Highlights: Telangana records 219 new Covid-19 cases taking total tally to 5,193

Suspected and confirmed Covid19 patients will be kept in separate Covid coaches: Railways Board Chairman

4450 Shramik Specials run since May 1, over 60 lakh migrants ferried home: Chairman, Railway Board, reports PTI.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Delhi's LNJP hospital to review the preparedness related to Covid-19.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announces 'maximized restricted lockdown' from 19th to 30th June in areas of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur districts which come under Metropolitan Chennai Police limits, reports ANI.

Norway will halt its COVID-19 track and trace app and delete all data collected so far after criticism from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) said on Monday.

All parties should forget political differences and work together for people of Delhi. Shah appeals to all Delhi political parties to urge their workers to ensure Delhi govt Covid-19 guidelines implemented on ground. We will have to increase Covid-19 testing in Delhi by adopting new solutions: Amit Shah

17 Covid-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 1836, including 668 active cases, 1135 recovered, & 24 deaths: State Health Department

Andhra Pradesh reports 246 new Covid-19 positive cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of positive cases and deaths rise to 5087 and 86 respectively: State Health Department

Four more police personnel in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar tested positive for Covid-19, taking the number of policemen detected with the infection to 23, officials said on Monday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a new cross-government commission to tackle racism and all other forms of inequality in the UK, in response to the worldwide anti-racism Black Lives Matter protests.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal amid speculation of whether another lockdown is being planned, clarified that there are no plans to extend lockdown in the national capital.

Many people are speculating whether another lockdown in Delhi in being planned. There are no such plans.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 15, 2020

South Korea will face another wave of Covid infections, with as many as 800 new cases a day by July, if the government does not introduce stricter social distancing guidelines, a prominent infectious disease specialist warned. The warning comes after the health authorities on Friday extended prevention and sanitation guidelines to protect against the Coronavirus until daily new infections would drop to single digits, reports Reuters.

Russia reported 8,246 new cases of Covid-19, taking the nationwide tally of infections to 537,210, the country's Coronavirus crisis response centre said.

It said 143 people had died from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking overall death toll to 7,091, reports Reuters.

Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary also mentioned that the compensation of ₹one crore announced by the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for the kin of Corona warriors has not been provided yet, and requested that the compensation should be immediately provided, reports ANI.

Kejriwal had announced of providing a compensation of ₹1 Crores for next of the kin of Corona warriors. But that compensation has not been provided yet. We have requested that the compensation be immediately provided so that they don't lose their morale: Delhi Congress chief pic.twitter.com/jMl68LPAh1

— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2020

At the all party meet chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary said that everyone should have the right to Covid-19 testing. Chaudhary also said that the Home Minister assured that under a new testing policy, all will have the right to testing, reports ANI.

Everyone should have right to testing. Treatment is possible only through testing & tracing policy followed by all countries, HM has accepted that. He has assured that under a new testing policy everyone will have right to testing: Anil Chaudhary, Delhi Congress chief #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/zhJe9FeWkw

— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2020