Highlights: PM Modi says ‘a big thank you to our frontline Covid-19 warriors’

Three Delhi policemen were suspended on 29 April for one day for lying to seniors that they came in contact with police personnel who tested positive for Covid-19 and so,they must be sent for home-quarantine, reports ANI.

They were deployed at Shastri Park metro station. They've joined duty now: Delhi Police

Prime Minister Modi has sent his wishes to his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin who has tested positive for coronavirus.

In a tweet, PM Modi said, "My best wishes to Russian PM Mishustin for early recovery and good health. We stand with our close friend Russia in efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic."

My best wishes to Russian PM Mishustin for early recovery and good health. We stand with our close friend Russia in efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. @GovernmentRF

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 1, 2020

An ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the tournament's organisers said, reports AFP.

Retired Qatari midfielder Adel Khamis, 54, "was unfortunately diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19," the Supreme Committee for the organisation of the 2022 tournament wrote in a tweet on Thursday.

"We wish a speedy to all those affected."The number of confirmed infections among those involved in construction for 2022 facilities stands at eight across three stadium projects, but organisers have not given an updated toll since April 17.

India recorded 1,993 new Covid-19 cases and 73 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, according to the figures released by the Union health ministry at 8 am on Friday.

There are now 35,043 coronavirus cases in India which include 25,007 active cases, 8,888 cured / discharged patients, and 1147 deaths.

Cross-border movement between the national Capital and Gurugram will be stopped from 10 am today, with a few exemptions to maintain the supply of essential items, according to an order issued by the Gurugram administration on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Faridabad had cross-border movement while the Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh sealed borders last week.

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China reported 12 new coronavirus cases for April 30, up from four a day earlier, data from the country's health authority showed on Friday, reports Reuters.

Six of the cases were imported, the National Health Commission (NHC) said, up from four a day earlier. Of the domestic transmission cases, five were in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and one in the northern region of Inner Mongolia.

The United Nations chief said he hopes many countries in the world will follow the “remarkable example” of South Korea, which he said has been “extremely successful” in addressing the coronavirus pandemic and is planning to tackle climate change in its recovery from Covid-19, reports AP.

Several commercial airlines in the US including the American Airlines, the Delta Airlines and the United Airlines on Thursday announced that they have made it mandatory for passengers and crew members to wear masks in their flights, reports PTI.

The announcement comes days after three European airlines – Lufthansa Airlines, Swiss Airlines and Austrian Airlines – made masks mandatory for their passengers during their flights.

The United States recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period for the third day running, according to the latest real-time tally Thursday reported by Johns Hopkins University, reports AFP.

The country recorded 2,053 deaths on Thursday, after 2,502 deaths on Wednesday and 2,207 on Tuesday.

At least 62,906 people have now died in the United States, according to the Baltimore-based university.