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.
The report further suggests that the national capital witnessed the steepest hike in the pollution level after the lockdown ended.
In the letter, the official mentioned that a huge number of migrant workers have returned to the state in the past two months.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Central government, told the top court that more than 4,200 Shramik Special trains have run till June 3 to send over 1 crore migrants to their home states.
The surge in facts and figures between 20 April, when work began for this fiscal and now, reaffirms the shattering impact of the lockdown in the season of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases rose to 6,632,985 with the death toll at 3,91,136 according to Johns Hopkins University
