Coronavirus news highlights: India's Covid-19 tally reaches 56-lakh-mark; death toll nears 90,000

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. India has the highest number of recoveries in the world and for the past four days, the number of people who recuperated from Covid-19 daily was more than new instances of the infection reported each day, the government said on Tuesday.

. Coronavirus has struck staff of UN, its HQ & regional structures just like everyone else. Russia ready to provide UN with all necessary qualified assistance. We're offering to provide our vaccine free of charge for voluntary vaccination of staff of UN & its offices: Vladimir Putin. - ANI

. Six days after India reported one million plus active corona positive cases, the number of such cases dropped by more than 27,000 for the first time in the last 24 hours.

. Global airlines called on Tuesday for airport Covid-19 tests for all departing international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump.

. The Covid-19 mortality rate in Karnataka was decreasing and the aim was to bring it below one per cent, the state government informed the assembly on Tuesday, even as the opposition Congress accused it of suppressing figures.

. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, in a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, said the mandatory screening for Covid-19 of all international passengers arriving in India was implemented from March 4.

. The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will not get their medals and diplomas presented to them at Stockholm's concert hall as usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, the award organisers said on Tuesday.

. 20,206 patients discharged today; 9,36,554 Covid-19 patients discharged after full recovery until today; Recovery rate in the state is 75.36%

18,390 new cases in the state today

392 Covid-19 deaths reported in the state today. Case fatality rate in the state: 2.69%

Out of 60,17,284 laboratory samples, 12,42,770 have been tested positive (20.65%) for Covid-19 until today.

Currently 18,70,200 people are in home quarantine and 34,982 people are in institutional quarantine.

. The Centre told the Supreme Court that people who have booked air tickets during the lockdown are entitled to immediate refunds.

In case the tickets were booked prior to the lockdown up to May 24, the refund would be governed by the credit shell and incentive scheme, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told the top court.

. The Centre on Tuesday said that more than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown.

. The Goa government on Tuesday said all beds reserved for Covid-19 patients at state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital and sub-district hospital in Ponda are occupied and arrangements are being made to increase the bed capacity.

. Testing has to be increased in Punjab to identify asymptomatic people. We can't chase the virus until we catch them. Information on hospital facilities must be proactively made public; it'll instill confidence in people: Secretary, Health Ministry, on rise in Punjab's Covid-19 cases. - ANI

. 236 police personnel of Maharashtra Police tested positive for Covid-19 & 7 died in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the state force to 21,574 including 3,548 active cases, 17,797 recovered cases and 229 deaths.- ANI

. The European Medicines Agency has been in contact this month with 38 makers of potential Covid-19 vaccines, an official at the EU drugs regulator said on Tuesday.

. With the Covid-19 vaccine expected to roll out early next year, Indian cold chain operators are gearing up to ensure an efficient logistics network.

Transporting the vaccines safely to the masses will be one of the biggest hurdles to cross, once the vaccine has been developed, as they require very specific temperature conditions, some as low as minus 80 degrees Celcius.

. Popular Indian gaming and entertainment centre operator Smaaash Entertainment is shutting down, according to an internal email and sources in the company, as few choose to hang out in its arcades amid surging coronavirus cases.

. Scientists have developed a new tool that mimics how the novel coronavirus which causes Covid-19 enters and infects cells, an advance that could potentially speed up the search for treatments against the deadly disease.

. The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has not yet changed despite the restrictions of social life caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study which calls for better models to quantify the ability of land and ocean ecosystems in trapping released greenhouse gases.

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level virtual meeting with chief ministers and health ministers of seven high-burden states on Wednesday to review the Covid-19 situation.

. Russia expects to register a second potential vaccine against Covid-19 by October15, the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on Tuesday.

. India reported over 1 lakh coronavirus recoveries in a single-day for the first time, improving the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, while fresh cases also dropped below 76,000 after two weeks, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

. Russia is so confident in its Covid-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters.

. South Korea suspends flu shots in setback for winter Covid-19 preparations. Read more

. One woman who was entered in French Open qualifying tested positive for the coronavirus and was dropped from the field.The French tennis federation did not identify the player, who it said must isolate for seven days.

. Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year’s USstock resurgence. That will face a critical test in coming weeks, as investors await clinical data on whether they actually work.

. The air travel market has shifted toward last-minute bookings, one-way flights and more domestic trips as consumers grapple with fast-moving changes due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report from online search and booking site Skyscanner shows.

. Hong Kong's Disneyland said on today it will reopen on September 25 to a reduced number of visitors and limited days, with enhanced health measures after the latest wave of coronavirus infections forced it to close again in mid July.

. The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the AAP government’s order directing 33 big private hospitals to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients, holding that the decision appeared to be arbitrary and unreasonable.

Justice Navin Chawla said prima facie Delhi government's September 13 order is “arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of fundamental rights of citizens” guaranteed under the Constitution.

The court issued notices and sought responses of the Delhi government and the Centre on a plea by 'Association of Healthcare Providers' to quash the order to reserve 80 per cent ICU beds for Covid-19 patients.

. Two nonagenarian Covid-19 patients have been cured of the highly infectious disease in Odisha, bringing cheers to the medical fraternity in the eastern state.The two patients -- Satchidananda Mohanty and Dhirendranath Das -- both aged 91, were admitted to dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively.Both the men were admitted to the hospitals on September 5 after being diagnosed with the disease. They were discharged on Sunday night.

