Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra reports 2,682 new coronavirus cases, 116 deaths

UN chief Antonio Guterres has appreciated India's assistance to other countries to combat the Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual conversation with ambassador TS Tirumurti, India's envoy to the world body, the Secretary General's spokesman has said. Read full story

129 people, including 105 residents of Tripura, returned from Bangladesh amid coronavirus pandemic. Each of them will undergo a Covid-19 test and 7-day institutional quarantine. They all arrived here on Thursday through Akhaura-Agartala Integrated Check Post in Agartala. Read full story

India has 89,987 active cases, while 71,106 have been cured/discharged/migrated; death toll stands at 4,706.

Thousands of businesses have begun to reopen in the Andean country, with new safety protocols and reduced staff, as a lockdown in place since late March was due to lift at the end of May. Under the government-mandated extension, that business restart will continue. Hairdressers and barbers are among the businesses allowed to reopen, along with museums and libraries, at the discretion of local mayors. Colombia has reported more than 25,300 Covid-19 cases and 882 deaths.

US President Donald Trump is feeling "absolutely great" after taking a two-week dose of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and will take it again if he thinks he is exposed to the coronavirus, a top White House official has said.Hydroxychloroquine sulfate was first synthesised in 1946 and is in a class of medications historically used to treat and prevent malaria. It is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, childhood arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases.The drug is not FDA-approved for the treatment of Covid-19 but it has been identified as a possible treatment for the infection and the US government has requested its immediate availability.Trump has called hydroxychloroquine a "game-changer" drug in the fight against the coronavirus.

The figures announced Friday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought national totals to 11,402 infections and 269 deaths. South Korea has reported 177 new Covid-19 cases over the past three days, a resurgence that threatens to erase some of its hard-won gains against the virus and worsen a massive shock to the country's trade-dependent economy.

Shramik specials introduced by Railways on May Day to ferry migrants back to their home state have brought more criticism than admiration given the inordinate delays; migrants creating ruckus over lack of food and water and trains ‘losing way’ or taking routes other than the defined ones between the originating and destination stations. Of late, passengers are also dying aboard the special trains. Since May 1, UP has received maximum Shramik specials followed by Bihar. Maharashtra and Gujarat are the two states that have sent most of these trains to UP and Bihar. Read full story