Lockdown, Day 47: Homecoming

Sixty-four flights. Two naval ships. A dozen countries. And 15,000 stranded Indians. Yesterday, the subcontinent began one of the biggest evacuation exercises in the world - the Vande Bharat Mission.
In another major move, the health ministry relaxed the norms for the discharge of COVID-19 positive patients. Now, people who show mild or moderate symptoms can be discharged from hospitals without the need for a test to confirm if they are COVID-19 negative or not; this move is expected to cut down on the use of test kits.

Track the latest developments here....


COUNT SO FAR

• 62 CRPF personnel test positive in New Delhi
• Delhi reports 381 new cases; five fatalities
• Assam registers 3 more cases
• 68 fresh cases reported in Odisha
• 18 more cases in Bihar
• Three fresh cases in Himachal Pradesh
• 33 fresh cases in Rajasthan; one casualty
• 50 new cases in Andhra Pradesh
• Five Air India pilots test positive
• Uttarkashi reports first positive case
• Karnataka sees biggest spike in a single day with 53 new cases
• Cases in Indore rise to 1,858

LIFE IN A LOCKDOWN

• PM to hold the 5th meeting with state CMs tomorrow at 3 PM
• 75% of Delhi's cases asymptomatic or mild
• JNU announces academic calendar, exams by July 31
• Construction of chariots for Puri Rath Yatra begins
• 88 nurses from India arrive in UAE
• Railways, so far, has run 350 Shramik Special trains
• Air India flight brings back 329 Indians from UK
• Air India schedules 7 flights from USA

AROUND THE WORLD

• US adds 1,568 deaths in 24 hours
• 2 members of White House virus task force in quarantine
• South Korea reports 34 new cases, highest in a month
• China reports 34 new cases
• Brazil tops 10,000 deaths
• Thailand reports five fresh cases, no deaths
• Pakistan records 1,991-case spike

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