Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

2,90,401 tests conducted so far; 30,043 tests done on April 15   Addressing a daily briefing to give updates on COVID-19 situation in the country, he said a total of 2,90,401 samples have been tested so far, of which 30,043 were tested on Wednesday itself.

Over 3,000 Indians overseas infected with coronavirus, 25 dead: Govt   Sources in the government said a BRICS foreign ministers meeting was being planned later this month on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zoom is not safe, says MHA in new guidelines; issues advisory for individuals   The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a new statement along with a set of guidelines declaring that Zoom, the popular video meeting service, is not safe for use.

In a single room flat in Abu Dhabi, 6 roommates and a COVID patient   With no adequate quarantine facilities in UAE,  6 people with a COVID-19 patient, in a single room flat, fear testing positive. From frequent cleaning to dividing space, this is how they managed social distancing.

Eagle in the sky: Drone operators and Kerala Police are a winning combination to enforce lockdown   Used mostly in films, wedding photography and events, the drones, depending on the model, can traverse as far as five to six kilometres and as high as 500 metres to provide real-time images and videos of lockdown violators assembling in groups.