So far, a total of 74 positive cases (till Thursday) of Coronavirus have been traced in the country, according to the data provided by the Union health ministry. A maximum of 17 positive cases have been reported from the state of Kerala including the three cured patients who had returned from China’s Hubei province. Closely following Kerala, 11 cases have been reported in Maharashtra and 10 cases have been traced in Uttar Pradesh. 17 foreign nationals are also included in the 74 positive cases traced in the country. A Google employee in Bangalore has also been tested positive. There are reports of an Australian cricketer also getting infected by the COVID-19 virus.
As a precautionary measure, the Delhi government has shut all the colleges, schools and movie theatre in the national capital. However, schools and colleges which are conducting the ongoing exams will remain open. A total of 6 cases have been reported in the national capital so far. The central government also suspended visas from all the countries in order to curb the spread of the virus. Barring few exceptions including the diplomatic visits and employment visas, all other visas from all the nations across the world have been suspended by the government. The government has also advised people against travelling overseas to help curb the spread of the deadly virus.
Meanwhile The CRPF has collected the medical test sample of a jawan deployed in Chhattisgarh to check against coronavirus after he reported high fever and cough, officials said on Friday. They said the trooper, part of a battalion deployed for anti-Naxal operations in the state, had reported to his unit on March 10 after coming from his hometown in Kerala’s Kottayam district. The jawan, they said, is suspected to have visited a hospital in Kerala where some people were kept under isolation. The jawan was initially attended by CRPF doctors as he was suffering from high fever and cough. He has now been kept in an isolation ward at his camp in Chhattisgarh and his samples have been taken and sent to Mumbai for confirmation, they said.
All lectures, class presentations and examinations at JNU are suspended till 31st March. Conducting any event, such as seminars, conferences & workshops, in the campus during this period should be postponed: Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
