COVID-19: Country’s cases over 2300, 56 dead: LIVE

BREAKING | 4 more COVID-19 cases in Assam, total 20, all linked to Markaz

Four more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Assam, taking the state’s tally to 20, informed health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday. While 3 are from Nalbari, one is from South Salmara. All the 4 cases are associated with Nizamuddin Markaz congregation in New Delhi earlier last month

Alert ~ Four more patients have been found #Covid_19 positive. Three of these are from Nalbari, and one is from South Salmara, taking total no in Assam to 20.

All these 4 people are also associated with #NizamuddinMarkaz event.

Update at 5 pm / April 3

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 3, 2020

Supreme Court officials contribute over Rs 1,00,61,989 to PM Cares Fund to fight Coronavirus

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called upon Governors and Lt Governors of states and UTs advising them to appeal to religious/spiritual leaders to not hold any congregation and observe social distancing

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces 1-month shutdown starting next Tuesday. Except for essential services and key economic sectors, all workplaces to be closed

Numaligarh Refinery Limited contributed Rs 5 crore to Assam CM Relief Fund and Assam Arogyaa Nidhi to help fight COVID-19

As the Government works to contain #COVID19, NRL as a responsible corporate, humbly contributes a total of INR 5 Cr to Assam CM Relief Fund, and Assam Arogya Nidhi.#HarEkKaamDeshKeNaam #BeyondBusiness #AssamFightsCorona #StaySafe @PetroleumMin @dpradhanbjp @CMOfficeAssam pic.twitter.com/mqs13QSYTk

— Numaligarh Refinery (@NRL_MoPNG) April 2, 2020

Mollapara area of Nalbari town which has been completely sealed off after the detection of a COVID-19 case was sanitised today by administration

PM Modi interacts with more than 40 sportspersons via video conference, asks them to boost the morale of the nation & spread the message of social distancing during lockdown

SCTIMST and Wipro 3D to jointly build a prototype of an emergency ventilator system based on Artificial Manual Breathing Unit (AMBU) developed by SCIMST

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India’s recent run of economic growth is slow to just 1% this year, the lowest it has been for over 40 years according to research from Capital Economics.

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The WHO has urged Middle East countries to do more to contain the virus spread

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There are now more than one million confirmed cases of the new coronavirus worldwide

Meghalaya Govt to procure rice from FCI to meet shortage

Tawang not to buy vegetables from outside

Manipur CM asks people to abide by social distancing norms

All Nizamuddin returnees test negative in Tripura, to undergo second test

NE airports operationalise watch hours to help in cargo ferrying

Playing a crucial role in ferrying cargo of essential items and medical equipment during this hour of crisis, the airports in the north-eastern region have operationalised watch hours at Guwahati, Agartala, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Silchar, Shillong, Dimapur, Tezpur, Lilabari and other places as and when required.

Assam Governor, GMC contribute to CM’s relief fund

Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi contributed one month’s gross salary amounting to Rs 3,50,000 to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to support the Assam government’s relief operations against the coronavirus outbreak. Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) Commissioner Debajyoti Hazarika along with the convener of the four workers unions Chandan Sharma handed over a cheque worth Rs 19,48,915 – which is one day’s salary of all officers, staff and workers of GMC – to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to check the spread of novel coronavirus.

Focus on testing, tracing, quarantine, PM tells CMs

The number of ICU beds with ventilation at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has gone up to 162 as on date, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

9,000 Tablighi members, primary contacts quarantined across India

488 Assam persons who returned from Nizamuddin area traced

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with minister of state Pijush Hazarika interact with family members of attendees of Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz, New Delhi who were brought to Sarusojai Sports Complex, Guwahati to offer them quarantine facilities