The Delhi government on Friday said it will pay salaries to all contract workers and daily wage labourers whose offices have been declared closed under orders related to coronavirus.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia made the announcement on Twitter in Hindi.

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Rajya Sabha AAP MP Sanjay Singh and N.D. Gupta on Friday announced they will go in for self-quarantine after they came in contact with MPs in Parliament who also went for the same.

While Singh said he had been meeting Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien who had also announced the same, Gupta said he will be following suit as h

UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh who is now a coronavirus suspect himself, had addressed a press conference in Lucknow on Wednesday and in Noida on Thursday.

Three BJP MLAs, Pankaj Singh, Dhirendra Singh and Tejpal Nagar, who attended the press conference in Noida along with the minister, have already self-quarantined themselve

Chairing a high-level meeting at his official residence on Friday evening, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked officials to lodge a FIR against Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor for concealing facts and putting public in danger.

According to official sources, the Chief Minister has given the nod for the FIR.

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A total of 10,464 passengers are under home quarantine as on Friday, while 222 passengers are under quarantine at government facilities in the city, the Delhi government said.

On Thursday, the Delhi Health Department had said 9,797 passengers were home quarantined in Delhi, while 57 are under quarantine at government facilities.