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India logs 2,745 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours; active infections rise to 18,386
•The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said
India logs 3,207 new COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths in last 24 hours; positivity rate at 0.95%
Fp Staff •India currently has 20,403 active cases of COVID-19. There has been a decrease of 232 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in the country
Singapore court orders father not to influence India-born daughters on COVID-19 vaccines
•The order came with the court's dismissal of the father's application to bar his wife from getting their daughters vaccinated without his consent
COVID-19: India logs 3,275 new cases, 55 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 19,719
Fp Staff •The new COVID-19 cases reported on Thursday are marginally higher than 3,205 cases logged on Wednesday. The daily COVID-19 positivity rate is now at 0.77 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 0.78 per cent
COVID-19 update: India logs 3,205 new cases in last 24 hours, up 24.80% from yesterday
Fp Staff •India's daily COVID-19 case positivity rate has jumped to 0.98 per cent on Wednesday. It was 0.61 per cent on Tuesday. The weekly positivity rate is at 0.71 per cent
Bharat Biotech must address WHO's Covaxin supply suspension to avoid EUL cancellation: MEA
•Following an inspection of the Bharat Biotech premises on 14 March for Covaxin's EUL, WHO announced the suspension of the vaccine's supply owing to deficiencies in good manufacturing practices
India reports less than 1K new COVID-19 cases after 715 days, 913 test positive in last 24 hours
Fp Staff •The health ministry in its latest COVID-19 bulletin, released on Monday morning, said the daily coronavirus positivity rate now stands at 0.29 per cent
COVID-19: 80% of Indian adults fully vaccinated, says Centre
•According to official data, India has administered over 175 crore vaccine doses so far. The country began vaccinating everyone above the age of 18 from 1 May, 2021
Failure to vaccinate everyone will give rise to new variants, warns UN chief Antonio Guterres
•Guterres, in his virtual remarks to the opening of the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF), said: The last two years have demonstrated a simple but brutal truth if we leave anyone behind, we leave everyone behind".
COVID-19 vaccination pace in children shows youth's sense of responsibility, says Narendra Modi
•While inaugurating the 25th National Youth Festival, PM added that govt's decision to increase the legal marriage age of women to 21 yrs was for the betterment of 'our daughters'