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

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 21, 2020, 23:20:44 IST

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

Coronavirus has infected more than 2,70,000 people and killed more than 11,000 across the world. Meanwhile, India has reported four deaths and 283 cases so far. In his address to the nation, PM Modi called for Janata Curfew on March 22 and urged people to avoid panic-buying. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

13:45 (IST) Mar 21

Indian embassies worldwide issue advisories for distressed nationals, reports PTI.

The Indian embassy in France has issued an advisory for its nationals who wish to travel back home before India's week-long ban, imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, on international commercial flights comes into force on March 22. The Indian embassies in several other countries also issued advisories and started emergency helplines for the distressed Indians. The embassies among others included from Canada, Greece, Finland and Estonia, Israel, Japan, Vietnam, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Russia, Cuba, Brazil and Switzerland.

13:42 (IST) Mar 21

UP health minister Jai Pratap Singh, who was at a party with singer Kanika Kapoor, tests negative for coronavirus, reports PTI citing official sources.

13:40 (IST) Mar 21

COVID-19: Railways relaxes refund rules for PRS counter-generated tickets from March 21 to April 15

13:39 (IST) Mar 21

A woman, who came in contact with an infected patient in Chandigarh, has tested positive and has been admitted to an isolation ward. She had given beauty services to the Chandigarh patien: Dr Jasjeet Kaur, Surgeon, Panchkula

13:33 (IST) Mar 21

Railways has found that 4 passengers, who travelled from Mumbai to Jabalpur on March 16 via on Godan Express (Train 11055), have tested positive. They came to India from Dubai last week: Ministry of railways

13:19 (IST) Mar 21

Mumbai Metro One suspends operations on 22nd March (Sunday) to encourage people to stay at home and make 'Janta Curfew' an unprecedented success.

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13:15 (IST) Mar 21

CBSE launches toll-free helpline for students, parents on coronavirus safeguards, reports PTI

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a toll-free helpline on coronavirus safeguards for students, officials said on Saturday. The facility is available on helpline number 1800 11 8004 from 8 am to 8 pm, initially up to March 31, they said.

13:12 (IST) Mar 21

Majority of big diamond companies have shut down their units in Surat till March 29

13:01 (IST) Mar 21

The Goa government has banned the movement of passenger vehicles plying from Karnataka and Maharashtra into Goa from midnight

13:00 (IST) Mar 21

PM shares video on coronavirus

Minute precautions can make monumental impacts and save many lives. Saw this interesting video on social media. I… https://t.co/rwzq4QpyxY
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1584773775000

12:49 (IST) Mar 21

PM lauds Twitter for launching a page on Covid-19 for India

"Commendable effort by @TwitterIndia, which has launched a dedicated COVID-19 page that provides essential real-time updates to people from various authorities across India.#IndiaFightsCorona," said PM in the tweet

12:44 (IST) Mar 21

Coronavirus: PM shares government's Whatsapp helpdesk on coronavirus to check misinformation

Sharing correct information, avoiding incorrect panic. Here is an effort by WhatsApp and @mygovindia to ensure yo… https://t.co/nsK4o946ti
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1584773501000

12:41 (IST) Mar 21

Read: Air India to send aircraft to bring back Indians stranded in Rome

National carrier Air India will send a 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Rome on Saturday afternoon to evacuate Indians stranded there amid the coronavirus crisis. The Centre issued a statement on Thursday that no international flights would be allowed to land in India from March 22 onward for a period of one week.

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12:13 (IST) Mar 21

We have launched a self-assessment interactive app on Coronavirus. This is the first in the country. We're taking all precautions and discouraging gathering of even 5 people. We don't want tourists coming to Goa till the situation settles.

Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane (As reported by ANI)

12:09 (IST) Mar 21

DMK Chief MK Stalin distributes kits of soap, hand sanitizer and face mask to media personnel and staff at the assembly in Chennai

12:05 (IST) Mar 21

Read: Australia's Bondi Beach closed after crowds defy coronavirus rules

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12:04 (IST) Mar 21

All non essential services to be shut in the city, except for grocery,milk and medicine says Surat municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani

11:53 (IST) Mar 21

We are planning that people who are working in essential services only will be allowed in local trains and buses after showing ID cards: Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope

11:43 (IST) Mar 21

Woman with no foreign tour history tests coronavirus positive in Pune, reports PTI

A woman in her early 40s has tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Pune city, a senior official confirmed on Saturday. The woman, who is currently on ventilator support at Bharti Hospital, tested positive for the infection after her throat swabs were sent to National Institute of Virology to check for the possibility of swine flu (H1N1), he said. The woman does not have travel history to a foreign country, but had travelled to Vashi in Navi Mumbai to attend a wedding on March 3, he said.

11:25 (IST) Mar 21

Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people 'not invincible'

"Today I have a message for young people: you are not invincible. This virus could put you in hospital for weeks -- or even kill you. Even if you don't get sick, the choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and death for someone else," WHO chief said at a virtual press conference in Geneva. Read more