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E&64& +89E7& , 6-728 //% @C F 6 # # 29#:;:;< !2:=527>; . /0 R ! 67 &638 Narendra Modi on Thursday of Medical Research (ICMR) advised them to avoid non- said the virus is difficult to iso- 76-year-old man who died essential travel and large gath- late but the scientists have Atwo days ago in Karnataka erings to ensure safety. been successful in isolating it. while being treated for sus- In a series of tweets, Modi However, developing a vaccine pected coronavirus has become also said that no Minister of the will take at least one-and-a-half India’s first COVID-19 fatality Central Government will trav- to two years. with his samples taken earlier el abroad in the upcoming The Ministry of Defence, confirming the infection, the days. “Say no to panic, say yes on its part, announced it has set Karnataka Government said to precautions. No Minister of up seven more quarantine facil- on Thursday. The deceased the Central Government will ities for COVID-19 patients, had gone to Saudi Arabia in travel abroad in the upcoming especially for Indian citizens January end and came back on days. I urge our countrymen to being brought back from coro- February 29. also avoid non-essential travel,” navirus-hit countries. Officials said the patient Modi said adding that we can The facilities have been ! " # had severe co-morbidities such break the chain of spread and set up at Jaisalmer, Suratgadh, ! .48:67 &638 as history of hypertension, dia- ensure safety of all by avoiding Jhansi, Jodhpur, Deolali, (,-$'*./ betes and asthma and appen- large gatherings. Kolkata and Chennai. “We are he Indian stock markets dicitis. Taking a cue, the expecting more civilians to be Tplunged into bear territory, level, slumping 868.25 points or ic, and expressed deep concern Coronavirus has continued Rashtrapati Bhavan closed all brought back to India. We are suffering their biggest ever 8.30 per cent to close at over the “alarming levels of to spread its tentacles in the public tour visits from Friday ready with our facilities,” Army one-day plunge on Thursday as 9,590.15. inaction”. country taking into its grip 74 as a precautionary measure spokesperson Colonel Aman the coronavirus pandemic left This was the biggest drop US President Donald persons with 14 fresh cases, against the spread of deadly Anand said. a trail of red across global for the benchmarks in absolute Trump suspended all travel including 10 from Maharashtra pathogens. The Army is operating a financial markets. terms, eclipsing their previous from Europe, excluding the and one each from Delhi, While Health Minister quarantine facility in Manesar The carnage on Dalal record one-day fall on Monday UK, to the US for the next 30 Ladakh, and Uttar Pradesh Harsh Vardhan asked MPs to while the one in Hindon, near Street eroded investor wealth (March 9). The markets have days. Countries across the besides one foreign national. educate people about the dis- Ghaziabad, is being operated worth 11,27,160.65 crore, tak- now entered bear territory — world are imposing travel Meanwhile, urging people ease in their respective con- by the Air ing the total market capitalisa- that is more than 20 per cent restrictions, fuelling fears of a not to panic, Prime Minister stituencies, the Indian Council Force. tion (m-cap) to 1,25,86,398.07 down from a recent high. The global recession, analysts said. crore on the BSE. Sensex and Nifty, which had hit All Sensex components Stock markets tumbled their lifetime closing highs on ended in the red. SBI was the across the globe and oil prices January 14 this year, closed at top loser, crashing 13.23 per %& slumped on Thursday after more than 2-1/2-year lows on cent, followed by ONGC, Axis President Donald Trump Thursday. Bank, ITC, TCS and Titan. banned all travel from main- The rupee sank by 60 paise “Global stocks including land Europe to the US for a to close at a fresh 17-month low India plunged into a bear '( month to fight the coronavirus of 74.28 against the US cur- market and oil slumped on pandemic, ramping up fears of rency on Thursday due to Thursday after US President O P ,+ said there are over 6,000 worldwide recession. heavy dollar demand as Donald Trump banned trav- Indian nationals in various After nosediving over investors rushed to prune riski- el from Europe to stem the provinces of Iran. 3,204.30 points on across-the- er bets amid coronavirus pan- coronavirus, threatening # " Elaborating upon the board selling, the 30-share BSE demic fanning recession fears. more disruption to the world efforts undertaken by the Sensex closed 2,919.26 points Global markets reeled after economy. "## % Government to meet the cri- or 8.18 per cent lower at the World Health Organization “Recession risk is rising sis, the External Affairs 32,778.14. Likewise, the broad- (WHO) declared the coron- and the markets do not seem $ #% % Ministry said the focus is on er NSE Nifty gave up the 9,600 avirus outbreak as a pandem- to be pricing that in fully. containing and stressed the ! 