
82-yr old Manmohan Singh, in wheelchair, being discharged from the LNJP Hospital after he fully recovered from the COVID-19, in New Delhi. Singh defeated the novel coronavirus despite being in the most vulnerable age-lot.
Police officials arrest Aminul Islam, the All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) legislator, for making objectionable remarks about the condition of quarantine facilities and hospitals treating COVID 19 patients, in Nagaon.
AN-32 transport aircraft of IAF airlifted 19 personnel and 3500 kgs of medical equipment of ICMR from Tambaram to Bhubaneshwar for setting of medical Lab & facilities.
A healthcare worker in protective gear during his shift in an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 are treated in Prague, Czech Republic.
People stand in painted circles to maintain safe distance and collect essential food items during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna.
Zoo officials check a leopard at its enclosure at Manda zoo, during a nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jammu.
A family wearing masks ride a scooter during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jabalpur.
A healthcare worker attends to a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
A man passes through a disinfection tunnel installed at APMC Market during nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Navi Mumbai.
Municipal corporation workers spray disinfectant around Bikram Chowk during the nationwide lockdown in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jammu.
Women maintain a safe distance, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as they wait in a queue outside a bank during the nationwide lockdown, in Srinagar.
SIPCOT IT Park Information Technology located wears a deserted look during the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, at Siruseri in Chennai.
Volunteers ready food packets to distribute among the needy and poor during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake up of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna.
Kerala Minister for Agriculture V. S. Sunil Kumar addresse thes media after distributing fruits among police officials during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Kochi.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister shoulders the mortal remains of martyred army jawan Amit Kumar at his native place in Pauri district. Kumar was killed in an encounter with the militants at LoC in Keran sector of Kupwara district of J & K.
Homeless people take refuge at Yamuna sports complex during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi.
A pedestrian walks past auto-rickshaws parked along a street, during the nationwide lockdown in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holds a meeting with Left Front Chairman Biman Bose, CPI(M) State Secretary Surya Kanta Mishra (R) and other Left leaders, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at the State Secretariat, Nabanna in Kolkata.
A policeman pastes a notice declaring the area as 'Red Zone' in Eidgah, after many positive cases of coronavirus were reported in the locality, in Srinagar.
Municipal workers disinfect a locality in Eidgah area after it was declared 'Red Zone' by the authorities, following many positive cases of coronavirus were reported in the area, in Srinagar.
Fire Brigade personnel sanitise a locality in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, in Kullu.
A worker sanitises a tigers enclosure at the Alipore zoo during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata.
A doctor conducts a swab test at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
Doctor interacts with people at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
A doctor interacts with a patient at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
A doctor conducts a swab test of child at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
People wait to give their samples to medical staff at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
People wait to give their samples to medical staff at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
A BMC medical officer maintains a register of peoples details who visited and collected swamps at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
A BMC medical staff instruct people to maintain one hand distance at Shiv Shakti Nagar slum in Colaba during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mumbai.
A worker sanitises a white tiger's enclosure at the Alipore zoo during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata.
People doing yoga at Yamuna sports complex which is converted into a makeshift camp for those stranded in Delhi without a home during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chairs a meeting with Group of Ministers (GoMs) to review the measures related to COVID-19, during a nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi.
A man carries vegetables and walks on a street during lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Hyderabad. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
A man is seen inside a full-body sanitization machine during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna.
A labourer carries a sack at a vegetable market in Kesar Bagh during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow.
In this undated picture of Aminul Islam, the All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) legislator who got arrested for making objectionable remarks about the condition of quarantine facilities and hospitals treating COVID 19 patients, in Guwahati.
A young woman wearing a mask feeds a flock of pigeons during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Girgaon Chowpatty in Mumbai.
A petrol pump employee checks the identity card of a customer before filling petrol in his scooter during the nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Bikaner.
Women maintaining safe distance wait to enter a bank branch for transactions during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus pandemic, in Mathura.
Municipal workers emerge from a disinfection tunnel installed at a market place in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Coimbatore.
Workers stitch face masks during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Mahila Bachat Gat in Karad.
Women stand in a queue to withdraw cash from their Jan Dhan Account outside a bank during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Kamrup district of Assam. Centre has credited Rs 500 to Jan Dhan accounts of over 4 crore women as lockdown relief as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently.
Famers wearing masks harvest wheat crop at Dasna amid the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ghaziabad.
Municipal corporation workers sanitise a residential area in an effort to limit the spread of coronovirus, during the nationwide lockdown, in Coimbatore.
Women carrying their babies and essential items walk on a nearly-deserted street during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ghaziabad.
A banner hangs on a deserted road in an area declared as red zone by the government during lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Banner in Urdu reads" Khayam and its adjacent areas are declared Red Zone by officials. Everyone is requested not to venture out of their homes. Voilaters will be strictly dealt with as per law.
