The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 141, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
West Bengal reports 412 new Covid-19cases, 513 discharges, and 11 deaths today, as per State Health Department Total cases: 5,66,073 Total recoveries: 5,49,218 Active cases: 6,781 Death toll: 10,074
Lakshadweep reported its first case of Covid-19 on Jan 18. The person had come to Lakshadweep from Kochi on Jan 4. Initially, 31 primary contacts of the case traced & quarantined of which 14 tested positive&isolated. 56 contacts of positive cases traced&quarantined: Health Ministry
The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against Covid-19 has touched 6,31,417 (till 6 pm today) through 11,660 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,800 sessions were held till 6 pm today: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Karnataka reported 645 new Covid-19 cases, 807 discharges, and 6 deaths today. Total cases: 9,33,077 Total discharges: 9,13,012 Death toll: 12,181 Active cases: 7,865
The German government of Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders on Tuesday agreed to extend the country's lockdown until February14 to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, sources told Reuters.
They also agreed to mandate medical masks for passengers of public transport, the sources added.
(Reuters)
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday revealed that she had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month but has recovered since then.
Total cases - 19,94,977
Total recoveries - 18,94,839
Death toll - 50,523
Active cases - 48,406
An association of government doctors in Karnataka has demanded that health care workers be allowed their choice of the Covid-19 vaccine, saying there have been some concerns among a section of the fraternity over the present arrangement for making available the doses.
India, one of the world's biggest drugmakers, will start exports of Covid-19 vaccines as early as Wednesday, government sources said, paving the way for many mid and lower-income countries to secure supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
Wonderla Bangalore has secured the COV-Safe certification from Bureau Veritas India, the company said here on Tuesday.
Total cases: 6,32,821
Active cases: 2,334
Total discharges: 6,19,723
Death toll: 10,764
Total cases: 8,86,245
Total recoveries: 8,77,443
Death toll: 7,142
Active cases: 1,660
4,54,049 people have been vaccinated till now. Active cases around 2 lakhafter seven months and the number is declining. Daily number of deaths less than 140 after eight months: Health Ministry
(PTI)
A total of 4,54,049 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country which is more than double the number of coronavirus active cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
In a span of 24 hours, 2,23,669 people were vaccinated for Covid-19 across 3,930 sessions taking the cumulative total of people vaccinated to 4,54,049 (across 7,860 sessions conducted so far) in the country, the ministry said.
(PTI)
Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa, declared a state of emergency on Tuesday over the Covid-19 pandemic, as the country grapples with a surge in infections six months before it is set to host the Summer Olympics.
(Reuters)
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he is self-isolating until Sunday after receiving a warning from the health service's Covid mobile phone app that he may have been in contact with someone who tested positive.
(Reuters)
Two Australian Open tennis players have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials said on Tuesday, in a new blow for the tournament which is facing a backlash from a wary public.
The unnamed players were among three new cases -- a woman in her 20s and two men in their 30s -- taking the tournament's cluster to seven, Victoria state's health authority said.
(AFP)
China defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday but said it would "strive to do better" after independent experts criticised the speed of its response to a virus that has now killed more than two million people worldwide.
(AFP)
An ‘infodemic’ about vaccination and influx of social media posts about adverse effects from the vaccines are the reasons behind the tepid response from the healthcare and frontline workers to India’s inoculation campaign against Covid-19, Dr Randeep Guleria told Hindustan Times in an interview.
The number of Covid-19 cases soared to 14 in Lakshadweep islands, which remained insulated from the attack of deadly virus till Monday, since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country nearly a year ago.
Taiwan on Tuesday cancelled a major festival during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday as the island reported four locally transmitted cases of Covid-19, the biggest daily rise in local infections in nearly 11 months.
Medical experts say the South Korea government is not taking the steps necessary to achieve its goal of reaching herd immunity to the coronavirus through mass vaccinations by November.
After a gap of two days, the Covid-19 vaccination drive resumed in Mumbai and Pune on Tuesday morning, but unlike the first day, there was hardly any rush of beneficiaries for taking jabs in the metropolis.
A doctor at a vaccination centre in Mumbai said the response was slow in the morning, but the process was gradually picking up.
Two days after India began the world's largest vaccination drive against Covid-19, vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech warned in a fact sheet about who should avoid taking Covaxin shot. The indigenous Covid-19 vaccine should not be administered to people, who are either immuno-compromised or on a medication that impacts the immune system, the company has warned going against the government advice.
With 10,064 new Covid-19 cases, India reports lowest spike since June. In the last 24, hours, 17,411 people were dischargedand 137 deaths were reported, as per the Union Health Ministry.
As of now, the total novel coronavirus casesstand at 1,05,81,837. While active cases are2,00,528, a total of1,02,28,753 have been discharged. The death toll now stands at1,52,556.
India on Monday stepped up efforts to bolster trust in coronavirus vaccines after it was revealed that nearly a third of those invited to get jabs at the launch of a nationwide drive failed to turn up. The government has begun one of the world's most ambitious vaccine programmes, aiming to innoculate 300 million of the 1.3 billion population by July.
Countries around the world stepped up their coronavirus vaccine campaigns Monday, with Russia offering jabs to all citizens, while an independent probe found fault with the early response to the pandemic.
Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China a year ago, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response concluded in a report.
The first Covid-19 case was reported in the Lakshadweep Islands on Monday, nearly an year after the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. The man, belonging to the India Reserve Batallion, had left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi on January 3 and tested positive on Monday, official sources said. He is not a resident of the islands, they said. The case was reported two weeks after the Lakshadweep administration revised Standard Operating Procedures by doing away with mandatory quarantine guidelines for those arriving from Kochi. The islands had so far not reported a single positive Covid-19 case. (PTI)
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered an end to the ban on travellers from Europe and Brazil that had been aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus to the United States, a move that was quickly rejected by aides to President-elect Joe Biden, who said Biden will rescind the move when he takes office on Wednesday. In a proclamation issued late Monday, Trump said that the travel restrictions, which applied to noncitizens trying to come to the United States, would no longer be needed on Jan. 26, the date on which those passengers will be required to present proof of a negative Covid-19 test before boarding a flight.
A seven-month low of 81 Covid-19 cases was reported in Andhra Pradesh, while 263 patients recovered from the infection and one succumbed in the state during the 24 hours ending 9 am on Monday.The latest bulletin said 27,861 samples were tested during the period. The state Covid-19 chart showed the caseload at 8,86,066 with 8,77,212 recoveries and 7,141 deaths.The active caseload is now 1,713, according to the bulletin.
Good morning readers,India on Monday reported 13,788 new Covid-19 cases and 145 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. India's total Covid-19 recoveries have surpassed the active caseload by more than one crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, terming it as a landmark achievement. Stay tuned for more updates.
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