Coronavirus live updates: Centre tells SC make-shift hospitals will have to be built in near future

'Our medical teams have reached out to 4.85 crore people in more than 78 lakh households for medical testing for corona. Over one lakh medical teams are actively involved in screening people,' IANS quoted an official spokesman as saying.

There are five employees whose coronavirus test results have come positive, a source said. The infected employees, SAIL said, have been asked to home quarantine themselves.

The complete lockdown has helped the Delhi government in strengthening the city's health infrastructure to effectively battle Covid-19, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. Addressing the "Cities Against COVID19 - Global Summit 2020" via video conference, he mentioned key measures adopted by the Delhi government to contain the spread of the dreaded virus, ANI reported.

The total number of infected Police personnel has reached to 2,556. reports ANI quoting Maharashtra Police.

The Delhi Government has constituted a 5-member committee of doctors to prepare a report on the situation of hospitals in the national capital, availability of medical facilities, and also on providing medical aid to patients from outside Delhi, reports ANI.

Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously in hospital, is the first drug to show improvement in Covid-19 patients in formal clinical trials and is at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. Read more

No, not completely. They can help reduce the risk of Covid-19 infections but shouldn’t be the only safety measure employers take. But screening for fevers alone won’t eliminate risk. People with the virus can be contagious without a fever, so it’s still important for employers to increase space between workers, disinfect surfaces and encourage hand washing.

Coronavirus cases in Singapore crossed the 36,000-mark today as 569 new cases, mostly foreign workers living in dormitories, were confirmed, a day after low-risk businesses resumed operations with the end of the two-month long 'circuit-breaker' period, reported PTI.

The total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country now is 28,233, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto announced 35 new deaths related to Covid-19, taking the total to 1,698, while 8,406 people have recovered.

Institutes can begin using online training provided to teachers to start online classes. Schools in Goa were scheduled to reopen for new academic year from June 4.

State govt has asked beauty parlours and salons to collect details of customers including Aadhaar number, phone number and address, reports ANI.

The person had come from Tamil Nadu and has been under quarantine. Active cases stand at 16, a total of 13 patients have recovered, reported ANI quoting Meghalaya CM.