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BMC officials said the octogenarian’s son and grandson, who had returned from the UK on March 12 had developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus a few days later.

In his tweets, the BJP President also said that the party MLAs will donate their one month salary towards the relief as well.

The city-based IT behemoth had sacked Mohammed on Friday for the prank tweet, as it was against the company's code of conduct and its commitment to responsible social sharing.

People in home quarantine are regularly being checked by to see if they are following protocol using drones and CCTV footages to keep an eye, police said.

Minal Dakhave Bhosale, a virologist, led the team to create the Patho Detect testing kit for coronavirus. The kit, which would have taken three to four months for completion, was developed in six weeks.

The civic body sanitised Seven Hills Hospital, which is being used as a quarantine facility, an official said.

The social justice minister reached the Anand Vihar area around 12:30 pm and addressed migrant workers, labourers and daily wagers, who usually come to Delhi in search of a livelihood, with the help of a mic installed in his car.

Days after the press conference, the journalist and his daughter had tested positive for the infection.

Delhi recorded a minimum of 15.7 degrees Celsius, four notches less than that recorded on Friday.

Thousands of patients from different parts of the country are now stuck outside AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital due to lockdown and say that ambulance drivers are asking for large amount of money to take them back to their hometowns.

A video showing four men pushing a handcart with an unconscious man on it to reach a hospital in Siddhpur town here quickly went viral on social media.

India had reported its second casualty due to coronavirus earlier with the death of a 68-year-old woman in Delhi.

In a Facebook post, the man exhorted people to go out and sneeze with in public with their mouths open in order to spread the coronavirus. The police said an investigation is underway.

The court passed the order while issuing notices to the Centre, represented by advocate Amit Mahajan, Delhi government, represented by counsel Rahul Mehra, and the EDMC, represented by lawyer Abhinav S Aggarwal.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters that the officer had left without taking permission from the authorities.

The banking industry association made an appeal to customers asking them to avoid visiting branches for non-essential services and make most use of the mobile and online banking channels.