Published 11:16 IST, March 19th 2020

L-G Puducherry Kiran Bedi tweets hinting food link to Coronavirus; advises 'non-violence'

Amid the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi on Thursday took to Twitter to create awareness regarding the spread of the virus.

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Amid dely vel coronavirus outbreak, Puducherry Goverr Kiran Bedi on Thursday took to Twitter to create awareness regarding spre of virus. Bedi shared an im with humans in a c surrounded by animals. She urged people to take responsibility for ir actions and also exercise harmless choices, which in a sense, appears to carry on a set of arguments about Coronavirus arising from eating habits followed in China, of which re is t conclusive evidence as yet. 

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Coronavirus crisis in India

As of date, total number of positive cases in India has risen to 175, including foreign nationals. maximum cases of virus have been reported in Maharashtra and Kerala. A third death was reported in India on Tuesday in Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital. Earlier, two deaths were reported in Kalaburgi and West Delhi. 

Centre has “strongly vised” Indians to avoid all n-essential travel abro. government is also monitoring all suspected cases and has issued preventive visories. Earlier on Saturday, Central government decided to treat dely virus as a "tified disaster", and has since issued even more visories and travel restrictions.

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COVID-19 affected over 170 countries

First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, COVID-19- vel Coronavirus has affected nearly 173 countries in world and one international conveyance--  Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan. Presently, re are around 219,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 8,961 people. As re is vaccine or specific antiviral medicine to treat COVID-19 yet, countries have been grappling with all possible mechanisms to contain its scope. So far, China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran have witnessed most number of confirmed cases of vel Coronavirus.

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11:16 IST, March 19th 2020