286 paramilitary forces tests positve.. COVID-19 infects 548 doctors, nurses, paramedics .... schools reopened in Wuhan..

High school senior students study in a classroom in Wuhan on May 6, for the first time since their city shut down in January. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

News in Brief , 6 May 2020 (Compiled by KalimNews): 

• Indias's death rate and recovery rate due to Covid-19 are 3.42% and 28.71% respectively.
• West Bengal's death rate is 4.94% and recovery rate is 18.2%
• The central paramilitary forces had reported total 286 positive cases from across the country till Tuesday evening and maximum of these are now from the BSF (over 150), while 146 of the infected personnel are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 45 from the ITBP, 15 from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and 13 cases are from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
• All contacts of the forces are under treatment. All contacts are traced and are in quarantines, none is serious. 
• Telangana extended lockdown till May 29
• Nepal extends lockdown till May 18, suspends cross-border movement until May 31.
• COVID-19 infects 548 doctors, nurses, paramedics across India.
• Of the nine states having more than 1,000 cases, Tamil Nadu has the best recovery rate. As of May 2, roughly 52 per cent of the total 2,526 patients in the state have either recovered or been discharged from hospital.
• Gujarat, which saw a spike in Covid-19 cases recently, has the lowest recovery rate of 15.56 per cent.
• Kerala and Maharashtra were among the first states to report coronavirus cases. 
• Kerala reported 84 per cent recovery rate (as on 6 May).
• Named "Nightingale-19", the robot is deployed to provide food and medicines among patients at the district coronavirus centre in Ancharakandi in Kannur district where a large number of cases have been reported.
• 1188 people, mainly migrant workers, from Rajasthan's Ajmer arrived Bengal by a Shramik special train.
• Liquor shops will not be allowed to open from Wednesday in Mumbai, civic authorities said, as large crowds made it difficult to enforce physical distancing on the first two days since several relaxations were announced amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. 
• Israel's ambassador to India Ron Malka said that his country is ready to share to the world about the antibody to the novel coronavirus, their coutry is developing and is awaiting results of clinical trials.
• Italian firm claims to have made a vaccine to contain coronavirus.
• At least 10,503 new cases of coronavirus and 615 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Brazil, 
• The first of more than 60 flights repatriating thousands of Indians stranded overseas by the coronavirus lockdown is to arrive home on Thursday. Air India, the country's national airline, will carry out the mission and fly planes to the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Qatar and Malaysia, among other countries. The Indian mission in the UAE alone has received 197,000 applications to be repatriated so far. The crew will be in protective gear, while all passengers will have to wear masks and follow social distancing norms and other health protocols. Anyone who shows symptoms during the flight will be moved to an isolation zone in the aircraft. The passengers will also be subject to extensive screening when they return, and will then be quarantined for at least 14 days. States are preparing quarantine beds in hospitals and temporary care homes.
• Study finds blood thinners may help patients with severe Covid-19 infections.
• At least 90,000 health care workers infected with coronavirus around the world 
• Lebanon will allow Friday prayers and Sunday masses to begin again
• Nearly 58,000 students returned to school today (6 May) in Wuhan, China, the original epicenter of the outbreak. Wuhan began lifting restrictions in early April, after more than two months of total lockdown.