Highlights: MHA modifies lockdown 4.0 order, permits domestic air travel

A Covid-19 positive case found in Directorate General of Health Services in medical education division at Union Health Ministry,Nirman Bhawan. Proper protocol for sanitisation of entire area will take place, contact tracing initiated: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare officials

Singapore on Wednesday reported 570 new coronavirus cases, mostly foreign workers living in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 29,364.Out of the 570 new cases, only two are Singaporean citizens or permanent residents (foreigners).

Covid-19 death toll in Delhi mounts to 176; highest single-day spike of 534 fresh cases takes tally to 11,088: Authorities

China is seeong a second wave of infections in Shulan, Jilin city and Shengyang and scientists have observed that the virus is changing in significant ways. The primary change is that unlike Wuhan patients in Shulan and Jilin have developed damages to their lungs.

Cab aggregator Ola has said that it will layoff 1,400 employees.

Ola to layoff 1,400 staff as COVID-19 pandemic hits revenues, says CEO note to employees

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 20, 2020

Russia has quickly emerged as Europe's newest hotspot as the nation reported 3,00,000 Covid-19 cases. The nation also reported 135 fresh deaths.

Jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce will cut 9,000 jobs from its 52,000 workforce to cut costs as factories shut down due to Covid-19 and lockdowns enforced due to it across the world.

A 40-year-old woman from Anantnag district who had tested positive for coronavirus has died at a hospital in Srinagar, taking the Covid-19 related death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 18, officials said on Wednesday, reports PTI.

Six people, including three of a family, who returned to Himachal Pradesh from Mumbai test positive for coronavirus, taking state's tally to 99. according to state officials: PTI

Sixty eight new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 2407, according to a press release by the state Health Department: ANI

68 new COVID19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 2407: Andhra Pradesh Health Department pic.twitter.com/g72JS5ZfGR

— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2020

The total number of Covid-19 active cases in Central Industrial Security Force now stands at 96.: ANI

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says that 1,08,121 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in India. Total number of samples tested till 9 am today is at 25,12,388: ANI

1,08,121 samples tested for #COVID19 in the last 24 hours in India. Total number of samples tested till 9 am today is at 25,12,388: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/zfKDpyQVa3

— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2020

The Union Cabinet will meet at 11 am today amid the coronavirus crisis. India has entered the 4th phase of lockdown and has reported its steepest rise in Covid-19 cases.

A meeting of the Union Cabinet to be held today in Delhi at 11 am.

— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2020

Global tech startups Transferwise and Bolt have started to test digital immunity passports in Tallinn's offices.

Ladakh's Nodal officer, according to ANI, said there are no active cases as of May 18 in the newly-formed Union Territory.