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Bhubaneswar, May 17 () Odisha reported two more COVID-19 deaths, taking the total number of virus fatalities in the state to five, an official of the health department said on Sunday. The total number of <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> cases in the staterose to 828, with 91 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, the official said. "Very sorry to inform that 2 Covid patient in Ganjam passed away," an official statement released by the department said. The two men had recently returned from Surat in Gujarat. Bhadrak district accounted for the maximum number of fresh cases at 28, followed by Balasore at 17, Ganjam at 15, Cuttack at 12 and Puri at seven. Earlier, two persons from Bhubaneswar and another from Ganjam had succumbed to the disease, the official said. Of the five deaths reported so far, three are from Ganjam. The district has accounted for 292 cases in a span of just 16 days. As many as 5,083 samples were examined for COVID-19 on Saturday. The total number of samples tested so far in Odisha stands at 91,223.

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<ul><li>There are over 140 cases in India, including 13 people who have been cured of the disease. </li><li>An IFS trainee officer was tested positive in Dehradun on Sunday (March 15) marking the first positive case of <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> in Uttarakhand. </li><li>India on Sunday offered $10 million to set up a common voluntary emergency fund for SAARC. </li></ul>There are over 140 cases of Coronavirus in India, including 13 people who have been cured of the disease, according to the latest data available on the ministry of health and family welfare <a href="https://www.mohfw.gov.in/">website</a>. Maharashtra is currently leading with most cases at 40, followed by Kerala and Haryana with 27 and 14 positive cases respectively. India bans Afghanistan, Philippines, Malaysia till May 31 The Indian government on Tuesday issued a fresh travel advisory prohibiting travel of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia with immediate effect till March 31 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. "No flight shall take off from these countries to India after 1500 hours (3 p.m.). The airline shall enforce this at the port of initial departure," said a government order. Odisha reports its first coronavirus case The first confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Odisha was reported on Monday after a researcher who recently returned from Italy tested positive for it, a senior official said. The 33-year-old man is being treated at Capital Hospital here, the official said. "His condition is stable and he is not showing any other complications," said Subroto Bagchi, the state government's chief spokesperson on COVID-19. Delhi shuts gyms, spass and restrict mass gathering Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers held a review meeting with all district authorities on measures taken against the spread of coronavirus in the national capital. The government took decisions of shutting down gyms, night clubs and spas till March 31 in NCT Delhi. It also restricted gatherings upto 50 people in the capital except marriages. 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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 Uttrakhand reported its first case An IFS trainee officer was tested positive in Dehradun on Sunday (March 15) marking the first positive case of coronavirus in Uttrakhand. According to reports, six IFS officers went for a study tour to Spain after which they were screened out, and one of them was detected as positive. As of now, the state has screened 25 suspected patients in Dehradun, in which reports of 15 people were found negative while the reports of other ten people are awaited. 52 Indian students and one teacher arrive from Iran Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar tweeted on early Monday (March 16) that the fourth batch of 53 Indians has arrived in India from coronavirus-hit Tehran and Shiraz in Iran. The plane carried a total of 53 Indians, in which 52 are students, and one is a teacher. As of now, a total of 389 Indians have returned to India from Iran. 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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 India offers $10 million to SAARC for coronavirus emergency funds India, on Sunday, offered $10 million to set up a common voluntary emergency fund for the members of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In an unprecedented move in the diplomatic history of the world, eight countries of SAARC held a web-summit to chalk out a joint strategy to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has hit the world. US-India meet over COVID-19 challenge India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed cooperation between the two countries to deal with the coronavirus crisis, according to a US official. While the US is struggling under the growing impact of the disease, India is just beginning to see it with 112 cases and two deaths. The US has recorded 3,155 with 62 deaths as of Sunday (March 15). SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/topic/coronavirus">coronavirus: Latest News, Articles on coronavirus | Business Insider Indi</a>

