Coronavirus live updates: PM urges people not to rush to villages, avoid crowding trains, buses

The government has capped maximum retail price of hand sanitizer at Rs 100 per 200ml bottle till June 30 this year amid a sharp rise in the prices of this product amid the coronavirus outbreak. Similarly, price of a 2 ply (surgical) mask has been capped at Rs 8 and that of 3 ply (surgical) mask at Rs 10 till June 30, Consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan said in a statement. Read more

The Indian embassies in several countries has issued advisories and started emergency helplines for the distressed Indians, assuring them all possible help.

The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has drawn up a scheme to provide additional funding to borrowers whose operations are impacted by coronavirus. The Covid-19 Emergency Credit Line (CECL) will be in force up to June 30 and will be equivalent to 10% of their working capital limit, subject to a cap of Rs 200 crore. Read more

"48 government hospitals and 35 private hospitals have been identified as first respondent hospitals for the case management of COVID-19 cases," the government further said.

Asserting the measures taken by states and union territories are not uniform, the Central government on Saturday issued a slew of guidelines on social distancing in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.