India, March 31 -- Imperial College London claims global toll could have been much worse

The Supreme Court of India March 31, 2020 directed the Centre to ensure food, shelter, medical aid and religious conselling to migrants stranded at various parts of the country due to the 21-day lockdown that the government has invoked to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).

* Chhattisgarh's health minister complained of a shortage of kits to test for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) despite the Indian Council of Medical Research insisting that India had an adequate number of kits.

* The pandemic could have 90 per cent of the global population, killing more than 40 million, in the absence of mitigation measures, according to a new mo...