Coronavirus News Live: Confirmed cases cross 10 million mark; Maharashtra lockdown will not be lifted on June 30, says CM Thackeray

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did some press ups to indicate he was “as match as a butcher’s canine” in an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, simply months after he fought for his life in hospital in opposition to the coronavirus.

Johnson, well-known for staging eye-catching stunts throughout the marketing campaign to depart the European Union and as London’s mayor, used the interview to unveil plans to spend on infrastructure to assist Britain “bounce again” after the coronavirus lockdown.

However the British chief was additionally eager to indicate he was returned to well being after being in intensive care in April after testing constructive for the coronavirus, a keep he described shortly afterwards as one which “may have gone both approach”.

“I am as match as a butcher’s canine now,” Johnson mentioned, and after asking: “Would you like me to do some press-ups to indicate you ways match I’m?”, the prime minister, wearing a shirt and tie, then acquired on the ground to finish some press ups.

“The nation goes to bounce ahead, and I definitely really feel stuffed with beans. By no means felt higher.”

Delhi Police personnel have been among the many frontline employees throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, which has not solely put them at a larger bodily well being threat but additionally amplified their stress ranges attributable to private causes, officers mentioned.

There’s a 30-year-old constable who now sanitises his palms at a niche of each two or three minutes and stays remoted from members of the family even at house.

He additionally has sleep problems now that developed round March 15, when the pandemic risk had began to peak, they mentioned.

In one other case, a 42-year-old sub-inspector, who misplaced his mom attributable to COVID-19, is overly pressured considering he or his household may contract the an infection now.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi Police has initiated a marketing campaign to achieve out to its personnel who’re distressed attributable to private or well being points and supply them with skilled skilled assist, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sanjay Bhatia mentioned.

The marketing campaign, ‘Wholesome Police, Comfortable Police,’ has been initiated by the central district, which has a workers of two,705 personnel, a number of of whom have knowledgeable their seniors about stress attributable to private causes and have sought counselling, he mentioned.

Hit by the coronavirus pandemic, actual property builders have resorted to layoffs and pay cuts and are specializing in value management measures as gross sales are more likely to stay muted within the coming months, in response to trade specialists. 

The true property sector has been dealing with headwinds because the previous three-four years following demonetisation, RERA and GST rollout in addition to delays in approvals. The COVID-19 disaster has additional impacted market sentiment and gross sales. 

In accordance with trade estimates, the realty sector employs 60-70 lakh folks, together with Three lakh white-collar staff.

The Madhya Pradesh authorities will launch a ‘Kill Corona’ marketing campaign from July 1 to manage the unfold of COVID-19 within the state.

Beneath the marketing campaign, door-to-door survey can be performed and exams would even be executed on residents for different illnesses, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned throughout a digital overview assembly on the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday.

Chouhan a press launch mentioned that throughout the 15-day marketing campaign, 2.5 lakh exams can be carried out and 15,000 to 20,000 samples can be collected every day.

The Madhya Pradesh authorities will launch a ‘Kill Corona’ marketing campaign from July 1 to manage the unfold of COVID-19 within the state.

Beneath the marketing campaign, door-to-door survey can be performed and exams would even be executed on residents for different illnesses, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned throughout a digital overview assembly on the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday.

Chouhan a press launch mentioned that throughout the 15-day marketing campaign, 2.5 lakh exams can be carried out and 15,000 to 20,000 samples can be collected every day.

The dying toll attributable to coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh reached 660 with 11 extra fatalities, whereas the entire variety of COVID-19 instances within the state climbed to 22,147 after 606 recent infections had been reported, Extra Chief Secretary (Medical and Well being) Amit Mohan Prasad mentioned on Sunday.

There are 6,679 energetic instances within the state and a complete of 14,808 COVID-19 sufferers have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the illness, Prasad mentioned.

China Nationwide Biotec Group (CNBG) mentioned on Sunday that early human take a look at outcomes for a coronavirus vaccine candidate advised it might be protected and efficient, the second vaccine candidate from the agency to indicate encouraging ends in a scientific trial.

