Malaysia sees fresh high of 17,786 daily Covid-19 cases
World | Aug 01, 2021, 07:13 AM ISTHealth Ministry DG Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that nine of the new cases are imported and 17,777 are local transmissions.
Health Ministry DG Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that nine of the new cases are imported and 17,777 are local transmissions.
Most of the new deaths were reported from the Americas and South-East Asia Regions, said the WHO.
The study, led by researchers of University College London, showed that waning effect of the vaccine doses were consistent across all groups of people regardless of age, chronic illnesses or sex.
The Japanese govt is currently negotiating with other countries to expand use of its vaccine passports.
It said that more than 45.37 cr vaccine doses have been provided to states, UTs so far through all sources and a further 59,39,010 doses are in pipeline.
DOH said that Philippines now has 119 Delta variant cases after detecting an additional 55 infections, reports Xinhua news agency.
In an address to the nation on Sunday evening, Ramaphosa said South Africa, with immediate effect, will move to Level 3 from current Level 4 of five-level lockdown strategy.
China also dismissed reports that some of the employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology were infected with the virus before it spread to the central Chinese city and the world, killing over 40 lakh people.
So far, a total of 15,54,026 beneficiaries have received Covid vaccine including 18,453 on Saturday.
Over 38.18 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and a further 23,80,080 doses are in the pipeline.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 44,459 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,98,88,284.
In May this year, 100 samples were routinely sent to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, and reports were received earlier this week.
According to the data shared by Health Ministry on Thursday, India saw a total of 44,291 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,98,43,825.
The urgency coincides with Europe's summer holiday months, with fair weather bringing more social gatherings and govts reluctant to clamp down on them.
A claim is being made on WhatsApp that the government is providing financial assistance of Rs 4,000 under the 'Corona Care Fund Scheme'. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has termed this claim absolutely fake.
The opposition parties in Assam were in quarantine with some in the ICU during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, BJP president JP Nadda said on Tuesday.
Secy of the State Veterinary Surgeons' Association, Nuwan Hewagamage, said on Thursday that the 12-yr-old lioness 'Sheena' had tested positive for the virus following medical tests performed on her after the male lion called 'Thor' was infected last week, reports Xinhua news agency.
A cabinet meeting decided on Monday to allow flights to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, said Buddhisagar Lamichhane, joint secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 179,093,146 and 3,880,341, respectively.
The researchers affiliated with the University of Oxford posted findings ahead of peer review to medRxiv, drawing on data from the UK Biobank.
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