Coronavirus LIVE: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin Receives GMP Certificate From Hungary

Coronavirus LIVE, Thursday, August 5: Fully vaccinated Indian passengers flying to the UK will no longer be put through a mandatory 10-day hotel quarantine.

Background

Coronavirus LIVE, Thursday, August 5:  As the Kerala government came out with a fresh set of relaxed lockdown norms on Wednesday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the state registered 22,414 new Covid cases after 1,97,092 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.On Tuesday, 23,676 people had turned positive.Vijayan, in a statement, said that there were 1,76,048 active cases after another 19,478 people turned negative.The day's test positivity rate was 11.37, against Tuesday's 11.87 per cent.On Wednesday, there were another 108 Covid deaths, taking the death toll to 17,211.The WHO on Wednesday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to address the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the countries and companies controlling the supply of doses to change gear and ensure more vaccines to less wealthy states.“I understand the concern of all governments to protect their people from the Delta variant. But we cannot accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it, while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected," Tedros told a press conference.“We need an urgent reversal, from the majority of vaccines going to high-income countries, to the majority going to low-income countries."

05/08/2021 14:09:48

Maharashtra |Separate Local Train Pass To Be Arranged For Fully Vaccinated People

Chief Justice Mumbai today suggested to make arrangements for a separate local train pass issuance to the people who are fully vaccinated in Mumbai. On the matter of allowing fully vaccinated people to travel even in local trains, matter adjourned for next Thursday

05/08/2021 10:52:20

India's Vaccine Coverage Crosses 48.93 cr

India’s COVID19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 48.93 cr. Cumulatively, 48,93,42,295 vaccine doses have been administered through 57,21,937 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 37,55,115 vaccine doses were administered in last 24 hours: Union Health Ministry

05/08/2021 10:10:00

India Reports Over 42k Covid cases

India reports 42,982 new Covid cases, 41,726 recoveries and 533 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.

Total cases: 3,18,12,114

Active cases: 4,11,076

Total recoveries: 3,09,74,748

Death toll: 4,26,290

Total vaccination: 48,93,42,295

05/08/2021 09:19:24

COVAXIN receives GMP certificate from Hungary

Another milestone in our account as COVAXIN receives GMP certificate from Hungary. This marks the 1st EUDRAGDMP compliance certificate received by Bharat Biotech from European regulatories: Bharat Biotech

05/08/2021 09:17:52

Maharashtra reports over 6k cases

Maharashtra reported 6,126 new coronavirus positive cases and 195 deaths on Wednesday, while 7,436 patients recovered from the infection during the day, a health official said. With this, the overall COVID-19 tally in the state climbed to 63,27,194 and death toll to 1,33,410, while the recovery count has reached 61,17,560. 

05/08/2021 09:17:30

Centre deploys multi-disciplinary team to Manipur

The Union government has deployed a multi-disciplinary team to Manipur in view of rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. "Central Government deploys a multi-disciplinary team to Manipur in view of rising number of COVID-19 cases being reported in the state. The team will aid state's ongoing efforts in COVID-19 management," Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet on Wednesday.

05/08/2021 09:17:04

Haryana reports 3 covid fatalities

Haryana on Wednesday reported three coronavirus-related fatalities, taking the cumulative toll to 9,644, while 27 fresh infections pushed the case count to 7,70,009, according to a bulletin. The new deaths were recorded in Hisar, Jhajjar and Fatehabad districts, the health department's daily bulletin said. 

05/08/2021 07:53:07

Kerala sees 22,414 new Covid cases as lockdown norms eased

As the Kerala government came out with a fresh set of relaxed lockdown norms on Wednesday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the state registered 22,414 new Covid cases after 1,97,092 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.

On Tuesday, 23,676 people had turned positive.

Vijayan, in a statement, said that there were 1,76,048 active cases after another 19,478 people turned negative.

The day's test positivity rate was 11.37, against Tuesday's 11.87 per cent.

On Wednesday, there were another 108 Covid deaths, taking the death toll to 17,211.

05/08/2021 07:51:39

Centre to give ₹5 lakh insurance to kids orphaned due to Covid-19

The central government has decided to give free health insurance of ₹5 lakh to children upto the age of 18 years, who were orphaned due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. This was announced by Union minister Anurag Thakur.

The premium will be paid by Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES), he added.

Thakur posted the details of the scheme on Twitter along with a link to a government website on steps taken by the Centre in making India self-reliant.

05/08/2021 07:51:00

UK Eases Entry Restrictions From India, No Institutional Quarantine

Fully vaccinated Indian passengers flying to the United Kingdom will no longer be put through a mandatory 10-day hotel quarantine as the UK moved the country from its "red" to "amber" list.

The shift in lists will directly impact thousands of India families, students looking to travel to the UK.

Indian nationals can now quarantine at a location of their choice for 10 days post their arrival in the UK. They will retain the option to "test to release" after five days of their quarantine period.

Under Britain's traffic light system for international travel, returning from amber list countries means a 10-day quarantining at home.