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India suspends tourist visas from March 13 to prevent coronavirus spread
Any foreign national who intends to travel to India for compelling reason may contact the nearest Indian Mission, the release said, adding that all incoming travellers, including Indian nationals, arriving from or having visited China, Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, France, Spain and Germany after February 15 will be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days
Coronavirus outbreak: India steps up vigil as confirmed cases jump to 62
“Till Wednesday, 1,38,968 travelers from 1195 flights have been screened at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur international airports. As per the new guidelines from central government, travelers coming from all countries are being screened at international airports,” it said. So far, India has evacuated 948 passengers from COVID-19 affected countries. Out of these, 900 are Indian citizens and 48 belonging to different nationalities including Maldives, Myanmar, Bangladesh, China, USA, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru”
Possible delay of Tokyo Olympics dismissed by head of organizing committee
Organizers have been pushing a consistent message that the Games would not be canceled or postponed but sponsors who have pumped in billions of dollars have grown increasingly nervous about how the coronavirus outbreak will impact the event.
Coronavirus likely to trigger Pandemic Bond payouts to poor countries
The bonds were issued to raise money to help poorer countries respond to a pandemic. Boston-based private company AIR Worldwide Corporation determines whether a trigger event has occurred, based on an outbreak meeting a list of criteria in areas such as geographic spread, rate of growth and number of deaths.
In dramatic step, Trump restricts travel from Europe to US to fight coronavirus
After triggering confusion by suggesting that “trade and cargo” from Europe would also be banned, Trump was forced to clarify his statement with a tweet moments after the speech that “trade will in no way be affected” by the travel restriction.
“The restriction stops people not goods,” he said in the tweet.U.S. stock futures ESv1 slid further as the president spoke, down more than 4% and signaling another day of losses awaits Wall Street.
Coronavirus outbreak: Foreign investors bleed money; sell $9 billion Asian equities so far
Indian equities, which are also hit by a turmoil at private sector lender Yes Bank, saw an outflow of $1.7 billion. Indonesian and Philippine equities witnessed the least amount of foreign fund outflows, with just about $108 million and $65 million, respectively
Stimulus hopes buoy Wall Street after rout; Dow Jones, S&P rise over 3%
“Investors are trying to look for any signs that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” said Adam Sarhan, chief executive officer of 50 Park Investments in New York.
Japan announces $4 billion coronavirus package,Trump vows ‘major’ steps to aid US economy
President Donald Trump on March 9 said he will be taking “major” steps to gird the economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional Republicans on Tuesday.
Coronavirus patients are stable, showing signs of recovery: Harsh Vardhan
A total of 50 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country till now, the ministry said, adding a few more cases were being re-tested for confirmation. Reports from states put the figure at 59.
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South Korea reported 69 new cases, bringing the country’s total infections to 7,382.
* Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed its first three cases, two of them in people recently returned from Italy.