New Delhi:
Around 25 doctors and around 47 others -- mostly staff of a leading Central government-run hospital in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, have been asked to stay on home quarantine as a precautionary measure. Suspicion of the doctors from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology being infected was raised after one of them, tested positive on Saturday after his return from Spain. Kerala has 24 positive cases with three new cases being reported on Monday.
The iconic Taj Mahal will be closed to visitors from today as part of measures to try and combat the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism ministry said on Monday.
So far, Maharashtra has registered the maximum cases of coronavirus, the current figure is 39. Overall, 114 people across the country have tested positive for the virus. Worldwide, the number of deaths has passed 6,500 with more than 168,000 infections in 142 countries and territories.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said the coronavirus pandemic that has killed thousands and brought life in countries across the world grinding to a halt could end by July in the United States.
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