The experimental shot, developed by a Beijing-based unit of CNBG, has induced high-level antibodies in all of the inoculated contributors in a Part half of scientific trial involving 1,120 wholesome folks, in response to preliminary knowledge of the trial, CNBG mentioned in a posting on the social media platform WeChat, with out disclosing particular readings.

The COVID-19 tally crossed the 13,000 mark to achieve 13,098 in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday because the state noticed a file single day spike of 813 instances.

A brand new excessive of 12 deaths in a day pushed the general coronavirus toll within the state to 169, in response to the newest bulletin.

Kurnool recorded six deaths, whereas Krishna district reported 5 and West Godavari one COVID-19 dying every within the final 24 hours.

The UK authorities on Sunday mentioned it’s planning to impose localised lockdowns in some areas displaying a spike in coronavirus infections as newest figures confirmed that Indian-origin folks stay within the class of these hardest hit from the lethal virus amongst Britain’s ethnic minorities.

House secretary Priti Patel confirmed as “appropriate” the studies of the primary such native lockdown for Leicester, a area in japanese England with a big Indian-origin inhabitants.

“We’ve seen flare-ups throughout the nation already, simply within the final three or 4 weeks particularly. There can be help going into Leicester,” mentioned Patel.

Confirmed coronavirus instances move 10 million

Confirmed coronavirus infections have surpassed the 10 million mark worldwide.

A tally compiled by Johns Hopkins College registered the grim milestone Sunday, after India and Russia added hundreds of recent instances. The USA has confirmed greater than 2.5 million infections, essentially the most on the planet.

Globally, the Hopkins tally has reported almost 500,000 deaths.

Whereas Hopkins studies solely confirmed coronavirus instances, specialists consider the true quantity of people that have been contaminated might be as a lot as 10 instances that determine, provided that so many individuals can’t get examined or could have the virus with out displaying any signs.

Bihar minister, spouse take a look at constructive for COVID-19

Bihar’s Backward and Extraordinarily Backward Courses Welfare Minister Vinod Kumar Singh and his spouse examined constructive for COVID-19 on Sunday and had been despatched to an isolation ward at a metropolis lodge in Katihar district, officers mentioned.

Katihar district Justice of the Peace Kanwal Tanuj confirmed that each the minister and his spouse have examined constructive for the pathogen.

The couple has been saved at an isolation ward created at a metropolis lodge right here, the DM mentioned.

Singh, who’s a BJP legislator from Pranpur, mentioned his samples had been examined in Patna and he returned to Katihar from the state capital on Sunday.

Business physique COAI has urged the federal government for pressing rationalisation of “excessive burden” of regulatory levies on telecom service suppliers (TSPs), together with a lower in spectrum expenses and licence price, because it cited hostile influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.

In a letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Mobile Operators’ Affiliation of India (COAI) additionally made a plea for refund of the unutilised enter tax credit score instantly.

“Else, we request that smooth mortgage at MCLR charge (marginal value of funding-based lending charge) must be given to corporations, utilizing the GST enter credit score as collateral,” COAI director common Rajan Mathews mentioned within the letter dated June 26.

Godrej Home equipment has nearly reached its pre-COVID gross sales degree this month, and it expects to achieve full manufacturing capability utilisation by finish of September this yr, mentioned a prime firm official.

The corporate is anticipating to achieve its peak capability by September, simply earlier than the festive season begins because the gross sales are regularly rising attributable to varied elements, together with opening of markets with decreased restrictions and pent up demand.  

“We must be working at by round 100 per cent manufacturing capability by September, earlier than festive gross sales,” PTI quoted Godrej Equipment Enterprise Head and Govt Vice President Kamal Nandi as saying.

“The lockdown will not be lifted after June 30,” says the Maharastra CM. “We’re nonetheless doing it slowly as a result of the risk is not over but.”

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will handle the state at 1:30 pm on June 28, 2020.

Coronavirus in Assam LIVE Replace: Assam reported yet one more dying attributable to COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the toll within the state to 10, Well being and Household Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned.

