Health workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kit taking a dead body for the cremation of a patient who died from Covid-19 coronavirus at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital in Guwahati.
Coronavirus update: India on Friday recorded 85,362 coronavirus cases, taking its total caseload past the 5.9-million mark. India has added over 1,000 deaths every day for 26 days. Death toll stands at 94,533. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is battling a double infection of Covid-19 and dengue, has been administered convalescent plasma therapy and his condition is better now. Meanwhile, Kerala is witnessing a sudden surge in new cases. The state witnessed highest single-day spike of 6,477 coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the infection tally to 159,933.
Coronavirus vaccine update: China secured the WHO's backing for the emergency use of coronavirus experimental vaccines as early as in June to protect the people from the pandemic even though the clinical trials had not been completed, Zheng Zhongwei, head of medical science development at the National Health Commission said on Friday.
World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 33,040,716. While 24,394,484 have recovered, 998,171 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, 7,236,378 cases. It is followed by India, which has 5,901,571 cases, Brazil (4,692,579) and Russia (1,136,048).
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02:59 PM
Canada signs deal to secure 20 mn more Covid-19 vaccine doses
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudesu has announced that the country has signed a deal to secure 20 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses.
Addressing the media here, Trudeau said the agreement was signed with AstraZeneca for access to a vaccine prospect now being developed at Oxford University, CBC News reported.
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Himachal Pradesh reports 12 fresh Covid-19 cases
Himachal Pradesh reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 14,008.
"12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Himachal Pradesh today. The total number of positive cases stands at 14,008, including 4,112 active cases, 9,710 recovered cases, and 163 deaths," said the State Health Department, Himachal Pradesh.
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92,043 new recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours in India
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10 States/UTs account for 84% of deaths in last 24 hours due to Covid-19
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FIR against Bihar Congress chief, others for violating Covid-19 norms
An FIR has been registered against Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha and several other senior party leaders for violating COVID-19 norms at Patna airport, officials said on Sunday.
They have been accused of violating COVID-19 protocol by amassing a large number of people at the airport on Saturday when some party leaders were arriving in the Bihar capital to strategise for the upcoming assembly elections.
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COVID-19: MUI collaborates with UN body to help Indian seafarers stranded on ships
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic leaving around four lakh global seafarers, including thousands of Indians, stranded on ships, India's oldest union of merchant navy officers MUI has collaborated with the United Nations to assist these sailors.
The Seafarers Crisis Action Team (SCAT) has been established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialised UN agency and a global standard-setting authority of safety, security and environmental performance of international shipping.
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Odisha reports 3,922 fresh Covid-19 cases, 14 more deaths
Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 2,09,374 on Sunday as 3,922 more people tested positive for the disease, while 14 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 797, a health department official said.
The new cases were reported from all the 30 districts of the state, he said.
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Nutri-gardens can help build immunity, reduce exposure to Covid-19: Experts
The concept of developing nutri-gardens at anganwadis will not only help in fighting malnutrition but can also play a crucial role in protecting children and pregnant women from coronavirus infection by reducing their exposure and building immunity, experts have said.
The Women and Child Development Ministry has urged states and Union territories to focus on the nutri-garden initiative for anganwadis.
To tackle malnutrition, the government is identifying locally available nutritious food in different parts of the country that can be grown at anganwadi centres. These gardens are called nutri-gardens. Experts said that apart from fighting malnutrition these nutri-gardens can also play a role in protecting children and pregnant women from coronavirus infection.
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Travellers from Dubai, UK contributed maximum Covid-19 importations into India: IIT study
Travellers from Dubai and the UK were primary sources of COVID-19 importations into India, according to an analytical study done by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi. According to the research, which has been published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, COVID-19 got induced into Indian states mainly due to international travels.
The study has also found that infected cases from Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh played less role in spreading the disease outside their communities. Whereas infected people in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka played a significant role in the local transmission, and some of them caused interstate transfer too.
"We tracked the spread of COVID-19 and its diffusion from the global to national level and identified a few super spreaders who played a central role in the transmission of the disease in India. The COVID-19 spread in phase one was traced using the travelling history of the patients, and it was found that most of the transmissions were local," Sarita Azad, Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, told PTI.
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Over 36,000 Covid-19 cases, 128 deaths in central police forces: PTI Data
The total number of coronavirus cases in central police forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs have gone over 36,000 with 128 personnel succumbing to the pandemic, according to a latest data.
The cases pertain to the seven forces of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Security Guard (NSG) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
As per the latest data accessed by PTI, these forces have recorded over 36,000 COVID-19 cases till now, out of which, 6,646 are active while rest of the personnel have recovered. The maximum cases at 10,636 have been recorded in the BSF, the country's largest border guarding force with about 2.5 lakh personnel.
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