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Covid-19

News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: Union govt invokes Disaster Management Act to regulate prices and ensure availability of vital protective items

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

Disaster Management Act invoked to regulate prices and ensure availability of surgical and protective mask, hand sanitiser and gloves.

News Reports

Second batch of evacuees from Wuhan in China quarantined at ITBP quarantine centre test negative for coronavirus, dispersal begins

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

MoS Home Nityanand Rai met 2nd batch of inmates from Wuhan, after they tested negative for coronavirus on completion of quarantine period.

Government and Policy

PM Modi proposes a joint strategy of SAARC nations to counter Coronavirus scare, many nations welcome proposal

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

Asserting that South Asia is home to a sizeable chunk of the global population, PM Modi exhorted the SAARC countries to leave no stone unturned to ensure the health and well-being of their people.

Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did Coronavirus spread in Italy due to a Pakistani or due to ‘hug a Chinese’ campaign?

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

With the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus in Italy, social media has been abuzz with news that the patient zero in Italy has been identified as a Pakistani immigrant who refused to self-isolate.

News Reports

US President Donald Trump to not undergo coronavirus test after meeting infected Brazilian official

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

"Both the president and vice president had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time", said Stephanie Grisham.

News Reports

Coronavirus: 76-year-old who died in Karnataka had COVID-19, relatives had shifted him to private hospital without doctor’s knowledge

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

A 76-year-old man from Karnataka's Kalaburagi became the first victim of the deadly pandemic in India.

News Reports

Former Chief Election Commission SY Quraishi wishes PM Modi gets infected with coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Thursday indirectly wished that Prime Minister Modi be tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus that has now become a global pandemic.

News Reports

Coronavirus: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife tests positive

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2020

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife has tested positive for coronavirus.

News Reports

Coronavirus: Union ministers not to travel abroad, Rashtrapati Bhavan closed for tourists, Delhi schools and cinemas shut till March 31

OpIndia Staff - 12 March, 2020

Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of coronavirus as pandemic, India has scaled up its responses and put in place even stricter controls

Media

China vs India: Dear global media, why so unfair?

Abhishek Banerjee - 12 March, 2020

Everyone seems to have forgotten that this disaster happened because the Chinese government failed to spot the threat and contain its spread while there was still time.

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