Covid 19 Outbreak In India
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WHO reminds Serum Insititute of COVAX commitments amid soaring demand in India
•WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there is already a shortfall of 190 million doses to COVAX by the end of June
Centre to supply over 1.9 cr free COVID-19 vaccines to states and UTs in May, says health ministry
•The 1.92.crore doses include 1.63 crore Covishield doses and 29.49 lakh Covaxin doses. In the previous fortnight, Centre has already provided more than 1.7 crore vaccine doses to states/UTs, free of charge, the health ministry said
India must impose lockdown for few weeks to break chain of COVID-19 transmission, says Anthony Fauci
•Top US public health expert also recommended taking the help of the armed forces to immediately build makeshift field hospitals
With 3.14 lakh new COVID-19 cases, India records world's highest daily surge
•The COVID-19 toll in the country increased to 1,84,657 on Thursday with a record 2,104 new fatalities, said the health ministry
Bharat Biotech receives order for additional 45 lakh vaccine doses of Covaxin from govt
•Of the 45 lakh doses, over 8 lakh will be supplied to countries such as Mauritius, Philippines and Myanmar, free of cost as a goodwill gesture
India's daily COVID-19 cases drop to 10,064, lowest in nearly 8 months; tally over 1.05 cr
•The country's COVID-19 toll increased to 1,52,556 as 137 fatalities, the lowest in around eight months, were recorded in a span of 24 hours, the health ministry said
Lakshadweep reports first COVID-19 case nearly a year after pandemic hit India
•The case was reported two weeks after the Lakshadweep administration revised SOPs by doing away with mandatory quarantine guidelines for those arriving from Kochi
Coronavirus outbreak: 46,232 new infections take India's tally to 90.50 lakh; toll rises to 1,32,726
•The number of active cases remained below five lakh for the eleventh consecutive day. There are presently 4,39,747 active cases of coronavirus in the country
India's COVID-19 caseload over 68 lakh after 78,524 more test positive in past 24 hrs; recovery rate at 85.3%
•The COVID-19 toll climbed to 1,05,526 on Thursday with 971 people succumbing to the viral infection. The fatality rate stands at 1.54%
Committee on COVID-19 vaccine administration to meet today; India records over 22 lakh cases
•According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, three Indian COVID-19 vaccines are in different phases of clinical testing at present