Assam has reported 6,919 COVID-19 sufferers, of which 4,814 have been discharged, a every day bulletin of the Assam Well being and Household Welfare Division mentioned. It mentioned the state has 2,092 energetic COVID-19 instances.

Up to now, 10 sufferers have died as a result of illness, whereas three sufferers have migrated to different states, it added.

The state has until now examined 3,74,519 samples for COVID-19 throughout 12 government-run laboratories and some outsourced centres, the every day bulletin mentioned.

It mentioned the doubling charge of COVID-19 instances elevated to 14.Eight days on Friday from 7.9 days on June 11, when there have been 3,430 instances.

In accordance with the bulletin, 28,574 individuals are lodged in institutional quarantine services, whereas the entire variety of individuals now tracked in house quarantine stands at 1,26,861.

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Australia’s Queensland recorded no new coronavirus instances in a single day however the authorities will wait till Tuesday to announce any easing of restrictions. Queenslanders must wait 48 hours to know when and the way Covid-19 restrictions can be lifted after the transport minister stonewalled questions on borders reopening.

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: South Korea has confirmed 62 further instances of the coronavirus over a 24-hour interval because the Asian nation continues to face new clusters of infections amid eased social distancing guidelines. The extra instances reported Sunday took the nation’s complete to 12,715, with 282 deaths.

Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates: With the very best single-day soar of 1,087 Covid-19 instances on Sunday, Telangana’s tally crossed 13,000, overtaking Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

With 13,436 instances, Telangana has now climbed to the eighth place within the checklist of states with most instances.Saturday additionally noticed six fatalities, pushing the dying toll to 243.

Of the recent instances, 888 had been reported in Larger Hyderabad, the largest hotspot. Ranga Reddy and Medchal districts bordering Larger Hyderabad reported 74 and 37 instances.

Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates: Gujarat on Saturday reported its highest-ever variety of coronavirus instances – 615, as rising variety of infections had been reported from Surat and different cities throughout the state.

Gujarat has been witnessing round 570 to 580 new instances of virus an infection per day, because the final couple of days.

Of the brand new instances, Ahmedabad accounted for over a 3rd, at 211. Nonetheless, the town which was reporting round 300 plus instances every day has seen the quantity come right down to over 200.

There have been 18 deaths on Saturday – 12 in Ahmedabad, two in Surat and a affected person every succumbing in Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Botad and Junagadh.

The state has 6,566 energetic instances, out of which the situation of 6,497 is steady, whereas 69 crucial sufferers are nonetheless on ventilator.

Proper now, there are 2,35,954 folks quarantined – 2,32,524 at house and three,430 in authorities services.

Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates: Odisha reported yet one more COVID-19 fatality on Saturday, taking the dying toll attributable to 18 within the state, as 170 extra folks, together with an NDRF jawan, examined constructive for the coronavirus, pushing the tally of such instances to six,350.

Guwahati to implement full lockdown ranging from in the present day for 14 days: Guwahati metropolis is imposing a whole lockdown from 7 pm June 28 for 14 days. Directions have been issued by the federal government. Lockdown can be carried out very strictly in view of COVID-19 pandemic, mentioned Munna Prasad Gupta, Commissioner of Police, Guwahati. 

Essential Replace: There have been 25,00,419 confirmed instances within the US, in response to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins College , with US deaths now exceeding 1,25,000, roughly one-fourth the world complete of over 4,95,000.

Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates: Bihar witnessed an enormous hike in COVID-19 infections, with 301 folks testing constructive for the virus, whereas two extra fatalities pushed the dying toll to 58, officers mentioned. With the recent instances, the state’s coronavirus tally has reached 8,979, reported Information18.

6,368 new instances in Maharashtra, 167 deaths

Maharashtra recorded 6,368 constructive instances of COVID-19, taking the entire to 1,59,133 on Saturday. Well being officers mentioned out of them, 5,318 instances had been freshly reported since Friday and 1,050 had been these left unreported over the previous few weeks.

On Saturday, the state’s dying toll touched 7,273 with 167 extra deaths reported throughout districts.

In the meantime, Mumbai recorded a 1,402 new constructive instances on Saturday, reaching 74,252.