Telangana, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, India Coronavirus LIVE Updates Today 16 November 2020

Visakhapatnam Zoo to reopen from Tuesday

Andhra Pradesh government has granted permission to the Visakhapatnam Zoo to reopen for public, following the Centre's directives and standard operating procedures amid the Covid pandemic.

"The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam will reopen for public from Tuesday onwards as per the instructions issued by the principal chief conservator of forests," said Nandani Salaria, curator of Visakhapatnam Zoo.

All visitors are mandated to wear a mask and maintain social distancing norms.

"Thermal scanning of visitors and presence of masks will be checked for at the gate and accordingly entry will be given," she said.

Salaria encouraged visitors to book tickets online so as to avoid contact at the counters.

Likewise, outside food, plastic material and crackers are not allowed into the zoo.

"If anyone is found disobeying the rules of the zoo and Covid social distancing norms, fine will be imposed," she added. (IANS)

Telangana News: Telangana man provides free food to the poor through a foundation he established in the memory of his wife and daughter.

"We've been doing it for the last 10 years, we serve food to thousands now as the number added up with time," says Asif Sohail, founder of the organisation.

#Telangana man provides free food to the poor through a foundation he established in the memory of his wife and daughter.

"We've been doing it for the last 10 years, we serve food to thousands now as the number added up with time," says Asif Sohail, founder of the organisation. pic.twitter.com/6lmKWKMcHs

— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2020

Coronavirus in Telangana: Telangana reported 502 new COVID19 cases, 1,539 recoveries & 3 deaths yesterday.

Total number of cases now at 2,57,876 including 2,42,084 recoveries, 14,385 active cases & 1,407 deaths: State Health Department

Coronavirus in India: With 30,548 new COVID19 infections, India's total cases rise to 88,45,127. With 435 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,30,070

Total active cases at 4,65,478 after a decrease of 13,738 in the last 24 hrs

Total discharged cases at 82,49,579 with 43,851 new discharges in last 24 hrs

A total of 12,56,98,525 samples tested for COVID19 up to 15th November, of these 8,61,706 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Coronavirus in United States: US Covid-19 cases surpass 11 million

Coronavirus in United States: The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US topped 11 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

US Covid-19 case count rose to 11,000,984, with a total of 2,46,006 deaths, as of 4:27 p.m. local time (2127 GMT), according to the CSSE tally.

Texas and California both reported more than 1 million cases. Florida registered 8,75,096 cases, and Illinois recorded 5,73,616 cases, surpassing New York which confirmed 5,60,200 cases, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Other states with over 2,50,000 cases include Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Indiana, the CSSE data showed.

By far, the US remains the nation worst hit by the pandemic, with the world's most cases and deaths, making up more than 20 percent of the global caseload.

US Covid-19 cases hit 10 million on November 9, and increased by 1 million within a week.

US daily cases crossed the threshold of 1,00,000 for the 12th consecutive day on Saturday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington predicted a total of 4,38,941 Covid-19 deaths in the United States by March 1, 2021, based on current projection scenario. (IANS)

Coronavirus in Africa: Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases pass 1.96 million

Coronavirus in Africa: The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent had reached 1,963,702, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Sunday.

The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 47,104 as of Sunday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency reported.

A total of 1,657,142 people infected with Covid-19 had recovered across the continent so far, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency.

The most Covid-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed.

The southern Africa region is the most Covid-19 affected region both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases as well as the number of deaths, it was noted.

The northern Africa region is the second most Covid-19-affected African region, according to the Africa CDC. (IANS)

United Kingdom Coronavirus: UK reports 24,962 new Covid-19 cases, 168 deaths

United Kingdom Coronavirus: Another 24,962 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,369,318, according to official figures released on Sunday.

The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 168 to 51,934, the data showed.

Britain is the first European nation to record more than 50,000 coronavirus deaths. It is the fifth country in the world to hit the tragic milestone, following the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, the Xinhua news agency reported.

A British government scientific adviser has warned that the next fortnight will be "absolutely crucial" to ensure an end to England's lockdown on December 2 as planned.

Professor Susan Michie, who is on the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), told media on Saturday that the next two weeks will be "very challenging, partly because of the weather (and) partly because, I think, the promise of a vaccine may be making people feel complacent".

England is currently under a month-long national lockdown until December 2, the second of its kind since the coronavirus outbreak in Britain, in a bid to quell the resurgence of coronavirus.

To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States are racing against time to develop coronavirus vaccines.

Mongolia Lockdown: Mongolia imposes national lockdown after first Covid case reported

The Mongolian government on Sunday extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic by two weeks until December 1.

Mongolia imposed a national lockdown effective from 6 a.m. on Thursday after the country confirmed its first Covid-19 case of local transmission, involving a woman who is the wife of a 29-year-old infected Mongolian transport driver, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The driver returned home from Russia via Altanbulag border point and tested positive for the virus four days after he was released from the 21-day mandatory isolation on November 6.

The extension is part of the efforts to identify all people who have had contact with cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, Yangu Sodbaatar, the country's deputy prime minister, said at a press conference.

As of Sunday, the Asian country has confirmed 428 Covid-19 cases, including around 20 domestically transmitted cases.