NITN | @@notintownlive | 14 Mar 2020, 06:36 am
New Delhi/NITN: The Indian government on Saturday said it is treating Coronavirus outbreak in the country as a 'notified disaster'.
"Government decides to treat #CoronavirusinIndia as a notified disaster for the purpose of providing assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)," the Press Information Bureau tweeted.
As per a letter from the Home Ministry, Rs 4 lakh will be given to the families of those whose deaths have been linked to the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, reported NDTV.
So far, 84 people including 10 cured have been infected by the virus and two people have died.
1,32,000 people have been infected in 132 countries.
In the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak in India, the US Embassy and Consulates in the country on Saturday said it has cancelled all visa appointments from Mar 16.
The Official Twitter handle of the embassy said, "U.S. Mission India posts, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, are cancelling immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments from March 16, 2020, onward. "
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