Order followed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's instruction to officials on March 27 to open 27-night shelters for the homeless in Kolkata

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Apollo Hospitals' founder and chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy feels the country will need to have at least 50,000 beds and dedicated facilities because of the highly infectious nature of the virus

The oil to telecom conglomerate has pledged Rs 5 crore to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund

Along with the new approval for low cost diagnostic kits, the government has also allowed 12 laboratory chains with 15,000 collection centres all over the country to carry out COVID-19 tests

Coronavirus outbreak in India latest news: The two persons, from Pilibhit and Kanpur, who had travel history to the Middle East and the US have been tested positive for COVID-19

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The Department of Telecom (DoT) has also said that movement of vehicles carrying diesel for the DG sets at critical telecom infrastructure should be allowed, and that sufficient diesel availability should be ensured

Coronavirus outbreak news updates: The passenger train services already on run at 0700 hours on the day will be allowed to run to the destinations

Coronavirus outbreak news updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that social distancing is important and useful to prevent the spread of the virus

Coronavirus news: In a tweet on Tuesday, Prime Minister's Office stated that PM Narendra Modi will talk about issues relating to COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it in his address.

Coronavirus outbreak news: As per figures by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the highest number of cases are from Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka

Coronavirus in Delhi: Dutta stated that people should come forward in case they have any symptoms of COVID-19 and accurately report their travel histories. He also said that \"If they don't they are risking the lives of their loved ones\"

Coronavirus outbreak news: All ASI-protected monuments and central museums across India will be shut till March 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak

The officials and municipal authorities have been asked to keep the market places clean and sanitised on a regular basis to prevent the spread of the disease

According to the health authorities, India is still in the first and early second stage of the outbreak. This means that the outbreak has been only travel-related, with some signs of the start of local transmission

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\"All conferences, workshops, educational tours and sports programmes have been postponed till March 31\"

The Chief Minister said all cinema halls and educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities, Anganwadi centres and creches will remain closed till March 31