In just a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 3,40,000 people worldwide and infected about 5.3 million, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

India must gear for at least two more months of COVID-19, a summary of a meeting on Saturday involving top officials from the HealthMinistry suggests.
About 70% of Indias cases are emerging from 11 municipal areas in seven States: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan, the Ministry said in a statement.
The Hindu has brought out a multi-language e-book on essential COVID-19 information, in addition to covering the developments related to the coronavirus pandemic as it unfolded. Here is a collection of our daily cartoons on COVID-19, a list of State Helpline numbers, a live-tracking of State and nation-wide cases.
Here are the latest updates:
‘Ill-advised’ to open airports in red zone: Anil Deshmukh
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that opening up the airports in the red zone will hamper measures to control COVID-19 and place unwanted stress on the staff.
“It’s extremely ill-advised to reopen airports in red zone. Mere thermal scanning of passengers inadequate w/o swabs. Impossible to have autos/cabs/buses ply in current circumstances. Adding positive passenger will add Covid stress to red zone,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Getting passengers to come from a green zone to a red one putting them to risk of exposure doesn’t make sense. Keeping a busy airport up & running with all Covid-safety measures will need huge staff presence and compound risk in the red zone,” he added.
Easing lockdown, Spain to reopen for tourism in July
Spain will reopen its borders to tourists in July and its top football division will kick off again in June, the Prime Minister said on Saturday, marking another phase in the easing of one of the world’s strictest lockdowns.
Pedro Sanchez’s dual announcements coincided with calls for his resignation over the lockdown’s impact on the economy from the far-right Vox party, which called protests in cities across Spain drawing thousands of horn-blaring cars and motorbikes.
From July, foreign tourism will resume in safe conditions. We will guarantee tourists will not take any risks and will not bring us any risks, Mr. Sanchez told a televised news conference, without giving further details. – Reuters
Actor Kiran Kumar tests positive for COVID-19
Veteran film and TV actor Kiran Kumar has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine. The 74-year-old actor said he is asymptomatic and is doing absolutely fine.
I am asymptomatic. On May 14, I went to the hospital for a medical check-up, where the COVID-19 test was mandatory. So I got myself tested and the result was positive. But I had no symptoms then, nor do I have any now. Theres no fever, no cough, Im fine and have self quarantined at home, Kumar told PTI.
Confirmed cases in Brazil cross 3,47,000
Brazil registered 965 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities to 22,013, the Health Ministry said.
The country now has 3,47,398 confirmed cases, according to the ministry, up 16,508 from Friday, when it surpassed Russia to become the world’s virus hot spot behind the United States.
The actual number of cases and deaths is believed to be higher than the official figures disclosed by the government, as the testing capacity of Latin America’s largest country still lags. – Reuters