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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 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.
Asia shares bounce as stimulus hopes stem rout, for now
“Although uncertainty is very high, we now expect similar restrictions will be put in place across Europe in the coming weeks,” warned economists at JPMorgan.
Seguros Unimed partners with dacadoo to provide digital health services in Brazil
Unimed is the largest Brazilian medical work cooperative and health insurance operator. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 150,000 affiliated physicians, 386 Unimed branches and around than 18 million beneficiaries. The insurance arm Seguros Unimed is among the largest insurance carriers in Brazil, offering health, life and various other insurance products to its Unimed beneficiaries and affiliates physicians.
Coronavirus: Govt asks CAPFs to prepare over 5,400-bedded quarantine facilities pan-India
Three new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the country, taking the number of cases to 42, Union Health Ministry officials said on Monday.
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