Delhi imposes night curfew till April 30, joins ranks with Maha, Guj
The strictest of the measures are in Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The strictest of the measures are in Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While Mr Khan claims his opponents are asking people to take to the streets to topple his government by flouting distancing norms, the Opposition is determined to go ahead with its agitation and alleges that public health concerns are being raised now only to curb dissent.
Globally, the overall number of Coronavirus cases has topped 25.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 845,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Of the imported cases, six were reported in Shanghai, five in Tianjin, two in Fujian and one each in Shanxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shaanxi, the commission said.
The country of 212 million people has now registered 120,262 deaths from the virus and 3,846,153 infections, the health ministry said in its daily update.
The WHO, in a publication in March, had maintained that the novel Coronavirus is primarily transmitted through 'respiratory droplets and close contacts' and does not seem to stay long in the air.
Russia has acknowledged that the death figure on the government website only includes cases where the virus was classed as the main cause of death on the death certificate.
On Wednesday, Qureshi held a meeting with Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation at the foreign office in Islamabad.
The number of recoveries increased to 17,773, with 104 new recoveries, while the number of active cases hit 10,929.
Public health experts worry social distancing norms will not be enforced there, as it has happened at recent public gatherings Trump has attended and addressed.
