Latest updates on Covid-19 crisis around the world

New Delhi, April 27

Here are the latest updates on the Covid crisis in India and other parts of the world on Monday.

3:01 pm

Work on Telugu films with Rs 600 Crore investment stalled due to Covid-19 lockdown.

2:51 pm

Every 7th doctor in the US is Indian and working as soldiers, fighting Covid-19, says American Physicians of Indian-Origin (AAPI) president Dr Suresh Reddy.

2:39 pm

Need to give importance to economy and battle Covid-19, says PM to CMs.

2:09 p.m.

The Delhi High Court seeks response of the Centre and the AAP government on a plea seeking directions to them to provide food and water to stray animals during the coronavirus lockdown.

2:08 pm

The Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply on the PIL of journalists’ bodies on job loss and wage cuts in media.

1:50 pm

Coronavirus cases in Singapore cross 14,000.

1:45 pm

Journalist tests Covid-19 positive in UP’s Unnao.

1:43 pm

Indian girl beats Covid-19 months after surviving cancer in Dubai.

1:28 pm

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra raises issue of faulty kits supplied to UP medical colleges       

1:16 pm

Call for action as domestic abuse arrests surge to 4,093 in London.

1:06 pm

UK PM Boris Johnson is back in charge of Covid-19 response.

12:35 pm

UK and Europe devise furlough schemes and bailouts for Covid-hit private sector.

12:31 pm

Three more die of Covid-19 in Indore as the district toll reaches 60.

12:23 pm

Fresh Covid-19 case reported in Uttarakhand as number of cases rise to 51.

12:19 pm

A 67-year-old Congress corporator from Ahmedabad died of Covid.

12:04 pm

Mumbai has recorded a dramatic fall in the number of deaths due to rail and road accidents amid coronavirus-induced lockdown.

12:02 pm

Covid cases in Pakistan rises to 13,328 with death toll reaching 281.

11:45 am

80 new Covid-19 cases reported in AP in the last 24 hours, taking the overall state tally to 1,177.

11:41 am

PM Narendra Modi interacts with CMs on Covid-19 situation and discusses staggered exit from countrywide lockdown.

11:37 am

India should look to convert world’s ‘hatred’ for China into economic opportunity, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari says.

11:36 am

Odisha appoints senior IAS officers as Covid-19 observers in charge of districts.

11:26 am

China’s Wuhan city discharges last Covid-19 patient from hospital.

11:09 am

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot appeals to people to extend all help to migrants returning to the state.

11:00 am

A 50-year old Covid-19 patient allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of a hospital building in Bengaluru.

9:44 am

Three more people test positive for Covid in Bihar as total reaches 277 in the state.

9:37 am

Covid-19 death toll rises to 872 in country as the number of cases climb to 27,892, Union Health ministry says.

9:28 am

Covid-19 free UK PM Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street.

9:07 am

The Telangana government is doing its best to contain the spread of Covid-19 and the situation is under control, Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan says.

8:46 am

Five fresh Covid-19 cases reported in Odisha as state’s tally rises to 108. PTI