Union Min Ram Vilas Paswan donates Rs 1 crore from MP fund for Bihar's Coronavirus fight

Amid Coronavirus crisis, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday me available Rs. 1 crore for patients infected with virus from his Rajya Sabha MP fund. Taking to Twitter, he stated that he has donated money to Health Department. He wrote in Hindi, "To provide proper medical equipment and facilities for treatment of patients infected with Coronavirus in Bihar, I have donated Rs. 1 crore from my Rajya Sabha MP Fund to Health Department." 

Currently, four cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Bihar, while one person has died due to virus.

India under lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight of March 25 to deal with spre of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease, which spres rapidly.  21-day curfew is applicable to all states, districts, and vills - irrespective of wher y were earlier under curfew or t. 

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Coronavirus Crisis

As of date, India has reported over 580 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. Out of all states, Maharashtra has crossed a total of 100 positive cases becoming highest number of cases detected in country. Meanwhile, eleven people have died so far due to dely virus.

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Along with it, presently, re are around 423,724 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 18,922 people. Meanwhile, around 109,172 have reportedly been recovered. hardest-hit region, after China, is Italy, Iran and South Korea, where number of cases is rising by hour.

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