India's largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), on the outskirts of Mumbai, was also ordered to shut for 24 hours, the port said in a statement. The cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea "is very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 6 hours," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. Mumbai's emergency services are already struggling with the nation's largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. In Mumbai, authorities shifted 150 patients from newly built makeshift Covid-19 hospital to other hospitals as the new structure was located in low-lying area. Mumbai airport is operating only 19 flights on Wednesday against 50 allowed to operate, the airport said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 03, 2020 03:45 UTC