. The Ministry of National Health Services said Pakistan also reported the death of four more patients due to which the coronavirus death toll stands at 6,424.

"The current infection cases stands at 306,886 while the death toll has surged to 6,424," the health ministry said in a statement.

Students adjust their protective masks as they get their temperature checked before entering a class as schools reopen amid thecoronavirusdisease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Karachi,Pakistan. Credit: Reuters Photo.

. South Korea suspended free flu shots on Tuesday after reports of problems in storing the vaccinations during transportation, disrupting plans to pre-emptively ease the burden on a healthcare system already strained bycoronavirusoutbreaks.

The country, which has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases since August, planned to procure 20 per centmore flu vaccines for the winter than the previous year to jab 30 million people. It had planned to start free inoculation on Tuesday for some 19 million eligible people.

. People stroll along the promenade at Marine Drive, amidst thecoronavirusdisease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Mumbai,India, September 22, 2020. Credit: Reuters Photo

. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has slammed President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus which has so far claimed over 2,00,000 lives with nearly 700,000 confirmed cases in the country.

. More than 1 lakh (1,01,468) new recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country. With this, the total number of recoveries are nearly 45 lakh (44,97,867). This has resulted in the recovery rate touching 80.86%: Ministry of Health

. As the world waits expectantly for Covid-19 vaccine, Zydus Cadila Chairman Pankaj R Patel said India would need to invest between Rs 3,000-5,000 crore to create additional facilities for making a huge number of vaccines required for the Indian population.

. The total number of cases rise to 1,88,311 including 1,49,379 recoveries, 38,158 active cases and 721 deaths: State Health Department

. In a new study of 26 college athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus, four later showed signs of inflammation in their heart muscles. The study, published in JAMA Cardiology , was small and limited but tees up the issue of whether Covid-19, although primarily a respiratory disease, might also affect the hearts of infected people, even if they are young, strapping and otherwise healthy.

. World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic and tensions between the United States and China challenge the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member body.

. Veteran Ashalata Wabgaonkar passed away after losing a battle to Covid-19 on Tuesday at age 79. She passed away at a private hospital in Satara, where she was undergoing treatment for the past few days.

. Staff of Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences-District Hospital faced the ire of relatives of a patient who passed away during treatment Monday night.

. Major cruise lines say they will test all passengers and crew for Covid-19 prior to boarding as part of their plan for resuming sailing in the Americas.

. India's Covid-19case tally crosses 55-lakh mark with a spike of 75,083 new cases & 1,053 deaths in last 24 hours. The total case tally stands at 55, 62,664 including 9,75,861 active cases, 44,97,868 cured/discharged/migrated & 88,935 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

. All pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues across the whole of England must start closing at 10 pmfrom Thursday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tackles a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

. When researchers in China were analyzing hospital data of patients with Covid-19, they noticed an odd trend: Very few of the sick patients regularly wore glasses.

. Just days after publishing significant new guidance on airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew the advice, saying only that it had been “posted in error” on the agency’s website.

. India's government is using the coronavirus pandemic to push its plan to digitise the health records and data of its 1.3 billion people, despite concerns about privacy and increased surveillance, technology and human rights experts say.

. Karnataka reported 7,339 new Covid-19cases and 122 deaths on Monday. With this, the active case count is 95,335 and death toll touched 8,145, excluding 19 who died due to non-Covid-19 reasons. Monday's 9,925 discharges took the total number of recov...

. The death toll from the spread of the coronavirus in the United States was approaching over 2,00,000 on Monday, by the far the highest number of any nation.

. The UK government has raised its coronavirus alert level from three to four, which indicates that the transmission of the virus is high and rising "exponentially".

. As the world waits expectantly for Covid-19 vaccine, Zydus Cadila Chairman Pankaj R Patel said India would need to invest between Rs 3,000-5,000 crore to create additional facilities for making a huge number of vaccines required for the Indian popula...

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. India, which is host to some of the front-runner vaccine clinical trials, currently has no local infrastructure in place to go beyond immunizing babies and pregnant women,said Gagandeep Kang, professor of microbiology at the Vellore-based Christian Medical College and a member of the WHO’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety.

. This data from Worldometer lists the countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

. Scientists who have been conducting a predictive analysis of the Covid-19 outbreak have cautioned that the latest mathematical analysis of the outbreak predicts that 50% of the population is set to get infected by January 2021.

This analysis incorporates findings from serosurveys conducted in India and in Europe, notably about how many potential unknown Covid-19 cases there are for every case which is found.

. Aarogya Setu, the biggest Covid-19 contact tracing app in the world, has more than 15.7 crore registered users, Parliament was informed on Monday.

. The phase-III human clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University, and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), began at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital here in Maharashtra on Monday, a senior official said.

. Good morning readers and welcome to our live coverage of coronavirus cases in India.The country's Covid-19 case tally stands at 55,50,320 including 44,76,595 recoveries & 88,813 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. India's recovery rate of Covid-19 cases has crossed the 80 per cent mark. Meanwhile, phase 3 human trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine have begun in Pune. Stay tuned for live updates.

Coronavirus news highlights: India's Covid-19 tally reaches 56-lakh-mark; death toll nears 90,000

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