Paramilitary soldier waves a red flag as he signal to motorcyclists to turn back from an area declared as red zone by the government during lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Commuters ride a train in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus, but that there will be no hard lockdowns.
City workers fumigate a street to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia.
Shop attendants serve customers behind a sheet of plastic installed to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a pharmacy in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Biologist Christophe Delaunay administers a nasal swab to a driver at a coronavirus drive-thru testing site in Paris. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
Workers move a coffin with the body of a victim of coronavirus as others coffins are stored waiting for burial or cremation at the Collserola morgue in Barcelona, Spain
Healthcare workers assist a COVID-19 patient at a library that was turned into an intensive care unit (ICU) at Germans Trias i Pujol hospital in Badalona, Barcelona province, Spain.
In this handout photo released by the Roscosmos Russia's Soyuz-2.1A booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-16 space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is mounted vertically at the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station is scheduled on Thursday, April 9 with U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy, Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.
Several cars move along the empty embankment of the Moskva River in front of the Kremlin during 'rush hour' in Moscow, Russia. The Russian capital has woken up to a lockdown obliging most people in the city of 13 million to stay home. The government ordered other regions of the vast country to quickly prepare for the same as Moscow, to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
The slum Paraisopolis, which is the combination of the words "Paradise" and "Metropolis," stands next to the upper class Morumbi neighborhood, top, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With most families living in small homes and poor sanitary conditions, the Paraisopolis community brings concerns to authorities over the spread of the new coronavirus.
Birds reappear in the bay, amid the lack of cars along the coastal highway, due to a quarantine imposed by the government to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Asuncion, Paraguay.
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, front left, accompanied by Jason Kenny, front right, deputy director of the Real Estate Services Division of the Department of General Services, tours Sleep Train Arena, the former home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings basketball team in Sacramento, Calif. The arena is being transformed into a 400-bed emergency field hospital to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
A masked person joins janitors as they protest in front of Lyft company headquarters in San Francisco. The janitors work for a contractor and clean Lyft's headquarters. They protested their work hours being cut after a shelter-in-place order was issued last month in San Francisco to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Municipal workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant in an area in the center of Grozny, Russia. Ramzan Kadyrov, strongman leader of Russia's province of Chechnya, has taken extreme measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus in the region, vowing Monday not to let anyone who is not a formal resident of Chechnya into the area.The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
A passenger from the Coral Princess cruise ship waves as she boards a charter flight at Miami International Airport during the new coronavirus outbreak in Miami. According to Princess Cruises, disembarkation of guests from the ship is expected to take several days due to limited flight availability.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese police officers wearing masks against new coronavirus walk past high speed trains parked a depot in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei Province. The central Chinese city of Wuhan, once the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, will resume outbound operation of passenger trains departing starting April 8, according to the local railway operator.
People wearing face masks walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong. Asian shares are rising, echoing the rally on Wall Street fueled by signs of hope that the coronavirus pandemic could be slowing.
Lebanese groom Mostafa Baydoun, 29, walks with his bride Miran, 25, as they celebrate their wedding alone along the waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon. The government has imposed a curfew to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Workers sanitize their hands at the Alipore zoo during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata.
A policeman stands guard outside 'Matoshree', the private residence of Maharashtra Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray, in suburban Bandra, Mumbai. A tea stall owner near Matoshree on Monday was tested COVID-19 positive.
Air India special charter flight prepares to airlift 10 tonne consignment of essential life saving medicines from India to Sri Lanka, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, in New Delhi.
10 tonne consignment of essential life saving medicines being airlifted by Air India special charter flight from India to Sri Lanka, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, in New Delhi.
A medical team collects swabs from police personnel and their family members for COVID-19 tests at Yogi Nagar Police Quarters after a police inspector was found positive for the disease, in Borivali, Mumbai.
An IAF AN-32 aircraft is loaded with essential medical supplies and commodities to be airlifted to various parts of the country, in wake of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, in New Delhi.
The moon rises in sky over New Delhi. People confined to their homes due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown will be able to watch Supermoon.
Moon rises in the sky over Kolkata. People confined to their homes due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown will be able to watch Supermoon.
People, who attended a religious congregation, are escorted to an ambulance to be taken to a hospital for quarantine in wake of coronavirus outbreak, in Ahmedabad.
Car designer K. Sudhakar Yadav gestures beside a Coronavirus themed car at his museum he made as part of an awareness campaign aimed at preventing the spread of the virus in Hyderabad. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Local volunteers keep guard to prevent outsiders from entering their locality during lockdown in Jammu. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
A man sits on a platform next to the parked rickshaws during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray wearing a mask arrives in his car in wake of coronavirus pandemic, during the nationwide lockdown, at Matoshree in Mumbai.
Migrant workers maintain social distance as they sit to eat their meals inside a shopping mall, which is converted into a shelter home during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Ahmedabad.
People play cricket on a deserted road at Sadar Bazar, during the nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Teliwara in New Delhi.