Coronavirus News Highlights: Bengal extends Covid restrictions till September 15 with additional relaxations

With 46,759 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases has increased to 3,26,49,947, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. Meanwhile, a sublineage of the Delta variant known as AY.4 has been found to be the dominant variant in Karnataka among Covid-19 samples sequenced in June and July. Stay tuned for live updates.

Chhattisgarh sees 19 new Covid cases: State health bulletin

Facilitation centre to spread Covid awareness launched in Guwahati (PTI)

Assam reports 586 new Covid cases, 9 deaths

79 new cases push Nagaland's Covid-19 tally to 29,920 (PTI)

61 lakh people jabbed this month, Assam no longer faces Covid vaccine shortage: CM

Around 7,000 ICU beds to be added in Delhi: Kejriwal

UK records 32,406 new Covid cases on Saturday (Reuters)

West Bengal extends Covid restrictions till September 15 with additional relaxations

Sikkim logs 90 new Covid-19 cases, 1 fresh fatality: State health bulletin

Himachal Pradesh sees 209 fresh Covid-19 cases, 6 more deaths: State health bulletin

Kerala reports 31,265 Covid cases, shows dip in TPR (PTI)

Vietnam reports 12,103 new Covid-19 cases, 352 deaths (Reuters)

Goa sees 111 fresh Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths, 92 recoveries (PTI)

Andhra Pradesh reports 1,321 cases, 19 deaths: State health bulletin

Negative RT-PCR report must for international passengers arriving in Maharashtra (PTI)

Philippines posts daily record 19,441 Covid-19 cases (Reuters)

Delhi records zero Covid deaths, 29 new cases; positivity rate 0.04% (PTI)

Odisha reports 779 new Covid cases, 68 more fatalities (PTI)

MHA asks states to ensure no large gatherings during coming festive season (PTI)

Mizoram reports 886 new Covid-19 cases, single day positivity rate 10.33 per cent (PTI)

Delhi govt to strengthen doorstep delivery of services, set up 6,800 new beds in hospitals: Kejriwal

If previously Covid-19 infected, single Covaxin dose draws same antibody response as 2 doses: ICMR study

Japan probes two deaths after jabs from tainted Moderna batch (AFP)

Joe Biden says China still withholding 'critical' info on Covid-19 origins

President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon -- but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab.

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Vaccines could affect how the coronavirus evolves - but that’s no reason to skip your shot

Takeaways: A 2015 paper on a chicken virus showed vaccines could enable more deadly variants to spread - in chickens.

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Impose restrictions, if needed, to tackle crowd during festival season: Centre to states

The Centre on Saturday asked states to impose local restrictions, if required, to tackle large gatherings during the upcoming festival season while warning that enforcement of Covid-19-appropriate behaviour like wearing masks are on the decrease.

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Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Two people died after receiving Moderna Covid-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan's health ministry said on Saturday.

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'Kerala govt trying to blame public instead of identifying failures in adopting a strategy'

GoI pointed out that home quarantine was a failure &contact tracing was abysmally low. Kerala govt should take corrective measures: MoS MEA V Muraleedharan

(ANI)

How Japan’s Olympic success has been followed by Covid-19 failure

From a sporting perspective, the Tokyo Olympics were a massive success for Japan.

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India reports 46,759 new Covid-19 cases, 509 deaths

With 46,759 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases has increased to 3,26,49,947, while the active cases rose to 3,59,775, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

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Record Covid-19 vaccination numbers today; crossing 1 crore jabs is a momentous feat: PM Narendra Modi

People wait in a queue for Covid-19 test, at a testing centre in Karad, Friday, August 27, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

China says US report on Covid-19 origins 'not scientifically credible'

(Reuters)

India administers record 1 crore Covid shots in a day

As per the Co-Win dashboard, 1,00,64,032 doses were administered on Friday, taking the cumulative number of doses given since the vaccination drive began on January 16 to 62.17 crore.

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New Delta mutation AY.4 dominant in Karnataka: Scientists

A sublineage of the Delta variant known as AY.4 has been found to be the dominant variant in Karnataka among Covid-19 samples sequenced in June and July, with researchers noting that the variant had mutated further and reentered the country.

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Covid-19 not developed as bioweapon: Analysts

US intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.

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Delta Covid variant doubles hospital risk vs Alpha: Study

The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet.

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