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Operations till January 23 will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of the two countries to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad only, the Civil Aviation Minister said

Issuing a modified order in this regard, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the \"competent authority on a case-to-case basis.\"

The woman managed to board a Vishakhapatnam-bound special train along with her son from New Delhi after having tested COVID-19 positive on December 22

As per the amended Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), travellers will be kept under institutional quarantine after arrival and RT-PCR test will be conducted on the seventh day from the arrival at the respective hotels, institutional facilities at their own coast

The survey, which is based on over 15,000 responses from over 10,000 people from across 204 cities and conducted by online platform LocalCircles, also revealed that as many as 42 per cent of the respondents did not have any travel plan for domestic travel at all

According to Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao, 1,216 people have arrived in Telangana from the UK since December 9 and a total of 937 have been identified and tested for Covid-19

The UK mutant coronavirus strain was identified by scientists in September which was a month before the South African appeared to have developed, South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said

InterGlobe Aviation share crashed 10% to Rs 1,356 against previous close of Rs 1,507. Share of SpiceJet too fell 10% to Rs 82.35 against previous close of Rs 91.45. 

Indian-American doctor Vivek Murthy added, 'While it seems to be more transmissible, we do not have evidence yet that this is a more deadly virus to an individual who acquires it'

European nations and other countries have started imposing bans on flights and travellers from the UK in an attempt to ensure that the new strain of coronavirus doesn't reach their shores

This is the fifth time Air India's flights from India have been banned by the Hong Kong government for bringing passengers who tested positive for the pathogen after arrival

More than 15 million Americans are estimated to travel to Europe each year, while some 10 million Europeans head across the Atlantic

Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracker India highlights: Maharashtra remains worst-affected by in the country with 50,231 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. Of this, Mumbai alone accounts for 30,542 cases and 988 deaths

Coronavirus in India live updates: Home Affairs Secretary Ajay Bhalla has chided West Bengal for inadequate COVID-19 testing and highest mortality rate among states; Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state, followed by Gujarat and Delhi

Live updates on India coronavirus: Essentials will be delivered door-to-door in sealed coronavirus hotspots in Delhi; list of sealed areas to be released tomorrow

India coronavirus latest coverage live: According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total confirmed cases of coronavirus, as on April 1, 2020, 7:30 pm, stand at 1,834

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

Coronavirus news updates: Indian citizens from Iran will be flown to Hindan airbase where medical facilities including quarantine have been set up. Meanwhie Karnataka confirmed its first COVID-19 case