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The coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 8,000 people and infected more than 200,000 worldwide, is invoking measures by various governments to contain its spread. India, which has had over 150 confirmed cases and 3 deaths so far due to the disease, is also doing the same. | Above: A man wearing a protective mask walks past a bus stop displaying preventive measures against the coronavirus in Mumbai.
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India's Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that the number of positive cases of coronavirus in the country has climbed to 151, including 25 foreign nationals. | Above: Municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a boat at Dal lake as a preventive measure, in Srinagar.
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As per the latest data by the Ministry of Health, Delhi has 9, Karnataka has 11, Kerala has 25, West Bengal has 1, Maharashtra has 39 and Uttar Pradesh has 15 positive cases of coronavirus. | Above: A health worker checks the body temperature of a devotee wearing a facemask, at the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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Meanwhile, the total number of Indians infected by coronavirus abroad is 276 - 255 in Iran, 12 in UAE, five in Italy, and one each in Hong Kong, Kuwait, Rwanda and Sri Lanka. | Above: A worker sprays disinfectant on a State Express Transport Corporation of Tamilnadu (SETC) bus at a bus depot in Chennai.
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Also, India's Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan directed teams to visit quarantine facilities to assess and monitor amenities as the ministry maintained that over 5,700 people, who had come in contact with these positive cases, are under rigorous surveillance. | Above: Thermal screening of passengers being conducted as a precautionary measure at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai.
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According to the ministry's data, 14 people have been discharged so far, including the three patients from Kerala who were discharged last month. | Above: Volunteers educate villagers on 'how to wash hands', at Uttarpara village in Baksha district.
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A municipal corporation worker sanitises a street as a precautionary measure in Jammu
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Bride and groom wear protective masks as a precautionary measure during the marriage ceremony in Jabalpur
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Municipal Corporation workers spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure in Ajmer
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Security personnel pump sanitiser on hands of visitors at the entrance of a shopping mall, in Kolkata
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A worker disinfects a room of a residential house as a preventive measure, in Ahmedabad
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A worker disinfects the train track as a precaution against COVID-19 at railway station in Jammu
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A Policeman checks the temperature of a man who arrives at police headquarter as a precautionary measure, in New Delhi
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A worker sprays disinfectant to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, at Mahabalipuram in Chengalpattu district
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A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a bus as a precautionary measure, in New Delhi
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Thermal screening of a passenger being done at Agra Cantt railway station, in Agra
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Railway workers clean the Rajdhani express at Rajendranagar Yard in Patna
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A worker sprays disinfectant in the premises of Mahabodhi Temple as a precaution, in Bodh Gaya
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A tribal woman worker wearing a mask as preventive measure weaves a 'Gamocha', in Baksa district
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A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a vehicle amid coronavirus outbreak, in New Delhi
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A volunteer distributes face masks to people outside G.B Pant Children Hospital in Srinagar
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Vistors undergoes thermal screening amid the coronavirus outbreak, at Calcutta high court in Kolkata
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Municipal Corporation worker sprays disinfectant at a bus stand, as a precautionary measure in Jammu
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NGO volunteers distribute masks to commuters as a preventive measure, in Surat
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A medic uses a thermal screening device on residents staying near the Indo-Bhutan border, in Baksa district of Assam
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Vidhana Soudha (Legislative Assembly) being sanitised with the spraying of disinfectants, as a precautionary measure in Bengaluru
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A railway worker sanitises a bench at Anand Vihar Railway Stations, New Delhi
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Worker smoke disinfect a train as a precaution at railway station in Jammu
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A passenger wears a mask and cleans her hands with sanitiser while sitting in a bus, at KSRTC bus stand in Kozhikode, Kerala
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A woman undergoes thermal screening outside BMC head office, in Mumbai
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A rickshaw puller wearing a mask as a precautionary measure amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kolkata
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Policemen undergoes thermal scanning amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, at Lokbhawan in Lucknow
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A worker sprays disinfectant on a State Express Transport Corporation of Tamilnadu (SETC) bus at a bus depot in Chennai
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Thermal screening of advocate being conducted at the entrance of Allahabad High Court, in Prayagraj
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Municipal corporation worker sprays sanitiser at a government office in awake of deadly coronavirus, in Patna
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Workers disinfect the interiors of a passenger bus as a preventive measure in Ahmedabad
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A Municipal worker sprays disinfectant on closed shops as a precautionary measure, in Chennai
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