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According to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), 399 new cases were reported in the city whereas district witnessed 459, the biggest spike in one day

Apart from the guidelines given by WHO and Ministry of AYUSH, an individual can follow a few procedures to improve respiratory health

"Thus, around 41.61 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.

Dr. Rajni Kant, Director Regional Medical Research Centre and Head at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, "The virus strain isolated at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) laboratory in Pune will be used to develop the vaccine, and this strain has been successfully transferred to the Bharat Biotech International Ltd. (BBIL). It is expected that the human trials of the vaccine will begin in at least six months."

"We've been in discussions day-to-day with our colleagues in China about putting together the necessary scientific inquiries into the origin of the virus," Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said in a press conference in Geneva on Monday, Xinhua reported.

Currently, the percentage of confirmed cases per sample tested has increased to 14.93 per cent. The total testing right now is over 1.08 lakh and the daily testing capacity marks around 3,200 samples.

“Yes, I have been reading about all these comments regarding the saliva ban, and it’s a possible impact on the match conditions. I feel, the people from the southern hemisphere are more concerned about this,” says the 72-year old veteran Indian-origin British ball-maker over a telephone call from London.

Mahesh Landge, Pimpri-Chinchwad City Unit President and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), has tested positive for COVID-19.

Over 2.89 lakh citizens have visited fever clinics in which 11,206 citizens were identified having fever, cold and cough.

The increasing number of new cases of COVID-19 in Pashan Gaothan, Sutarwadi, Sus Road is becoming a matter of concern for the citizens here

However, at present, there is no regulation over the amount of fees charged for online sessions by private coaching classes or home tutors.

Previously, on April 14, the highest number of booked for lockdown violation was 1,164 while the average was 196 on a single day since the lockdown was declared in Mumbai.

Thane City Police stated that a complete lockdown in the city will be mandatory for 10 days beginning July 2 amid the rising coronavirus cases.

The Maharashtra state government extended the coronavirus lockdown till July 31

"This trial centre will help formulate definite treatment guidelines for the entire country in managing critical Covid-19 patients... and will be a milestone during the pandemic," said Thackeray at the video-conferencing launch.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre that if the visas of the foreigners who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi in mid-March were cancelled, why were they still in India? "You deport them," the top court said.

"This time the talks will be held in Chushul on the Indian side. The last two meetings were held in Moldo on the Chinese side," said sources, adding that the agenda of the meeting would be to take forward the proposals made by both the countries for disengagement.

As India continued to be the fourth worst hit among 213 countries infected by COVID-19 with 2,10,120 active cases and 16,475 deaths, Union Health Ministry on Monday said the recovery of infected patients shows "encouraging results".

The estate named after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has sued Netflix over its upcoming film 'Enola Holmes', for allegedly depicting the world-famous fictional character Sherlock Holmes as an over-emotional man.

"Sushant was not just the hero of my debut film as a director, but he was a dear friend who stood by me through thick and thin. We had been close right from ‘Kai Po Che' to ‘Dil Bechara'," said the film's director Mukesh Chhabra.

A 25-year-old man was arrested by Mumbai Police for cutting his birthday cake with a sword and for flouting social distancing

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced the retirement age of doctors