Covid India updates: Are pets susceptible to Covid-19? FAQs about coronavirus vaccine answered

Amid the rising cases of coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra recorded as many as 54,022 COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total tally of infections in the state to 49,96,758. As many as 898 deaths were reported in the state today, while 37,386 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered patients to 42,65,326. The number of active cases stands at 6,54,788.

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Delhi recorded as many as 19,832 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached 12,92,867, while the death toll mounted to 18,739. As many as 341 fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

According to a health bulletin issued by the Delhi government, 79,593 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

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n order to minimise errors and the subsequent inconvenience caused to the citizens for online appointments for vaccination, the government is introducing a new feature of "four digit security code" in the CoWIN application from Saturday (May 8). In a statement, the Union Health Ministry said, "It has been noticed in some instances that citizens that had booked their appointment for Covid vaccination through the CoWIN portal, but did not actually go for vaccination on the scheduled date, have received notification through SMS that a vaccine dose has been administered to them.

"Upon examination, it has been found to occur largely on account of the Vaccinator wrongly marking the citizen as vaccinated, i.e. an instance of a data entry error by the vaccinator," it said.

ndia on Friday reported 4,14,188 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. With this, the cumulative count of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to 21,491,598, according to the Union Health Ministry. As many as 3,915 patients succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, taking the total COVID-related death toll to 2,34,083. Maximum casualties were reported in Maharashtra (853), followed by Uttar Pradesh with 350 daily deaths.

India registered a total of 3,31,507 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The total number of recoveries in the country now stands at 1,76,12,351. India now has 3.65 million active cases. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as many as 29,86,01,699 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to May 6. Of these 18,26,490samples were tested on Thursday.

Are pets susceptible to Covid-19?

As per CDC, a small number of pets worldwide, including cats and dogs, have been reported to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, mostly after close contact with people with COVID-19. Based on the information available to date, the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is considered to be low. The virus that causes COVID-19 can spread from people to animals in some situations, mostly during close contact.

If you have been exposed to Covid-19 and tested postive, how is it that some members of family continue to remain negative even after being exposed to you?

First reason could be a false negative report, health care experts estimate that about one-third of patients who are infected with the novel coronavirus and who are tested for it receive negative test results. The other reason in non vaccinated members is maybe they were previously infected with the new coronavirus (asymptomatic) and developed immunity against the infection

How long should you wait to take the vaccine after recovering from Covid-19 / testing negative?

As per MOHFW Infected individuals should defer vaccination for minimum 14 days after symptoms resolution. On the global front ,The CDC recommends a 90 day gap after testing positive.

Can you take Covaxcin as a second shot if u have taken Covishield for the first short and vice versa?

Dr. Bharat Gopal says, "No, these are two different types of vaccines and should not be taken by the same individual. The second dose has to be of the same vaccine as first."

There are 2 types of vaccines available Covishield and Covaxin. While the vaccination process is going on, people are confused about the ideal time between both shots. Dr. Bharat Gopal reveals, "For Covaxin the recommended time between shots is 4-6 weeks while for Covishield it has been revised to 4-8 weeks. However there are studies showing safety and efficacy even upto 12 weeks On February 19, The Lancet published a study that said the efficacy of Covishield's two doses is 81.3 per cent when administered 12 weeks apart, in comparison to an efficacy of 55.1 per cent when administered less than six weeks apart."