Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Indian authorities have taken unprecedented measures including visa and travel bans and work from home option for employers to prevent a mass outbreak of the COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus as the number of cases in India jump to 116. States such as Uttarakhand and Odisha are reporting new cases while Maharashtra has overtaken in maximum number of affected people with the virus. So far, the number of dead includes two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. Businesses ranging from aviation to retail to multiplexes are reeling under the impact of travel ban and health guidelines. Some 156,465 people have been infected across the world and 5,838 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
First Published: Mar 16, 2020 8:00 AM IST
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