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. 3:47 p.m.

At least 25 doctors are among 75 employees of a premier health institute in Thiruvananthapuram kept under isolation in the wake of a Spain returned doctor testing positive for coronavirus. 3:46 p.m.

The Aligarh Muslim University has directed all teachers and students who have travelled abroad recently to undergo screening and evaluation for coronavirus at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital. 3:46 p.m.

A 19-year-old man, who returned from Thailand on Monday, was admitted to the isolation ward of a government hospital here with novel coronavirus-like symptoms, a senior health official says. 3:22 p.m.

Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration officials raided a firm in Aurangabad and caught staff changing expiry date labels on hand sanitiser bottles to profit from the coronavirus outbreak in the state. 3:22 p.m.

Karnataka government decides to create "war-rooms" in state-run medical colleges-district hospitals in its fight against COVID-19. The Meghalaya government orders shutdown of schools and colleges and cancellation or postponement of major sports events till March 31 to avoid mass gatherings in view of coronavirus outbreak, a senior minister said.

3:15 p.m. With the coronavirus outbreak bringing all sports activities to a halt in the country, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday urged the athletes to not lose spirit and keep working hard to stay battle ready for competitions.

3:14 p.m. The Pune Municipal Corporation has formed 130 teams to carry out house surveys in Maharashtra's second-largest city to contain coronavirus.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announces that the state government will bear all expenses of the treatment of any patient who tests positive for coronavirus in the state. 3:04 p.m.

Director Baz Luhrmann has gone into self-isolation after coming into contact with actor Tom Hanks, who had tested positive for coronavirus, on the set of their new untitled Elvis Presley film. 2:56 p.m. Despite his own government's order banning large gatherings in the wake of the COVID-19 scare, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa attended large-scale wedding celebrations of the daughter of a BJP MLC.

2:55 p.m. Hockey India postpones all junior, sub-junior national championships scheduled to start from April 10 due to COVID-19.

2:52 p.m. A woman tested has positive for novel coronavirus in Yavatmal in Maharashtra, taking the number of Covid-19 patients in the district to three, says an official.

2:49 p.m. The Budget Session of West Bengal Assembly cut short over the coronavirus scare, Speaker Biman Banerjee says.

2:26 p.m. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) asks all licenced hoarding owners in Mumbai to display messages on fighting coronavirus outbreak till March 25.

2:26 p.m. A 68-year-old man who died in Maharashtra's Kolhapur on Sunday was suffering from chronic lung disease, and was not infected with coronavirus, a senior health official said.

2:17 p.m. Total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Australia on Monday reaches 350.

2:12 p.m. Indian-American doctors' community in the US has commended the steps being taken by the President Donald Trump-led administration in tackling the coronavirus outbreak.

1:57 p.m. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says there has been a coordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak and asserted that "no stone is being left unturned" to ensure people are healthy.

1:31 p.m. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwa says religious, social, cultural and political gatherings comprising over 50 people will not be allowed in the national capital till March 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak.

1:09 p.m. Assam government orders shutting of protected areas in the state in view of the coronavirus outbreak, officials say.

12:20 p.m A large oil and gas conference which draws tens of thousands of visitors each year from around the world, including India, postponed in Houston, US due to coronavirus scare, organisers say. 12:11 p.m.

The ongoing budget session of Bihar legislative assembly has been cut short and there will be no sittings of the House, Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary says. 12:08 p.m.

The Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards decide to postpone the upcoming One-Day International and Test in Karachi indefinitely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 11:35 a.m.

Odisha reports first confirmed case of coronavirus as researcher returning from Italy tests positive for COVID-19, government spokesperson says. 11:28 a.m.

Amusement park operator Wonderla Holidays says it has decided to temporarily close its Hyderabad park from 15-21 March due to rising coronavirus scare in Telangana. 11:09 a.m.

Lawyers, litigants and media personnels were thermal-screened in the Supreme Court on Monday amid coronavirus scare. 10:45 a.m.

Due to coronavirus, most airlines in the world will be bankrupt by the end of May, unless there is coordinated govt-industry action, says global aviation consultancy firm CAPA. 10:32 a.m.

Three people of the 236 who were evacuated from Iran on Sunday were checked for coronavirus and tested negative, officials say. 10:11 a.m.

The coronavirus death toll in China rose to 3,213 with 14 new fatalities, while the imported cases climbed to 123 after 12 new infections were reported..