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COVID-19: UP Govt arrange For 1,000 buses for migrant workers


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Lucknow, Mar 28, 2020: Government of Uttar Pradesh has arranged for 1,000 buses to take the migrant workers to their respective hometowns amid coronavirus lockdown as the total number of COVID-19 cases soared to 873. The Union Health Ministry put the death toll at 19.

 

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The United States on Friday, 27 March, announced $174 million financial assistance to 64 countries, including $2.9 million to India, to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic, PTI reported.

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an advisory to states and UTs on Friday to prevent an exodus of migrant and agricultural labourers, industrial workers, and unorganised sector workers during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.