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India watching Singapore COVID-19 situation; precautions in place against new strain: Hardeep Puri
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Tuesday said the Centre is taking all precautions and keeping an eye on the situation in Singapore after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to it to cancel all flights with the city-state as a very dangerous coronavirus strain has been detected there.
US COVID-19 vaccines effective against B.1.617 variant found in India
COVID-19 vaccines that are available in the United States are effective against the deadly variant that was first detected in India, top US health officials said on Tuesday. The B.1.617 virus variant, first identified in India last year, has been classified as a variant of concern at the global level by the World Health Organisation.
Covid-19: Amid Singapore strain face-off, Kejriwal chairs review meeting
May 19, 2021
Delhi govt believes Singapore strain could lead to a third wave in India
Amid a Singapore Covid-19 strain face-off, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday, chaired a high-level review meeting that was attended by Health Minister Satyendar Jain and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
While the Delhi government believes there is a new strain originating from Singapore that could lead to a third wave in India, the aspect of “Singapore strain” has been strongly refuted by the Singapore Government. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, too, tweeted that Delhi Chief Minister does not speak for India and that “irresponsible comments” from those who should know better can damage long-standing partnerships.
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COVID-19: Chances of hospitalisation after vaccination at 0.06%, says study
An observational study conducted by Delhi s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital has found that over 97 per cent of fully vaccinated people were protected from COVID-19 infection and the chances of hospitalisation after vaccination were only 0.06 per cent. The objective of the study was to evaluate the frequency of breakthrough infections . While the study indicates that COVID-19 vaccination does not provide 100 per cent immunity, it protects against serious manifestations
COVID-19: Covaxin protects against all key emerging virus variants, says Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech on Sunday said its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin is effective against all new emerging variants of coronavirus, including those first found in India and UK. The study was conducted in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology and Indian Council of Medical Research, it said
Covid-19: Delhi logs 407 deaths on Sunday
May 03, 2021
Cumulative positivity rate spikes to 6.91 per cent The national capital Delhi saw its daily Covid-19 death toll touch 407 on Sunday. This was lower than the 412 deaths recorded on Saturday, which saw the highest ever daily death toll since the beginning of the pandemic last year.
The new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours to Sunday also declined to 20,394 from 25,219 recorded on Saturday.
In the last 19 days alone, Delhi has added over 4.45 lakh positive cases, sending the entire creaking healthcare infrastructure in the capital into a tailspin amid medical oxygen shortage in the city’s ongoing fourth wave.