This is the first time in the 128-year history of the modern games, conceptualized by French Baron Pierre de Coubertein, that the ceremonial opening of the Olympics is being held outside the main stadium.
The Walt Disney Co.'s premier Disney resort, according to The Hollywood Reporter, shut its doors on Monday, requiring all visitors present at the time of the announcement to remain inside the park until they could show a negative test result. The theme park visitors can be seen frantically sprinting to the closed gates in a number of viral pictures and videos.
China's capital city Beijing has shut more than 40 subway stations, about a tenth of the network, and 158 bus routes, service providers said. Most of the suspended stations and routes are in the Chaoyang district, the epicentre of Beijing's outbreak, reported The Express Tribune.
In affected areas, residents will be required to stay indoors, while non-contact delivery of necessities will be allowed.
While Brent crude lost more than $3 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall, the Shanghai Composite stock index fell in early trade before regaining most of the losses later in the morning.
After a hiatus, Amma Canteens resumed providing free food from June 19 when the lockdown -without several relaxations allowed previously- kicked in.
Globally, 10,450,628 people have been infected with the virus while 5,10,632 have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University.
The government has issued guidelines which it named ‘Mission Begins Again’ saying that movement for non-essential activities will be restricted within the neighbourhoods in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the twin deaths due to police excesses, a Division Bench comprising Justices PN Prakash and B Pugalendhi directed the jurisdictional judicial magistrate to conduct an enquiry into the custodial deaths of the father and son who were lodged in Kovilpatti sub-jail in Thoothukudi district.
'Health department will also start door to door screening in these areas through rapid antigen test to identify suspects. It will be mandatory for residents to install Aarogya Setu app and they have to undergo thermal as well as symptomatic screening every time they step out of their houses for buying daily needs domestic items,' DM Gurugram said.
