virus doesn’t see religion and caste before infecting a victim.
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The government said the coronavirus infection rate in the country has almost halved since the Centre announced a nationwide lockdown from March 25. Meanwhile, the RBI has extended a ₹1 lakh crore lifeline to NBFCs, FIs to stay afloat during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Chief of the Army staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane said India is fighting the new coronavirus pandemic and is lending a helping hand to other countries by exporting essential medical supplies, Pakistan is exporting terror.
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The official number of people infected by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in India remains well below 13,000. The ICMR said it will be incorrect to say India is testing less people for the infection.
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Rahul Gandhi said the current lockdown imposed on the country to stop the coronavirus pandemic is neither a solution nor a treatment. He said the country needs to ramp us COVID-19 testing and make a strategy to lift the lockdown.
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