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Reuters/ShutterstockA composite image of a doctor in Hubei treating a person infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, and a bucket of Corona Extra beer.<ul class="summary-list"><li>People are searching the internet to find out whether Corona Extra beer is related to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/wuhan-coronavirus">deadly Wuhan coronavirus</a> in China.</li><li>Searches for "corona beer virus," "beer virus," and "beer coronavirus" have increased substantially worldwide since January 18, <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%201-m&amp;q=corona%20beer%20virus,beer%20virus,beer%20coronavirus">according to Google Trends</a>.</li><li>No, there is no scientific link between the beer and the virus that has so far <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">killed more than 130 people and infected 6,000</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>People appear to be fretting that the Mexican beer Corona Extra is somehow linked to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">deadly coronavirus outbreak in China</a> that's killed more than 130 people.Searches for "corona beer virus," "beer virus," and "beer coronavirus" have increased substantially around the world since January 18, <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%201-m&amp;q=corona%20beer%20virus,beer%20virus,beer%20coronavirus">data from Google Trends shows.</a>A boom in similar search terms was <a href="https://www.indy100.com/article/corona-virus-beer-google-china-virus-wuhan-search-trends-9300771">first observed by Indy100</a> on Friday. Since then, similar searches have risen more still.Between January 18 and January 26, searches for "corona beer virus" jumped 2,300% globally, Google Trends data shows.ReutersWorkers in protective suits check the temperature of passengers arriving at the Xianning North Station last Friday.Searches for "beer virus" jumped 744% in the same period, and searches for "beer coronavirus" jumped 3,233%.The first reported case of the deadly coronavirus was on December 8 in the city of Wuhan, central China.Wuhan and several other Chinese cities have since been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-teacher-life-inside-quarantined-city-2020-1">quarantined</a>. As of Wednesday, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">132 people have been killed and 6,000 infected</a>.Seventeen countries have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-wuhan-virus-map-cities-countries-spread-infected-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">reported cases</a> of the coronavirus, including the US.Google TrendsA Google Trends graph showing how global searches for the terms "corona beer virus," "beer virus," and "beer coronavirus" have spiked since the outbreak.Cambodia and Denmark topped the list of places which saw a surge in searches for "Corona beer virus," the data shows. Search data from the US also shows many people are searching for the beer and the virus together, in an apparent confusion.Google TrendsA Google Trends map showing which states are searching for terms connecting the Wuhan coronavirus to the Corona beer.There is no connection between the beer and the virus.This specific type of outbreak is called a coronavirus <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-coronavirus-name-comes-from-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">because under a microscope, the viruses have crown-like spikes</a> protruding from their surfaces. In Latin, corōna means crown, and modern romance languages follow suit: in Spanish, corona means crown, and Corona beer originated in Mexico.In English, the anatomical term "corona" is used for body parts resembling a crown. BSIP/UIG Via Getty ImagesA crown encircling the Wuhan coronavirus protein structure.Corona's stock price has not been negatively affected by the outbreak of its namesake, according to a tweet from MIT PhD candidate Joonas Tuhkuri on Tuesday.Corona Extra has not responded to Business Insider's request for comment on the apparent confusion.This isn't the first time a disease homonym has affected a brand. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/04/business/diet-candy-seeking-name.html">According to the New York Times, </a>during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, sales of the diet candy Ayds dropped approximately 50%. The Wuhan virus has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-wuhan-memes-social-media-is-responding-to-the-illness-2020-1">prompted a number of other false narratives</a>. Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory have been extolling the virtues of drinking bleach to kill the coronavirus, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-conspiracy-theorists-magic-cure-for-coronavirus-is-drinking-lethal-bleach">The Daily Beast reported Tuesday</a>.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-wuhan-memes-social-media-is-responding-to-the-illness-2020-1">People are spreading memes and fake news online as the deadly coronavirus spreads across the globe</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/60-percent-americans-dont-trust-congress-contain-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-1">Nearly 60% of Americans say they don't trust Congress to contain a Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, according to new poll</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/quarantine-history-following-china-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdowns-2020-1">China put 46 million people on lockdown to contain the Wuhan coronavirus. But quarantines throughout history have been riddled with mishaps.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-outraged-jyllands-posten-satirical-cartoon-chinese-flag-coronavirus-particles-2020-1">China demands an apology from a newspaper for a satirical cartoon of a Chinese flag with coronavirus particles</a></li></ul> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-blockbuster-video-streaming-2020-1">The rise and fall of Blockbuster</a></h3>

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