Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

India update March 27: India to participate in WHO’s SOLIDARITY trial for COVID-19 cure   Coronavirus India latest update today, 27 March: The total number of casualties soared to 724 with 66 of the patients being discharged till now, the Ministry of Health announced.

Lockdown impact: Repo rate cut to 3-month moratorium on EMIs, what RBI announced today   Coronavirus impact on Indian economy: Cash reserve ratio of all banks reduced by 100 bps to 3 per cent with effect from March 28 for one year, the RBI announced today.

Global updates March 27: Spain death toll hits 4,858 as 769 die in 24 hours   Coronavirus latest updates March 27: The global number has passed half a million mark. Cases stand at 510,108 and deaths at 22,993.

Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19, PM Modi wishes him speedy recovery   In a video posted on Twitter, minutes ago, Johnson confirmed that he had developed mild symptoms— “temperature and persistent cough” over the last 24 hours and tested positive for COVID-19.

Explained: How antibody test for COVID-19 is different from PCR test   Viral infections are mainly identified by two kinds of tests– genetic and serological. Genetic tests can identify infections that are active, but cannot be used to detect past infections.