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Coronavirus live updates: Will decide in July on international flights' resumption, govt says

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 17, 2020, 01:31:58 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: Will decide in July on international flights' resumption, govt says

With an increase of 10,667 cases and 380 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 count in India has reached 3,43,091 on Tuesday. The spike in cases is lower than the 11,502 registered in the country on Monday and has also stayed below the 11 thousand mark it had been crossing for the past two days in a row. Stay with TOI for the latest developments

00:19 (IST) Jun 16

Oscars postponed by two months to April 25 2021 due to pandemic: AFP

23:27 (IST) Jun 15

219 new Covid-19 cases reported in Telangana today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,193: State health department

22:58 (IST) Jun 15

Read: Centre asks states to engage with private sector to provide healthcare facilities at reasonable rates

To ensure availability of health infrastructure amid rapidly rising Covid-19 cases, the Centre has asked States to proactively engage with the private sector and consider pooling in public and private healthcare facilities. States have also been asked to negotiate with local private healthcare providers and arrive at reasonable rates, while factoring in cost elements for personal safety equipment for healthcare providers.

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22:53 (IST) Jun 15

Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand rise to 1,845 with 26 more people testing positive for virus, reports PTI.

22:31 (IST) Jun 15

The total number of containment zones in Mumbai stands at 828: BMC

22:00 (IST) Jun 15

Total number of cases in the state is now at 1,10,744, including 56,049 discharged & 4,128 deaths: State health department

Highest single-day spike of 178 deaths reported in Maharashtra today.

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21:59 (IST) Jun 15

Delhi government issues order to install CCTV cameras in all Covid wards of Covid-19 hospitals under them for efficient monitoring & supervision of patient care, reports ANI.

Public Works Department (PWD) directed to install cameras within 24 hours and submit a compliance report.

21:43 (IST) Jun 15

Delhi Disaster Management Authority's (DDMA) meeting over Covid-19, scheduled for 11am tomorrow cancelled, reports ANI.

21:38 (IST) Jun 15

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revokes emergency authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, saying they are “unlikely to be effective”, reports ANI quoting the New York Times.

21:27 (IST) Jun 15

Health ministry appoints nodal officer to disseminate district-wise details of Covid-19 facilities, reports PTI.

In an order issued on Monday, the Union health ministry said that the deputy secretary will be the nodal officer to "compile, collate and consolidate" information sought by RTI applicant and activist Venkatesh Nayak and put it on the website of the ministry as per the directions issued by the Central Information Commission (CIC).

21:24 (IST) Jun 15

Several Airlines helped in the humanitarian mission of taking stranded people to their destinations: DGCA

21:23 (IST) Jun 15

In addition to facilitating the Vande Bharat Mission, DGCA granted permission to around 870 chartered flights, transporting around 2 lakh passengers, both inbound & outbound: DGCA

20:59 (IST) Jun 15

Stocks sink worldwide as coronavirus infections rise again, reports AP.

20:56 (IST) Jun 15

Indian Institute of Toxicology Research with Major Technology, a startup develops disinfection machine for N95 masks and PPE kits.

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20:55 (IST) Jun 15

Haryana reports 12 more Covid deaths taking toll to 100, highest spike in positive cases with 514 infections: State health department

20:53 (IST) Jun 15

UP govt suspends random pool sampling 72 hours of launch as labs overloaded.

Barely three days after the UP government started collecting random pool samples to check for signs of community transmission of Covid-19 in the state, the collection was suspended on Monday as the labs across the state could not handle the load of the samples.

20:52 (IST) Jun 15

Centre asks States to engage with the private sector for augmenting healthcare infrastructure, and provisioning of critical care at reasonable rates.

20:44 (IST) Jun 15

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat sanctions Rs 110 crores to all the district of the state to provide self-employment opportunities to the migrants returning to the state, reports ANI.

20:40 (IST) Jun 15

The total number of active cases among police personnel in Maharashtra is now at 1,388, including 40 deaths, reports ANI.

227 police personnel have tested positive in the last 72 hours in Maharashtra.

20:22 (IST) Jun 15

5,071 Covid-19 patients discharged today. The recovery rate in the state is 47.2%. So far, 56,049 patients have recovered: Maharashtra health minister