Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Monday. 2:41 p.m.

UAE to operate special flights to bring back Emiratis from India. 2:32 p.m.

The Assam government deposits Rs 2,000 each to the accounts of 86,000 Assamese people stranded in other states. 2:25 p.m.

The Goa government begins easing lockdown restrictions on some industries, and the the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry said a majority of units would apply to Goa Industrial Development Corporation for permission to resume operations. 2:14 p.m.

Restrictions on domestic and international flights will be lifted when the government is confident coronavirus spread is controlled, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says. 2:10 p.m.

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal seeks help from Centre for fair distribution of groceries. 1:57 p.m.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot urges people not to violate lockdown rules. 1:50 p.m.

Attendance at centre's offices marginally rises as some return to work. 1:48 p.m.

The NCW seeks strict action in a case where a pregnant woman was turned away from Jamshedpur hospital. 1:30 p.m.

Sixteen high-risk contacts of infected Delhi pizza delivery agent in Delhi test negative. 1:16 p.m.

DBT approves funding for three companies for developing COVID-19 vaccine. 1:12 p.m.

No relaxation in lockdown restrictions in Lucknow, Agra and Firozabad in UP. 12:54 p.m.

HC satisfied with govt measures for emergency treatment to non-COVID patients in hospitals. 12:52 p.m.

WHO-recommended disinfectants effective against novel coronavirus, study says. 12:33 p.m.

Newborn tests positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan's Nagaur. 12:22 p.m.

Centre objects to Kerala easing lockdown restrictions. 11:43 a.m.

Death toll in Indore rises to 52 as three more people in the district die due to COVID-19 complications. 11:40 a.m.

A bright red robot at the district collectorate in Bulandshahr, UP is helping people maintain social distancing and minimise spread of coronavirus by dispensing sanitiser to staff and visitors. 11:36 a.m. Odisha policeman suspended for entering Jagannath temple amid lockdown.

11:28 a.m. Centre asks states and UTs to strictly comply with COVID-19 lockdown guidelines and not dilute them.

11:21 a.m. The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,851 after 108 more people tested positive for the disease, officials say.

11:16 a.m. Three more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bihar, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 96.

11:15 a.m. Four more patients succumbed to coronavirus in Gujarat, taking the toll in the state to 67, official says.

10:59 a.m. Actors Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn and Varun Dhawan urge those recovered from COVID-19 to donate blood to fight virus.

10:53 a.m. The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir climbs to 354 as four more persons tested positive for the virus.

10:52 a.m. Amid the coronavirus lockdown, a group of activists has taken the initiative of providing food to monkeys starving along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway here in Maharashtra.

10:51 a.m. Novel method developed to understand how coronavirus evolves.

10:48 a.m. The Centre says the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, and violation of lockdown measures risk the spread of the novel coronavirus.

10:28 a.m. Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim decides to auction his bat to raise funds for the COVID-19 relief work in his country.

10:27 a.m. One more person dies of coronavirus in Rajasthan while 17 fresh cases reported on Monday, officials say.

10:25 a.m. Indian-American Dr Madhvi Aya, who contracted the coronavirus in the line of duty in New York, the country's COVID-19 epicentre, could only exchange text messages with her husband and daughter from her hospital bed before she lost the battle to the deadly virus.

10:20 a.m. Textile body develops high quality cloth to make 'N-99' masks.

10:00 a.m. The Punjab government rules out any relaxation in the curfew till May 3 barring wheat procurement.

9:51 a.m. COVID-19 death toll rises to 543 in country as the number of cases climb to 17,265, Union Health Ministry says.

9:42 a.m. US wants to send team of experts inside China for COVID-19 probe, US President Donald Trump says.

9:23 a.m. MP government to make available 50 lakh low cost masks at PDS shops.

8:42 a.m. China's new confirmed coronavirus cases dropped to 12 with eight of them reported from Chinese nationals coming from abroad, taking the total tally to 82,747, health officials say.

8:16 a.m. The US has carried out more tests for the novel coronavirus pandemic than 10 other countries, including India, taken together, President Donald Trump says.