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Delhi has 59,746 positive cases with 33,013 recovered patients and 2,175 fatalities, according to the health ministry website.

Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections. reports news agency Reuters.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' share price surged 30 per cent on Monday to ₹531.80 per unit after it became the first pharmaceutical company in India to receive regulatory approval to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate Covid-19 infections.

At the same time, Cipla's stock jumped by 4.3 per cent to ₹664.45 per unit after it announced the launch of remdesivir under its brand name Cipremi, reported news agency ANI.

The three new cases were Thai nationals returning from India, said spokesman for the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Taweesin Wisanuyothin.

Final-year MBBS students studying in government and private medical colleges will be deployed for effective management of Covid-19, Haryana government said.

The South Korean government will restrict issuing visas to people from Pakistan and Bangladesh except for diplomatic and urgent business purposes, with effect from Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported.

An Indian man is among two persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New Zealand, taking the total number of active Covid-19 cases in the country to nine after having none at all earlier this month, health officials said on Monday.

International music and film stars will headline a globally televised and streamed fundraising concert on Saturday to help fight Covid-19. Pop star Miley Cyrus, actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Chloe x Halle, Christine and the Queens, Coldplay and Shakira are among stars who will participate in the event.

An 85-year-old woman, who tested positive for coronavirus earlier, succumbed to the infection on Monday, making it the first case of death due to the viral disease in the state.

A special Air India flight with 148 Indian students onboard from Kyrgyzstan landed at Indore Airport on Sunday. This operation took place under the third phase of 'Vande Bhatrat' Mission.

New York will enter the second phase of reopening on Monday as the lockdown to contain Covid-19 spread have gradually been relaxed, said Governor Andrew Cuomo.

As many as 730 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Telangana on Sunday, according to the state health department.

With 14,821 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally has reached 425,282. Death toll in the country stands at 13,254, according to the health ministry website.

French residents are delighted to be able to hop across the border again for goods which are taxed less in Spain compared to France after the reopening of the Spanish border at Le Perthus on Sunday, reports news agency AFP.

In Jharkhand, 62 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday, as per the information provided by the State Health Department.