67 &638 point that there is no need to panic. Indians were also $%& & gainst the backdrop of advised to stay put wherever Acoronavirus becoming they are, Dammu Ravi, ! ! 67 &638 pandemic, the External Affairs Additional Secretary and Co- '( Ministry on Thursday advised ordinator (COVID-19) said. n a move to curb spread of Indians to stay put wherever MEA Raveesh Kumar said IChinese virus, the Delhi ' " ( ) * + #,# -, they are and travel only under the Government has received Government on Thursday compelling reasons. requests from four countries " declared coronavirus an epi- As the Government Minister Manish Sisodia also External Affairs Minister for assistance in arranging demic and ordered closure of declared COVID-19 as an epi- issued an order, saying, “All S Jaishankar told the Lok protective gears like masks. New Delhi: The External schools, colleges and cinema demic, all the public spaces, educational institutions — Sabha that coronavirus out- They include Bhutan, Iran, the Affairs Ministry on Thursday halls until March 31, but the Government, and private office schools, colleges, ITIs, poly- break was a matter of “great Maldives and Italy and India ! 46898*:67 &638 advised against holding this ongoing school examinations premises, malls, and shops, technics, universities and pri- concern” and the is processing it. Earlier, such year’s IPL edition in wake of the will be held on schedule. have been notified to disinfect vate coaching and tuition cen- Government’s initial focus is request was received from hina on Thursday said the coronavirus scare, but left it to Also, people have been their premises. The Delhi CM tres — will remain closed till to bring back Indian pilgrims China, and a package was Cpeak of the novel coron- the organisers to take a final advised to stay away from pub- said, “Whatever we are doing is March 31, except for holding stranded in Iran. The Minister sent, he said. avirus outbreak in the country call on it. This was stated by lic gatherings. to contain the outbreak of the examinations.” was over, hours after the World MEA Additional Secretary In a high-level meeting corona. I hope that all the He said the Delhi Health Organization (WHO) Dammu Ravi who has been with Health Minister Satyendra people will support us. We are Government schools will resort declared the epidemic out- appointed as the nodal officer Jain and health officials, noticing how rapid the out- to “zero paper attendance” from break as a pandemic. to coordinate efforts to deal Lieutenant Governor Anil break has been, but in India, we April 1. “The process of digitis- New cases keep declining with the coronavirus outbreak. Baijal and Delhi Chief Minister have successfully been able to ing exam result tabulation and and the overall epidemic situ- Responding to questions Arvind Kejriwal reviewed the contain the outbreak with the attendance records is underway. ation remains at a low level in beginning of the second quar- about IPL and other sporting preparedness to contain the support of the public. We shall Tablets will soon be provided to China, Mi Feng, a spokesper- ter,” said Peter Richardson, events, Ravi said the spread of coronavirus. remain alert to stop this disease all remaining Government son for the National Health Research Director, Government’s advice would be Soon after the meeting, from spreading.” school teachers,” Commission, as saying at a Counterpoint Research. “not do it at this time but if the Kejriwal said, “All schools and Meanwhile, Deputy Chief he said. Press conference here. Mi said the number of organisers want to go ahead, it colleges shall also remain Countries outside China new confirmed cases Hubei is their decision”. closed till March 31, except for ) will likely see a peak in coron- province’s capital city of “We are assessing a lot of the ones where the exams have Q 8 . & avirus infections in the May- Wuhan, also the epicentre of requests of this nature of sports been going on. We have suffi- , ; June period before recovering the outbreak, has dropped to a events that have been held in cient beds in case people are to $ 6 O #$ & $ # towards normal by the end of single digit, with only eight India and some thing related to be quarantined.