India, March 30 -- Plan to use plasma of the immune in patients in UK

India was still in the 'local transmission' stage of the novel coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) and there was no community transmission, the Indian Council of Medical Research reportedly said March 30, 2020. Down to Earth has earlier reported that the government dropped a hint of the outbreak entering the third stage in the country.

* India's tally of people who have tested postitive for the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was at 1,071 on March 30, 2020 morning, according to the Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare.

* Among them, 100 were foreigners. The pandemic (COVID-19) has killed 27 people until now in the country.

* Unofficial estimates, however, put t...