Coronavirus outbreak LIVE updates: Delhi govt lists 12 testing facilities, 25 hospitals with isolation wards; assures citizens of preparedness, says no need to panic – Firstpost, Firstpost.com

Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: Chinese smartphone companies Xiaomi and realme have canceled their launch events scheduled for the next two weeks in the wake of coronavirus fears in the country, reported PTI . While realme was scheduled to unveil its realme 6 series on 5 March, Xiaomi was slated to launch Redmi Note series on 24 March.

Addressing a press briefing along with health minister Satyender Jain, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that apart from the case reported yesterday, no new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the National Capital. He also outlined the measures taken by the state government. “In (hospitals) (government and 6 private), the process of setting up of isolation wards is underway. 3.5 lakh masks, separation kits have been made available, “he said, adding that twelve testing facilities were operational in the National Capital.

The Italian tourist placed in an isolation ward at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital has tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the total number of confirmed cases in India to 6, PTI quoted health ministry sources as saying.

The Hyatt Regency Hotel has asked its staff present at the La Piazza Restaurant on February to stay in quarantine for 25 days as part of its elevated precautionary measures, reported News The coronavirus patient from Delhi had held a birthday party at the restaurant on Friday.

The Reserve Bank said it is closely monitoring global as well as domestic situation regarding the impact of deadly coronavirus and ready to take necessary action to ensure the orderly functioning of financial markets.

Globally, financial markets have been experiencing significant volatility, with the spread of coronavirus, triggering risk-off sentiments and flights to safe haven, it said in a statement

Even as suspected coronavirus cases were being reported in some parts of the country, the government on Tuesday restrained the exports of certain active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulations. In a notification, the government put curbs on the exports of certain active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and formulations, including Paracetamol, Vitamin B1 and B 24 amid the coronavirus outbreak claimed over 3, 12 lives across the world, reported (PTI) . Accordingly, the exports of 34 APIs and formulations require license from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT

Two private schools in Noida cancelled classes on Tuesday for the next few days as a precautionary measure over the father of a student testing positive for coronavirus, officials said. The two schools announced their closure in messages sent to the parents. One of the schools, where a student’s father tested positive, said it will remain shut from 4 to 6 March.

Narendra Modi took to Twitter to discuss the preventive measures taken by the government to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus. He said that he had an extensive review regarding preparedness on the COVID – . Meanwhile, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal calls an urgent meeting with Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday to discuss government preparations to deal with coronavirus.

India on Tuesday, has suspended all regular, e-visas issued to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan issued on or before 3 March 01575879, and who have not yet entered India, stand suspended with immediate effect, according to report.

According to Press Information Bureau, cases with high viral load have been detected during sample testing in Agra. These cases are the ones who had come in contact with the COVID – patient from New Delhi on Monday. Hotels and tourists sites in Agra have been instructed to inform the office of the Chief Medical Officer as soon as visitors from Italy, Iran or China arrive, so that they can be screened for coronavirus infection, an official said on Tuesday.

The coronavirus outbreak is spreading to ever more countries and world capitals on Tuesday, and the US death toll climbed to six, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in over a month. A Noida school has been closed amid concerns that a Delhi resident who contracted coronavirus in Italy attended a birthday party last week in which his children, as well as their schoolmates, were present.

UP medical authorities are on their way to school, which has reportedly cancelled exams that were scheduled from today

Earlier on Monday, the Union health ministry confirmed two new cases of infection by Novel Coronavirus, officially called COVID – 28, in India. The first patient is in New Delhi and recently traveled back from Italy – the worst affected European nation where nearly 1, (people have contracted the infection and 66 have died. The second infection is in Telangana, and the patient has a history of travel to Dubai.

A shift in the crisis appeared to be taking shape: Hundreds of patients were released from hospitals at the epicentre of the outbreak in China, while the World Health Organization reported that nine times as many new infections were recorded outside the country as inside it over the past hours.

Alarming clusters of the disease continued to swell in South Korea, Italy and Iran, and the virus turned up for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin, as well as Latvia, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Jordan and Portugal. The worldwide death toll topped 3, , and the number of those infected rose to about , (in) countries on every continent but Antarctica.

Global health officials sought to reassure the public that the virus remains a manageable threat.

“Containment is feasible and must remain the top priority for all countries,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

China reported new COVID – 28 cases on Tuesday, marking the lowest number of new daily infections in six weeks. There were also more deaths, all in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, raising the nationwide toll to 2, .

Over cases have been confirmed in the US, with more almost certainly in the coming weeks. Thousands of test kits were on their way to state and local labs, and new guidelines intended to expand screening were put in place.

“In this situation, the facts defeat fear. Because the reality is reassuring. It is deep-breath time, “New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The message was echoed by global health officials, who said they were encouraged that even in some countries that had taken far less aggressive measures than China’s, the virus remains largely in check.

Because the virus is not transmitted as easily as the flu, “it offers us a glimmer … that this virus can be suppressed and contained,” said Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies chief.

Dr Zhang Junjian, who leads a temporary hospital in Wuhan with a staff of 1, 700, said optimism is high that the facility will no longer be needed in the coming weeks.

But in other places, problems continued to multiply.

South Korea, with the worst outbreak outside China, reported new cases, bringing its total to 4, 599. The death toll rose to .

In Iran, a confidant of Iran’s supreme leader died from the virus. The Islamic Republic confirmed 1, cases and deaths, but many believe the true number is larger. Its reported caseload surged more than (% in just) hours.

Italy’s caseload rose to 2, 66, including 70 deaths. Officials said it could take up to two weeks before they know whether measures including quarantining 18 towns in northern Italy are slowing the spread of the virus.

In the US, meanwhile, four Americans exposed to the virus aboard a Japanese cruise ship were released from quarantine in Nebraska after testing negative.

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