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The couple's uncle, who was among the two persons who later tested positive for the viral infection, was also booked for not informing health authorities that he came in contact with his nephew

Officials said the scuffle broke out over some issue at the place of their posting at a hotel at Dal lake in Srinagar.

These facilities need to be well equipped with ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPEs), masks and drugs to treat the patients, it added.

People should take the deadly disease seriously and take more precautions because even developed nations like the US are not able to stop the spread of the disease despite having the best of resources and technology,

While two of them have travel history to London, the third patient, a native of Madurai district, does not have any recent travel history. This has raised concerns of community transmission of the coronavirus.

The humanitarian measures were taken to ensure that poor people do not face any difficulty in meeting their daily needs during the lockdown, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said.

There has been no casualty due to COVID-19 in Telangana and no patient had to be put on ventilator, Health Minister E Rajender said. All patients are getting cured, he said.

The number of cases detected positive for Covid-19 rose from 48 to 89 in the last three days. The figures reflect the challenge faced by Maharashtra, the second-most populous state in the country.

Karnataka prisons house a total of 15,000 and inmates in eight central jails are involved in manufacturing the masks, which are sold at Rs 6 per piece to the police and the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewage Board.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said the Centre has become 'very active' in taking more precautionary measures, including increasing the number of labs for testing of suspected coronavirus cases.

The top court said that by Tuesday evening, all lawyers' chambers in and around the apex court premises would be sealed.

On this date in 1931, three young revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged to death by the British rulers in Lahore jail.

Earlier, four Noida residents from sectors 41, 74, 78, 100 and one Delhi-based man had tested positive for coronavirus in Gautam Buddh Nagar, the officials said.

The girl's family hails from Pulibor area in Jorhat district and they had recently travelled from Bihar in a train to Mariani in the district.

Both Ola and Uber have temporarily suspended their shared ride service to check the spread of the deadly virus, which has killed over 11,000 people globally.

In a letter to External Affairs minister S Jaishankar, Vijayan brought the plight of the students to the minister's notice and said they should be brought back after following all health procedures.