Coronavirus updates | January 12, 2021
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January 12, 2021 22:08 IST
A decisive phase in India s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch.
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First consignment of COVID-19 vaccination arrives at Delhi Airport in a special SpiceJet flight from Pune, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
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A decisive phase in India s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch.
The appeal comes as the world has faced high case counts in recent weeks
The World Health Organization chief appealed on Friday to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthier countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals,” saying they hurt a U.N.-backed effort to widen access to the jabs.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 42 countries are now rolling out such vaccines, mostly high-income and a few middle-income countries. He called on countries that have more jabs than they need to make some available to the COVAX Facility the U.N.-backed project to get vaccines deployed widely.
Coronavirus updates | January 1, 2021
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January 01, 2021 21:49 IST
A dry run will be conducted by all the State and Union Territory governments on January 2 with the objective of preparing for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the Union Health Ministry said.
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Students greets each other as schools in Kerala reopened partially after a long break, at a Girls Higher Secondary School in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, January 1, 2021.
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A dry run will be conducted by all the State and Union Territory governments on January 2 with the objective of preparing for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the Union Health Ministry said.
Coronavirus updates | December 31, 2020
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December 31, 2020 21:52 IST
Not more than 5 people to assemble at public places in Delhi during night curfew to avoid large gatherings in view of COVID-19
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A vendor wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus waits for customers at his shop in New Delhi.
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Not more than 5 people to assemble at public places in Delhi during night curfew to avoid large gatherings in view of COVID-19
India has reported five new cases of the mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus four found by NIV, Pune, and one was sequenced in IGIB, Delhi taking the total number of these cases to 25 on Thursday as per information released by the Health Ministry.
Three UK returnees in Bengaluru test positive for new mutant virus strain; admitted in hospital: Health Minister Three out of 26 people whose samples have been tested in NIMHANS were found positive for a new variant of Coronavirus. They have been admitted in the hospitals and measures are on to trace the contacts of these three people , said Health Minister Dr Sudhakar.
The new UK variant genome of Sars-Cov-2 virus has made its way into Bengaluru, with three UK returnees testing positive for the new variant, according to the initial results of genome sequencing of positive samples released by the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog) labs on Tuesday.