WHO declared coronavirus as pandemic and India has also suspended all visas till April 15

The World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu declared coronavirus pandemic (महामारी) on Wednesday as he expressed deep concern about “alarming levels of inaction” in the fight against the spread of the disease.

The number of cases outside China has increased 13-fold, said Ghebreyesus, and the number of affected countries has tripled. There are 126,000 cases in 114 countries and 4,291 people have lost their lives.

“Thousands more are fighting for their lives in hospital,” Tedros said at a briefing in Geneva. “In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the many cases, the many deaths and the number of affected countries climb even higher. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.”

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The declaration many countries have put a travel ban in order to quarantine. United States has suspended all travel from Europe for 30 days as death toll in the country reached 31. Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife have also tested positive for the covid-19 when they were shootig for movie in Australia.

India has also suspended all visas till April 15 amid a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the last two weeks. Sixty-seven people in India have tested positive for the illness, which has spread to over 100 countries, killed over 4,5000, and a major chunk of them are tourists from Italy.

A government communique said all incoming travellers, including Indian nationals from COVID-19 nations – China Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, France, Spain and Germany, after February 15, shall be quarantined for a minimum of 14 days.

State Helpline Numbers for COVID-19
S. No	State / UT	State Helpline no.
1	Andhra Pradesh	08662410978
2	Arunachal Pradesh	9436055743
3	Assam	6913347770
4	Bihar	104
5	Chhattisgarh	07712235091
6	Goa	104
7	Gujarat	104
8	Haryana	8558893911
9	Himachal Pradesh	104
10	Jharkhand	104
11	Karnataka	104
12	Kerala	04712552056
13	Madhya Pradesh	07552527177
14	Maharashtra	02026127394
15	Manipur	3852411668
16	Meghalaya	108
17	Mizoram	102
18	Nagaland	7005539653
19	Odisha	9439994859
20	Punjab	104
21	Rajasthan	01412225624
22	Sikkim	104
23	Tamil Nadu	04429510500
24	Telangana	104
25	Tripura	0381- 2315879
26	Uttarakhand	104
27	Uttar Pradesh	180018055145
28	West Bengal	3323412600
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	03192-232102
30	Chandigarh	9779558282
31	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	104
32	Delhi	011-22307145
33	Jammu	01912520982
	Kashmir	01942440283
34	Ladakh	01982256462
35	Lakshadweep	104
36	Puducherry	104