Covid-19 Highlights: France reports 108 new coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours

A 22-year- old woman from Mumbai with travel history of London has tested positive. A 51-year-old man from Ahmednagar with travel history of Dubai also tested positive. Two patients in Mumbai are on ventilator in Mumbai's Kasturba hospial; other patients are stable: Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra health minister

Total number of positive cases reaches 49 in Maharashtra.

"Game of Thrones" star Indira Varma has revealed that she has tested positive for coronavirus.

Her diagnosis comes two days after fellow "Game of Thrones" actor Kristofer Hivju also said that he tested positive for the COVID-19 infection.

Varma, who played the role of Ellaria Sand in the epic HBO series, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the news.

"I’m in bed with it and it’s not nice. Stay safe and healthy and be kind to your fellow people," she wrote.

Punjab's civil surgeon Parijit Kaur Johal says 43 Indians who arrived last night through Attari-Wagah Border have been sent to quarantine facility in Amritsar. "29 have travel history of Dubai&14 are students studying in Pakistan. Medical reports sent to state govt", she was quoted by ANI as saying.

All the schools govt aided, unaided private schools in Delhi are closed for all teaching and non teaching staff including students and head of schools.

All annual and CBSE board examination are postponed.

I have directed all schools, colleges and universities in Delhi to be shut down completely both for students & staff until 31 March

All exams, including Board exams will happen only after 31 March. I urge all Delhiites to work from home as far as possible #DelhiFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/jdtQGAz6xg

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 19, 2020

UGC asks universities to postpone exams till March 31

168 individuals have been confirmed positive in India among the possibly infected cases and contacts of known positive cases.

168 individuals have been confirmed positive in India among the possibly infected cases and contacts of known positive cases. #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/EuzndepOOR

— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2020

The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

As the coronavirus outbreak sweeps across the world, governments, companies and investors are grappling with the biggest public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, panicked populations and imploding financial markets.

Thailand reports 60 new cases of coronavirus- Health official

Two more patients tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday taking the total number of cases in the state to 19, reports HT Correspondent.

While one patient is a youth from Lucknow, the other is a middle-age man from Lakhimpur. “Both were admitted to the KGMU on Wednesday,” said Dr Sudhir Singh, spokesperson KGMU, where the samples were tested.

Uttar Pradesh count is now 19 including four positive cases in Lucknow, one in Lakhimpur, 8 in Agra, two in Gaziabad, four in Noida.

Both patients who tested positive have travel history. Patient from Lucknow had returned from UK while the other from Turkey.

Mumbai's 'Dabbawalas' have suspended their services from 20th March till 31st March, in wake of coronavirus outbreak: ANI

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray addressed the people of the state on Thursday morning and appealed to them not to step out of their homes.

"It's a war and we need to fight it together,"he said.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray is in touch with Indian embassy in Singapore to bring back students who are stranded in that country due to unavailability of flights: PTI

One employee of HCL Technologies in its Noida office has tested positive for coronavirus, reports ANI.

In a statement, the company said, "One employee from our Noida office has tested positive for Coronavirus while he was in self-isolation after his return from international travel. Our office is following all government and heath advisory protocols."

Deutsche Lufthansa AG will cut 95% of capacity, grounding 700 planes, as Europe’s biggest airline prepares for the unprecedented consequences to coronavirus pandemic is having or air traffic, according to Bloomberg.

“The coronavirus has placed the entire global economy and our company as well in an unprecedented state of emergency,” Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr said in a statement Thursday. “No one can foresee the consequences. We have to counter this extraordinary situation with drastic and sometimes painful measures.”

Only a handful of flights for repatriating Germans citizens stuck abroad and upholding the country’s supply chains will survive.

A 24-year-old woman has tested positive for coronavirus in Raipur, making her the first confirmed case in Chhattisgarh, officials informed on Thursday.

The woman along with her parents is admitted in an isolation ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur.