Los Angeles will offer free Covid-19 tests&nbsp;to all residents regardless of whether they have symptoms or not.&nbsp;Los Angeles will be the first major US city to offer 'large, wide scale testing to all its residents, with or without symptoms', Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Wednesday at his daily briefing. Appointments for testing can be taken online though priority will still be given to people with symptoms, such as a fever, cough and shortness of breath.&nbsp;

Los Angeles will offer free Covid-19 tests to all residents regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. Los Angeles will be the first major US city to offer 'large, wide scale testing to all its residents, with or without symptoms', Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Wednesday at his daily briefing. Appointments for testing can be taken online though priority will still be given to people with symptoms, such as a fever, cough and shortness of breath.

England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the dates for their upcoming home series vs the West Indies in July. This will be the first International series since Covid-19 forced cricket into a long break. The West Indies cricket team will travel to England&nbsp;on 9th June and remain in a 3-week quarantine before playing 3 Test matches in July. First Test will be in Southampton followed by the next two in Manchester. The Tests will be played in empty stadiums and Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket Ground has been selected as a contingency and training venue.&nbsp;

The Union Health Ministry in its daily briefing on the Covid-19 situation on Tuesday said, 3,708 patients, have been cured in the last 24 hours, while a total of 95,527 patients have recovered so far, taking India's recovery rate to 48.07%. The Health Ministry also said, that 73% of Covid-19 deaths in the country are of people with comorbidities, adding that one in every two deaths in India has been of senior citizens who constitute 10% of our total population. The good news is that India's fatality rate is 2.82%, among the lowest in the world. 14 countries with a cumulative population almost equal to that of India have reported 55.2 times more Covid-19 deaths. India has also ramped up testing. The govt said 1.2 lakh samples are being tested for Covid-19 every day. India has 681 laboratories that are approved for conducting tests, of which 476 are in the govt sector and 205 are in the private sector.

In complete violation of government norms in place to contain the spread of coronavirus, Karnataka Minister of Health and Family Welfare B Sriramulu took part in a mega rally organised to welcome him to Chitradurga district on Tuesday. Sriramulu, who is also the district in-charge minister, waved at his supporters with folded hands as they showered flower petals and shouted slogans and indulged in hooting and clapping all along.&nbsp;As a huge garland of apples was put around the senior BJP leader, hundreds gathered without any social distancing, many of whom were not even wearing masks.

France has reassured its commitment to the timely delivery of Rafale fighter jets despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said, he discussed the matter with the French Minister of Armed Forces in a telephonic conversation. 4 Rafale fighter jets were expected to be flying in Indian skies by May 2020, but they are now are likely to be handed over by the end of July. The Indian Air Force is hopeful that it will fully operationalize one squadron of the Rafale fighter jets in the western sector by February 2021.

Thirteen employees of the Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal's office and six other government officials have tested positive for Covid-19. Junior assistants, drivers, peons are among the those working at the Lt Governor Secretariat who have tested positive for the deadly virus. On Monday, Delhi recorded 990 fresh cases, taking the total to 20,834, while the death toll due to the disease mounted to 523.

According to the Johns Hopkins University data, there are over 63&nbsp;lakh confirmed Covid-19 infections globally, and at least&nbsp;3,76,210 people have lost their lives in the pandemic so far. The United States, Brazil, and Russia&nbsp;are the worst-affected countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;The US tops the list with over 18.1&nbsp;lakh cases and nearly&nbsp;1,05,147 deaths.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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198 migrant workers lost their lives in road accidents during the lockdown period, according to data compiled by the SaveLIFE Foundation, a road safety NGO, from various media reports over the last few months. There were at least 1,461 accidents over the course of the nationwide lockdown - from March 25 to May 31 - in which at least 750 people were killed, including 198 migrant workers. Migrant workers, killed on their way home, comprise 26.4% of the overall deaths during the lockdown, while essential workers like medics comprise 5.3% of the total deaths. Uttar Pradesh accounted for over 30% (245) of the total deaths followed by Telangana (56), Madhya Pradesh (56), Bihar (43), Punjab (38) and Maharashtra (36).

India has recorded another day of 8,000 plus new coronavirus cases. The country recorded 8,171 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry data on Tuesday morning. It takes the total tally to 1,98,706 cases. The death toll has increased to 5,598 with 204 deaths in the last 24 hours.&nbsp;India has for last many days seen a alarming 8,000 plus increase in cases as curbs have been relaxed with the government announcing a phased unlock plan from June. Over 95,000 people have been cured so far.

In a bid to aid the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Delhi, Indian Railways' first Covid-19 care centre has been deployed, reports new agency&nbsp;PTI.&nbsp;The care centre comprises&nbsp;10 coaches modified into isolation wards with 160 beds with one AC coach for doctors. The coaches have been parked at the Shakur Basti railway station's maintenance depot in Delhi. The coaches are equipped with medical supplies and oxygen&nbsp;cylinders among other things. The Capital city is one of the worst-hit by the Covid-19 outbreak&nbsp;with nearly 20,000 cases.&nbsp;

As Uttar Pradesh struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus, a political battle erupted over the 'absence' of Amethi MP Smriti Irani, with 'missing' posters of the BJP leader spotted in the constituency. The posters read, &ldquo;Question for the missing MP. You have been to Amethi for two days in the last one year and that too for few hours, the people of Amethi are bearing the brunt of coronavirus, ...we have seen you playing Antakshari on Twitter. Leaving the people of Amethi in such hard times shows how far Amethi is for you. They ask will you come to Amethi only for last rites?" The images of these posters were tweeted by the All India Mahila Congress. Hitting back, Smriti Irani asked where is Sonia Gandhi, Congress' Rae Bareli MP. She tweeted saying, "I have a complete account of my 8 months 10 times and 14 days, but how many times did Sonia Ji visit her constituency?"

Oyo&nbsp;has announced to grant employee stock ownership plans worth around ₹130 crore to all its furloughed employees impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The hospitality firm is putting&nbsp;efforts to minimize the disruption being experienced by its employees, said the announcement. The company moreover, did not share any of the details regarding the number of impacted employees.
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16 footballers from a Brazilian football club Vasco da Gama have tested positive for Covid-19. The club confirmed in a statement that almost 250 tests were conducted on players, staff and other people related to the daily functioning of the club. The Rio de Janerio based club has isolated the players as they undergo treatment. Brazil is the 2nd biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the world with over 5 lakh 29.

As La Liga inches closer to their 11th June return date, all clubs including giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid are in the final stages of preparations. Both clubs had full squad training on Sunday as they slowly try and return towards normalcy. From individual training to 14 players on a pitch and now full squad training, the clubs in La Liga&nbsp;are following strict government guidelines. It will be a closely contested return in La Liga&nbsp;as Real Madrid are 2 points behind defending champions Barcelona.&nbsp;

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a mobile app to help people know how many beds are lying vacant in which hospital in the national capital. He said there is an information gap because people tell the government that they could not find any bed in hospitals. &ldquo;This app will fill that gap,&rdquo; Kejriwal said. The app will be updated twice daily - at 10 am and 6 pm - so that people are aware of the latest status of hospitals across the national capital.

Top scientists, health officials and the WHO have rejected claims made by a leading Italian doctor who said the new coronavirus "no longer exists" in the country. Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, had claimed that "the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy". The World Health Organization, has, however, stressed that the new coronavirus had not suddenly become less pathogenic. "We need to be careful: this is still a killer virus," WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said.

Track and field athletics&nbsp;returned to action in the Czech Republic as the city of&nbsp;Kladno&nbsp;hosted the 'Back on Track' meet on Sunday with 2-time Olympic gold medalist&nbsp;Barbora Spotakova in action. Spotakova&nbsp;won the javelin throw with ease as the competition saw a variety of disciplines including the 100m dash. The event was hosted with an intention to call up local and international athletes in the Czech Republic as the country began the easing of their coronavirus lockdown.

The Japanese edition of the MotoGP&nbsp;has been canceled for this season due to Covid-19. The race was scheduled for 18th October but the organisers now hope to return to the same track next year.&nbsp; Japanese MotoGP&nbsp;is one of the biggest races in the MotoGP&nbsp;calendar&nbsp;as the sport includes some of the biggest teams in the competition like&nbsp;Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki. This will be the first occasion since&nbsp;1986 that Japan will not host a MotoGP race. The current season remains suspended due to the pandemic and the management hopes to restart racing from November this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As cricket is slowly springing back amid the pandemic scare, the&nbsp;Sri Lankan&nbsp;cricket team took a major step towards resuming the sport as they&nbsp;trained together after a break of over 2 and a half months due to the virus outbreak. The 13 member squad including Suranga&nbsp;Lakmal, Kasun&nbsp;Rajitha, Laahiru&nbsp;Kumara began a 12-day indoor fitness drill on Monday and will start ground training from Tuesday.&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;skipper Dimuth&nbsp;Karunaratne&nbsp;said that Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;wanted to resume international cricket and hence the cricketers restarted their training. International cricket was called off in mid-march due to the virus outbreak.&nbsp;

Many sports stars are doing their bit to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and Mohammad Shami too joined that list. The Indian fast bowler came out in support of the migrants who are walking home by distributing food packets &amp; masks on a National Highway in Uttar Pradesh.&nbsp;He has also set up a food distribution center near his house in Sahaspur. Appreciating Shami, The Board of Control for Cricket in India shared the video and wrote that we are in this together.&nbsp;

The famous Kamakhya temple in Assam's capital will remain shut till June 30, the temple's administration has said. The centre and the Assam government have, however, allowed places of worship to reopen from June 8 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The temple management committee said it has decided not to open the temple in Guwahati's Nilachal Hills for public worship till June 30 due to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Assam. Since the temple will remain shut, the annual Ambubachi Mela won't be held this year for the first time in the temple's history since the 17th century.

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