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An FIR was registered against a private company whose staffers, including a foreigner who visited the firm recently, are suspected to have infected 13 people with coronavirus in Noida and Greater Noida, officials said on Saturday.

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to free 11,000 prisoners lodged in 71 jails in the state amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, an official statement stated on Saturday.

The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community health workers, will get Rs 50 lakh insurance cover under a national scheme for them.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday sought immediate release of GST compensation arrears of Rs 2,088 crore as well as deferment of instalments of industrial and agricultural loans by commercial banks to help the state fight the coronavirus infection.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed Centre alleging that it has no contingency plan in place for the migrants who are leaving big cities in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of a new fund to combat the coronavirus crisis and similar situations arising in the future, instantly drawing a flood of pledges. When a man tweeted about his contribution of Rs 501 towards the fund, saying it was "just a little donation", the prime minister said that "there's nothing big or little".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today give his first Mann Ki Baat radio address during the three-week shutdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled several nations.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday complained that migrant lobourers in his state who are from Uttar Pardesh and other states are being denied entry in their home states.

A policeman was killed and two others were injured in two separate incidents in Assam following clashes with mobs over violation of the coronavirus lockdown. A policemen of the Assam Industrial Security Force (AISF) died in a fight with locals in Cachar district on Saturday.

Chandigarh Police on Saturday rushed to help a family that threatened suicide after running out of food due to the lockdown in the city, an official statement said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered officials to set up relief camps on the state's border to receive thousands of migrant workers who are coming from northern states amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 140 Bhutan nationals, mostly students, were flown back to their country on Saturday in a special flight of the Royal Bhutan Airlines from Chandigarh amid the national lockdown, airport officials said.

The government today said it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for patients with coronavirus, as authorities scramble to prepare the country's health infrastructure for an expected surge in cases.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday issued directions to officials to quarantine approximately one lakh people who have arrived in the state from other parts of the country in the last three days.

The Tihar Jail authority has released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.