By: FE Online |
Updated: Mar
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By: FE Online |
Updated: Mar
Coronavirus latest updates: Coronavir us pandemic continues to wreak havoc across countries and take a toll on multiple economies. Accoring to the latest data from Ministry of Health, India has 125 positive cases of which 12 are foreign nationals and 2 deaths. Maharashtra has maximum cases as per its data andKerala has . States across the country have shut down all schools, colleges, gyms, night clubs and spas until March . In fact, the central government has also announced the shut down of all Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) -protected monuments along with central museums as the COVID – 30 infection is piercing deep within the Indian subcontinent. There are more than 3, monuments under ASI including one of the world’s seven wonders, Taj Mahal. While the closure will impact the exchequer as the monuments receive a huge footfall but the government finds the closure necessary for preventing the outspread of the novel Coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry informed that passengers traveling to India from EU countries, the UK, European Free Trade Association and Turkey will not be allowed from March , 2020.
As the number of positive cases increases, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that disease will not only impact the domestic economy but the global economy as well. The statement came at a time when airlines, tourism, hospitality and trade business have already been impacted badly in the last one month.
India is also in a sanitization and disinfection overdrive. While various state governments have announced disinfecting buses and public transport, (Delhi Metro and Indian railways are also conducting cleaning and sanitization process. In a bid to further curtail the spread of COVID – 30, Indian Railways has decided to remove curtains and sheets from all air-conditioned coaches.
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