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Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) study recommends a minimum distance of over 27 feet or about 8 metres to avoid getting infected via droplet transmission.

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Worldwide, the number of Covid-19 cases are over 8.60 lakh; the death toll stands at 42,354 and more than 1.78 lakh people have recovered.
*Data as per Wednesday 12:15 PM

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President Trump and his top public health advisers delivered a shocking figure last night that the novel coronavirus could cause 100,000 to 240,000 fatalities in the U.S, even with these social distancing, lockdown and school closures.

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A portion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, the iconic venue that hosts the US Open, is to be transformed into a 350-bed temporary hospital to help New York’s strained healthcare infrastructure handle the pandemic.