Coronavirus live updates: 'India to take call on int'l flights when other nations ease curbs'
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 08, 2020, 05:12:59 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: 'India to take call on int'l flights when other nations ease curbs'

India's total number of Covid-19 cases has gone past Italy’s count with total cases surging to 246,628. The country's death count stood at 6,929 as per latest health ministry data. Stay here for all live updates
06:37 (IST) Jun 07
India’s daily count of Covid-19 cases crossed the five-digit on Saturday, going past the previous highest of 9,651 recorded on Thursday. Even the death toll was higher by two cases than the previous peak of 295, recorded just a day earlier, as per data collated from state governments. With this, India has reported 6,939 deaths from the virus, translating to a case fatality rate of 2.8%.
06:37 (IST) Jun 07
As cases continue to surge — 10,434 fresh infections were recorded on Saturday — India can take solace from the fact that the death toll is far lower than Brazil, Spain and the UK at the same stage of cases. Only Russia and the US had a lower toll at the same case stage (around 2.4 lakh) among the six worst-hit countries.
06:37 (IST) Jun 07
Maharashtra to get 10,000 vials of Remdesivir
Maharashtra will procure 10,000 vials of the drug Remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients, public health minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday. The medicine is being made available for the poor and needy patients in the state, he said. “GoM to procure 10k vials of Remdesivir. Based on evidence from laboratory, animal and clinical studies, it has generated promising results in MERS-CoV and SARS which are also caused by Corona Virus,” Tope tweeted. (PTI)
06:15 (IST) Jun 07
India’s tally of coronavirus cases stood at 2,46,549 late on Saturday night, having overtaken Spain’s count of 2.41,310 during the course of the day. Now, only the US (19,06,060 cases), Brazil (6,14,941), Russia (4,58,102) and the UK (2,86,294) have recorded higher number of cases.
06:15 (IST) Jun 07
India’s total Covid-19 caseload went past Spain’s on Saturday to become the fifth largest in the world, on a day when fresh infections in the country crossed 10,000 for the first time. As many as 297 deaths were reported, the highest single-day toll from the virus so far.
05:19 (IST) Jun 07
This new kit is part of the three Covid-19 testing kits being developed by IIT-H. While this kit was developed within a week, the other two will take about three to six months. The device has been sent to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, and the National Institute of Biologicals, Pune, for evaluation
05:18 (IST) Jun 07
IIT-H’s Covid test kit can give result in 20 mins, costs 600
Researchers at IIT Hyderabad have developed an artificial intelligence-powered low-cost testing kit to detect the novel coronavirus in 20 minutes flat. The cost of Covid-19 test using the new kit will be around Rs 600 only, while each test is currently being conducted for Rs 4,500. Mass production of the new kit will help reduce the test cost further to around Rs 350.
23:11 (IST) Jun 06
90 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Jharkhand today, taking total number of cases to 1028 out of which 548 cases are active: State Health department
22:08 (IST) Jun 06
Mizoram govt resumes issuing temporary inner line permits to people from outside the state, more than 2 months after it was suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic, reports PTI
21:57 (IST) Jun 06
Maharashtra govt allows capture of 30 rhesus monkeys for Covid-19 vaccine research at Pune-based National Institute of Virology, reports PTI quoting official sources
21:39 (IST) Jun 06
Islamic Centre of India chairman Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali advised people above 65 years and under 10 years of age not to visit mosques and instead offer prayers at home.
21:11 (IST) Jun 06
Churches in Goa will not reopen on June 8
20:42 (IST) Jun 06
The analysis shows that when the number of infected becomes equal to those removed from circulation by recovery and death, the coefficient will reach the 100 per cent threshold and the epidemic will be "extinguished". The analysis, published in the online journal Epidemiology International, has been done by Dr Anil Kumar, Deputy director General (Public Health) in the DGHS, and Rupali Roy, Deputy Assistant Director (Leprosy) DGHS in the health ministry.
20:25 (IST) Jun 06
With 498 new patients, tally of coronavirus cases rises to 19,617 in Gujarat while death toll reaches 1,219 with 29 patients dying, reports PTI
20:19 (IST) Jun 06
29 inmates of Aurangabad central jail in Maharashtra test Covid-19 positive, days after a coronavirus case was detected, reports PTI quoting official
20:10 (IST) Jun 06
Maharashtra's Covid-19 cases spike by 2,739 to 82,968; death toll up by 120 to 2,969, reports PTI quoting health department
20:01 (IST) Jun 06
Sri Lanka to reopen for foreign tourists from August, reports PTI
Sri Lanka is set to welcome back foreign tourists from August under strict measures to boost the tourism sector that has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said on Saturday. Sri Lanka announced lockdown in mid-March to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
19:55 (IST) Jun 06
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 204 to 40,465: Reuters