Recent updates on Coronavirus

There is no address to the nation by PM Modi today. Total number of COVID19 cases in the country is 7,447 now, 642 people have recovered. In the last 24 hours - there have been 1,035 new cases and 40 deaths. Total 239 deaths have been reported so far: GOI

Ministry of Home Affairs in a letter today requested states/UTs to provide police security to doctors&other medical staff, as needed, in the hospitals and the quarantine facilities where they are working: Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

Lockdown and containment measures are important to fight COVID19. If we had not taken any measures then we might have had 2 lakh cases at this time: Lav Agrawal, Joint Secy, Health Ministry

If duration of exposure is not enough then findings can be wrong....Use of HCQ is as prophylaxis not as treatment. We've never recommended it to general public, R Gangakhedkar, ICMR on ANI’s question on efficacy of HCQ on frontline health workers dealing with COVID19 patients

PM emphasized the criticality of coming 3-4 weeks for determining the impact of the steps taken till now to contain the virus, adding that teamwork is the key to facing the challenge: PMO on PM's video-conference with CMs

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