The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your best way to start the day one step ahead of the news cycle. We hope you are staying home and staying safe. Here are the big stories that you need to follow today: 1) Coronavirus | PMO seeks daily updates Union Ministers allotted States to oversee measures to combat COVID-19. 2) India Coronavirus lockdown day 3 | Follow up Rate of spread has slowed relatively, says Health Ministry; Reports from the States put the number of deaths at 18 with Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir each reporting a fatality. 3) World coronavirus follow up | Virus infections near 500,000 as health systems buckle The number of coronavirus infections closed in on a half-million worldwide Thursday, with both Italy and the U.S. on track to surpass China, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in a single week. 4) Coronavirus | SC to take up urgent matters on Friday through video conferencing on Skype, Whatsapp Three benches of the apex court comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant, Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose and Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta will take up matters for hearing today through virtual means. 5) Coronavirus | About 1,600 fruit, vegetable mandis functioning; 300 more to operate from today As many as 1,600 wholesale fruit and vegetable mandis have started functioning smoothly and 300 more will operate from Friday after the central government on Thursday stepped in to normalise the supply during the lockdown. 6) Coronavirus | Plea in Delhi HC for evacuation of students stranded in Bangladesh, hearing on Friday The plea sought direction to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take steps for safe and secure return of Indian citizens who are stuck in Bangladesh. 7) Coronavirus | West Bengal govt buses to ply only for emergency purposes from today in six routes Government buses will be available on six designated routes for movement of people on emergency purpose only from Friday, a West Bengal transport department official said. 8) Coronavirus | Mizoram starts shifting patients from state-run hospital to make it COVID-19 treatment facility All OPDs in the hospital have been closed after the government’s announcement to convert the only medical college in the state into an isolation and treatment facility for COVID-19 patients, state-run Zoram Medical College director T. Lalhmangaihi said. The exercise is likely to be completed by Friday, she said. 9) Coronavirus | Mosques in U.P.'s Muzaffarnagar urge people to pray at home Authorities have decided to strictly impose the prohibitory orders. The people will not allowed to gather in any religious places, officials said. 10) Coronavirus | Switzerland virus cases top 10,000 Switzerland, which is among the countries that have conducted most COVID-19 tests per capita, is the fifth country in Europe to pass 10,000 officially-recorded cases. 11) Coronavirus | South Africa braces for coronavirus lockdown South Africa braced for a nationwide lockdown at midnight on Thursday (Friday India time), joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. 12) Coronavirus | Commerce Minister to discuss impact of COVID-19 with export promotion councils on Friday Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will hold discussions today, through video conferencing, with all export promotion councils on the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the country’s outbound shipments, an official said. 13) Coronavirus | ICC Board to discuss contingency plans, WTC points allocation for postponed games The members of the ICC Board will meet via video conference on Friday to discuss contingency plans for its multiple tournaments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic which has brought global sporting activities to a grinding halt. 14) Coronavirus | Max Healthcare to admit COVID-19 patients from Friday Healthcare provider Max Healthcare has said it will begin admission of Covid-19 patients in two of its hospitals in Delhi from Friday. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggests stories and get concise analysis with The Hindu’s Evening Wrap newsletter, delivered to your inbox every weekday evening. | 
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