Coronavirus Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

    New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Friday.
    
     2:48 p.m.
     TN government urges Railway Ministry to resume suburban services in city.
    
     2:37 p.m.
     Tripura records 145 fresh COVID-19 cases and five deaths.
    
     2:37 p.m.
     The Goa government would continue to perform plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients as it has yielded goods results in the state so far, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane says.
    
     2:20 p.m.
     The coronavirus vaccine, once available, will be distributed under a special COVID-19 immunisation programme with the Centre procuring the doses directly and making it available for priority groups, official sources say.
    
     2:14 p.m.
     The mute button, or at least the threat of it, worked well this time as US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden showed restraint and civility during the last presidential debate, unlike their first encounter when they frequently spoke over each other, creating chaos at times.
    
     2:10 p.m.
     Mizoram reports 18 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 2,359.
    
     US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden clashed over COVID-19, immigration, race relations and climate change during their final debate, just ahead of the November 3 presidential election, presenting Americans with sharply divergent views of where they would lead them over the next four years.
    
     1:23 p.m.
     The Karnataka government decides to reopen engineering, diploma and degree colleges that were shut for students due to the COVID-19 pandemic from November 17.

     1:16 p.m.
     With the COVID-19 pandemic having brought the world to its knees, a 37-year old Assam government employee, in solidarity with everyone fighting the global menace, has created a Durga idol here with strips of expired tablets, capsules and injection vials.
    
     1:08 p.m.
     Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,77,887 with 1,793 people testing positive for
the infection, while 18 more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,214, a health department official says.
    
     12:28 p.m.
     Asymptomatic children have low coronavirus levels compared to those with symptoms, study finds.
    
     12:24 p.m.
     Puducherry adds 158 fresh COVID-19 cases as overall tally in the UT rises to 33,986.
    
     12:04 p.m.
     The second season of Mindy Kaling’s coming-of-age series "Never Have I Ever" will start production in November.
    
     11:54 a.m.
     Over 4,000 expatriates, who returned to Kerala from abroad following the COVID-19 pandemic, have evinced interest to start new ventures here.
    
     11:49 a.m.
     Arunachal Pradesh reports 165 new COVID-19 cases as state's tally rises to 14,077.

     11:46 a.m.
     President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry of skilled foreign workers into the US, mainly on H-1B and L-1 visas, has resulted in an estimated loss of USD 100 billion to companies and will have lasting negative impacts on firms here, according to a prominent American think-tank.
    
     11:43 a.m.
     Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has expressed his displeasure to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the deduction of Rs 1,417 crore as power dues of Damodar Valley Corporation, contending that it has "soured" relations of the state government with the Centre.
    
     11:35 a.m.
     Pakistan's head coach Misbah-ul-Haq wants the ICC to conduct the World Test Championship exactly the way it has been planned even if it means extending the duration of the event due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

     11:15 a.m.
     President Donald Trump on Thursday asserted that success is going to bring America together, while his Democratic challenger Joe Biden said that the character of the country is on the ballot in the November 3 presidential election.
    
     An official of the West Bengal government succumbed to COVID-19, state health department sources say.
    
     11:11 a.m.
     ICMR issues advisory for use of Feluda paper strip test.
    
     10:53 a.m.
     The Delhi High Court decides that its blanket order extending all interim stays and bails granted prior to and during the COVID-19 lockdown would not remain in effect after October 31.

     10:27 a.m.
     India records 54,366 new coronavirus infections and 690 deaths in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data says.
    
     9:58 a.m.
     Jharkhand reports 549 fresh COVID-19 cases and eight fresh fatalities.
    
     9:36 a.m.
     A COVID-19 vaccine is "ready" and coming "within weeks" and would be distributed by the military, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday while his Democratic challenger Joe Biden alleged that America is about to enter into a "dark winter" as they clashed over their policies on the pandemic during the final presidential debate.
    
     9:30 a.m.
     Over a month after he recovered from COVID-19, Union minister Shripad Naik said he would resume his office in New Delhi from next week.

     9:20 a.m.
     Telangana reported 1,421 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 2,29,001 while six more deaths pushed the toll to 1298, the state government says.
    
     6:30 a.m.
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