Coronavirus News highlights: India administers record 93 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in a day

India managed to reach the milestone of vaccinating half of its target population with one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Bengaluru's doctors found some of their patients getting diagnosed with lung cancer when asked to go for Covid screening. Stay tuned for live updates.

Kerala reports over 30,000 cases for 3rd consecutive day; TPR at 19.22%

Kerala continued to report over 30,000 cases for the third consecutive day on Friday and showed an increased Test Positivity Rate, while 179 deaths took the the toll to 20,313. The state logged 32,801 cases today, up from 30,007 on Thursday.

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Mumbai reports 364 new Covid-19 cases, 214 recoveries and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases: 2,280 Total cases: 7,42,765 Death toll: 15,968.

Delhi reports 46 new Covid-19 cases, 62 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases: 14,37,656 Total recoveries: 14,12,164 Death toll: 25,080 Active cases: 412.

In effort to save people from Covid-19, we kill them by fire: Supreme Court slams Gujarat government

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the Gujarat government for relaxing building norms for hospitals, saying that in the effort of saving people from the Covid-19 pandemic, it was killing them by fire.

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India administers record 93 lakh Covid-19 vaccines in a day

Tamil Nadu reports 1,542 fresh Covid-19 infections

Covid-19 Vaccine Matters: All eyes on Zydus Cadila's shot rollout for children as fear of third wave looms large

This week India crossed a major milestone of inoculating half of its target population with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, which may help in tackling the third wave of the pandemic as and when it comes. Nearly 99 per cent of healthcare workers and 100 per cent of frontline workers received the first dose, according to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.

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Delhi schools to reopen in phased manner from September 1

A decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday.\

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Covid-19 bigger blood clot threat than vaccines, UK study finds

A coronavirus infection presents a much higher risk of developing a blood clot than the first dose of either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, a large study led by the University of Oxford said on Friday.

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Of 44,658 new coronavirus infections and 496 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, Kerala recorded 30,007 Covid-positive cases and 162 deaths yesterday.

44,658 new cases in the last 24 hours

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Bracing for the third Covid-19 wave

Based on different mathematical models, the current predictions by various Indian researchers and leading medical bodies, indicate that a third wave can be expected to strike India in the months of September-October, 2021.

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Total number of samples tested up to 26th August is 51,49,54,309 including 18,24,931 samples tested yesterday

'Centre assured 5L doses of vaccine daily from Sept'

Karnataka ChiefMinisterBasavaraj S Bommai on Thursday said UnionHealthMinisterMansukh Mandaviya promised to supply5lakhdosesofCovid-19vaccinedailyto the statefromnext monthonwards.

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100,000 more Covid deaths seen unless US changes its ways

The USis projected to see nearly 100,000 more Covid-19 deaths between now and December1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces.

In other words, what the coronavirus has in store this fall depends on human behavior.

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Contaminant in Moderna vaccines suspected to be metallic powder

The contaminant found in a Japan-bound lot of Moderna Inc's Covid-19 vaccines is suspected to be a metallic powder, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing sources at the health ministry.

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Bracing for the third Covid-19 wave

Based on different mathematical models, the current predictions by various Indian researchers and leading medical bodies, indicate that a third wave can be expected to strike India in the months of September-October, 2021.

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