COVID-19: India administers 43.99 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hrs
India | July 03, 2021 12:40 ISTIndia's cumulative vaccination coverage increased to 34.46 crores, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
India's cumulative vaccination coverage increased to 34.46 crores, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
As many as 18,36 644 people in the national capital have been administered both doses of Covid vaccine, according to the Delhi government's vaccination bulletin issued on Friday.
Covaxin gives 77.8 per cent efficacy against COVID 19, and 65.2 per cent protection against the SARS-CoV-2, B.1.617.2 Delta variant
Antibiotic sales soared during the first COVID-19 wave in India last year, according to a study which suggests that the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases of the viral disease.
Describing India as an important friend and ally of the United States, top American lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to help facilitate assistance for the country that has been gravely impacted by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Comparing how one wears a raincoat during the rains to prevent getting wet, Gulzar Saab implies the individualistic duty in taking the similarly necessary precautions against the virus.
The US has announced an additional USD 41 million assistance to help India respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Uttar Pradesh government has intensified preparations to foil a possible third wave.
The ICMR on Saturday said India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests, with an average of more than 18 lakh tests per day in the month of June.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday informed that the state has reported nine cases of the Delta Plus variant.
A study, based on mathematical modelling analysis published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) has suggested the third wave of COVID-19 -- if it occurs -- is unlikely to be as severe as the second wave.
2 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the first 72 hours of the implementation of the new revised guidelines of the National COVID Vaccination Programme, the ministry said.
The study, led by researchers from the University College London, in the UK showed that the protective effect of a single dose of vaccination is evident from 4 weeks to at least 7 weeks after vaccination.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said 21 cases of Covid's Delta Plus variant have been traced in seven districts of the state.
Meanwhile, US Pharma giant Pfizer CEO Dr Albert Bourla on Tuesday said Pfizer is in the final stages of an agreement with India to supply anti-COVID-19 vaccines.
"The delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the US to our attempt to eliminate Covid," Dr Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, warned at a White House briefing. "Good news: Our vaccines are effective against the delta variant."
According to medical experts, since many adults would have had the disease or the Covid vaccine, in comparison children would be a susceptible population in the third wave of COVID.
Meanwhile, UNEP country head Atul Bagai said the COVID-19 pandemic is a result of degradation of natural areas, species' loss and exploitation. Bagai also underlined that countries, including India, must intensify their efforts to prevent and reverse ecosystem degradation.
The Uttar Pradesh government has said that it will reimpose corona curfew in any district if it reports over 500 Covid-19 cases in a day.
Meanwhile, authorities in Dubai have eased travel restrictions for its residents from certain countries, including India, if they have received two doses of a UAE-approved COVID-19 vaccine.
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