NEW DELHI: The coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the first quarter of 2021, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. “While a vaccine launch date has not been set, it may be ready for the first quarter of 2021,” he said. He added that he will be happy to take the first injection of the vaccine in case there is a confidence gap.
Harsh Vardhan also said that the government is considering emergency authorization of Covid-19 vaccination for the elderly and people working in high-risk settings.
Harsh Vardhan also said that the government is considering emergency authorization of Covid-19 vaccination for the elderly and people working in high-risk settings.
Here are the main developments:
India
- On Sunday, the government issued a new set of instructions for people who have recovered from Covid-19, including tips like taking morning walks, eating Chyawanprash, and doing
Yoga . The suggestions have been issued amid growing cases of recovered patients returning to hospitals for post-Covid care.
- India has recorded more than 1 million Covid-19 infections in the first 12 days of September amid an unprecedented surge in
pandemic in the country. The country has also reported 13,082 deaths during this period. The country’s death toll in September is also the highest in the world so far, and both the United States and Brazil have recorded around 10,000 deaths each this month.
- A total of 37,02,595 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the country so far, and 58 percent of the recovered cases were reported in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, the Center said on Sunday. . The same five states represent 60 percent of the total of 9,73,175 active cases in the country.
- India’s Covid-19 case count surpassed 47 lakh with 94,372 new infections reported in one day, while 37.02,595 people have recovered bringing the national recovery rate to 77.88 percent on Sunday, according to the data from the Union Ministry of Health. The total
coronavirus Cases rose to 47,54,356, while the death toll rose to 78,586 with 1,114 people succumbing to the infection within 24 hours.
- Eight of the 10 imported Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore come from India, the country’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. Two of those eight were Singaporeans and five permanent residents who returned from August 30-31. The other was the holder of a short-term visitation pass and the spouse of a Singaporean, who arrived from India on 5 September. The other two imported patients are holders of a work pass
state
- Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday ordered 33 private hospitals to reserve 80% of their total ICU / HDU beds for Covid-19 patients after an increase in the number of cases and demand for ICU beds in the city. The coronavirus case count in Delhi rose to 2.18 lakh on Sunday and 4,235 more people contracted the viral illness.
- Kerala: Kerala reported 3,139 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the overall count to 1,08,278, while 15 deaths brought the figure to 439. Today 1,855 recoveries were recorded, while 30,072 people are receiving treatment for the infection that up to now it has claimed 439 lives.
- J&K: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 1,686 new cases of Covid-19, while fourteen patients died in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases has reached 54,096 and the death toll has risen to 878. It was for the eleventh time in as many days that the number of new cases exceeded 1,000 in 24 hours.
- Meghalaya: The death toll from Covid-19 in Meghalaya rose to 26 with one more person succumbing to the disease, while 109 new cases of infection brought the state’s tally to 3,724. The number of active cases in the state is now 1,623.
- Rajasthan: Although it was initially found that more than 70 percent of Covid-19 patients were asymptomatic, there has been a change in trend since September 2. In cities like Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur, more than 80 percent of patients have been found to be symptomatic.
- Tripura: Tripura reported a record single-day increase of 12 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 194, while 629 new cases brought the state tally to 18,932. Tripura currently has 7,584 active cases of coronavirus.
- Andhra: The total number of coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh touched 5.67 lakh after around 46 lakh of sample tests had been performed so far, with a positivity rate of 12.33 percent. The state recorded 66 more deaths from coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 4,912.
- Maharashtra: The Covid-19 crisis, which has claimed more than 8,000 lives and affected more than 1.6 lakh people in the city of Mumbai so far, has also prevented thousands of women from accessing abortion services.
- UP: A total of 80 more people died from Covid-19, while 6,239 tested positive for the disease in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 4,429 and the infection count to 3,1036 in the state. The active COVID-19 case count in the state stands at 68,122.
- Telangana: As international vaccine companies and academic institutions race against the clock to deliver a safe Covid-19 vaccine, all eyes are on India, which produces 60% of the world’s vaccines. And within India, if there is one destination that all of them go directly to, it is Hyderabad.
- Mizoram: Mizoram’s only BJP lawmaker, Budhha Dhan Chakma, tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said. He was among 35 people who were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
- Karnataka: A 105-year-old woman in Koppal district successfully recovered from Covid-19, after undergoing treatment for the viral infection at home. Kamalamma Linganagouda Hiregoudar hails from the village of Katarki in Koppal taluk.
- Go to: A 250-bed Covid-19 facility will begin operating at the South Goa district hospital from Sept. 19, said state health minister Vishwajit Rane. As of Saturday, Goa reported 24,185 Covid-19 cases and 286 deaths due to the disease.
- Ladakh: The territory of the Union of
Ladakh recorded one more Covid-19-related death, bringing the number of deaths in the region to 39. With the detection of 66 new positive cases, 37 in Leh and 29 in Kargil, the number of virus cases in UT has increased to 3,294. - Odisha: The Covid-19 count in Odisha rose to 1,50,807 with 3,913 more people testing positive for the disease, while 10 new deaths brought the state’s death toll to 626. New cases were reported in all 30 districts of the state.
- Puducherry: A total of 388 new Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths brought the count of infections to 19,821 and deaths to 385 in the Union territory. The UT also analyzed 4,024 samples, the highest in a single day.
- HP: Himachal Pradesh has registered 123 new Covid-19 cases and 45 recoveries since last night. The total number of cases in the state has reached 9,352, while there are currently 3,268 active cases in the state.
World
- The new coronavirus has killed at least 921,097 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a count from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT Sunday. At least 28,819,490 cases of coronavirus have been registered.
- Major US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech have announced that they will expand enrollment for their Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial to approximately 44,000 participants, up from an initial recruitment target of 30,000 people. The companies said a conclusive result on the efficacy of the vaccine is likely to be obtained by the end of October.
- Scientific experts have warned of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and another complete national lockdown in the UK, unless stricter measures are enforced amid a growing number of infections in the country over the past week.
- South Korea will temporarily ease coronavirus restrictions in the Seoul metropolitan area after a decline in cases, authorities said. The country largely overcame an initial spike in Covid-19 with extensive monitoring and testing, but has battled several spikes in recent weeks, raising concerns about a second wave of infections.
- Nepal’s coronavirus cases came closer to the 55,000 mark with 1,039 new cases, while the death toll from Covid-19 rose to 345. Nepal’s coronavirus recovery rate is 71.5%. The country’s coronavirus infection count has reached 54.1159.
- Covid-19 cases in Pakistan reached 301,481 after 526 new coronavirus infections were reported, the Health Ministry said. The country also recorded six recent deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,379, while 534 patients are in critical condition.
- Russia has recorded 5,449 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 1,062,811, the country’s coronavirus response center said on Sunday. In the past 24 hours, Russia recorded 94 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 18,578 and 2,690 recoveries, bringing the total to 876,225.
- Iranian medical scientists will soon begin human trials for a coronavirus vaccine after the animal testing stage has passed, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Iran Confirmed Covid-19 cases reached 399,940 on Saturday, including 23,029 deaths.
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