Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Haryana Govt Extends Covid Lockdown Till June 21 With Some Relaxations In State
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, June 13, 2021: The head of the World Health Organisation has welcomed the vaccine-sharing announcements coming out of the Group of Seven summit but says we need more, and we need them faster. The challenge, I said to the G-7 leaders, was that to truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by the time the G-7 meets again in Germany next year, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, June 13, 2021: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech shared complete data of all research studies conducted for Covaxin so far, adding that the final Phase III analysis data will be released soon. As per a company statement, it has shared complete data for Phase I pre-clinical trials and Phase II clinical trials, along with partial data for Phase III clinical trials.
Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organisation has welcomed the vaccine-sharing announcements coming out of the Group of Seven summit but says we need more, and we need them faster. The challenge, I said to the G-7 leaders, was that to truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by the time the G-7 meets again in Germany next year, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.
Anticipating a possible third wave of COVID-19 to affect children, the Odisha government has decided to include those above six years in the ensuing fourth sero-survey to assess the presence of antibodies.
The sero-survey will be conducted from June 17 in three districts - Ganjam, Rayagadda and Koraput, said Sanghamitra Pati, director of the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), a unit of ICMR.
"For the first time, children above 6 years will be brought under the ambit of this survey," Pati said, adding, the exercise will be completed in four days.
The sero-survey will be carried out in 70 districts across India, she said.
All the procedures will be similar to the previous such surveys.
Official sources said as many as 43,573 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported among children in the age group of 0-14 years in Odisha so far.
Health experts said the outcome of the sero-survey will help the state government prepare strategies to face another wave of the pandemic.
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Haryana Govt Extends Covid Lockdown Till June 21 With Some Relaxations In State
Milkha Singh's wife, Nirmal Kaur dies due to COVID-19 complications
Nirmal Kaur, former captain of Women's volleyball team & wife of former athlete Milkha Singh passed away due to COVID19 in a private hospital at Mohali "We are deeply saddened to inform you that Nirmal Milkha Singh passed away after a valiant battle against COVID," says family
Chinese Researchers Find Batch Of New Coronaviruses In Bats: Report
Chinese Researchers Find Batch Of New Coronaviruses In Bats: Report
In a report published in the journal Cell, the researchers from the University of Shandong said: “In total, we assembled 24 novel coronavirus genomes from different bat species, including four SARS-CoV-2 like coronaviruses.”
CPI (ML) Red Star leader Sharmistha Choudhury dies of post- COVID complications
CPI (ML) Red Star leader Sharmistha Choudhury, a prominent face of the Bhangar land agitation in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, died here on Sunday due to post-COVID complications. She was 47 and is survived by her husband Alik Chakraborty, who had spearheaded the movement.
Choudhury, a central committee member of the CPI (ML) Red Star, had recovered after contracting the disease a month ago. However, she fell ill again and was rushed to state-run SSKM Hospital here on Saturday, a senior party leader said. She died on Sunday due to post-COVID complications and intestinal ulcer, he said.
CPI (ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and several others condoled her death. An alumnus of Presidency University, Choudhury was a journalist for several years before plunging headlong into activism.
Rajasthan reports 308 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hours
Rajasthan reports 308 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths, and 1260 recoveries in the last 24 hours
Case tally 9,49,684
Active cases 7,441
Oxygen Express trains delivered over 30,000 MT of liquid oxygen across India
Amid the second wave of COVID-19, Oxygen Express trains have delivered more than 30,000 metric tonnes (MT) of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to States and Union Territories so far across the country.
According to an official statement by the Ministry of Railways, so far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 30,182 MT of LMO in more than 1,734 tankers to various states across the country. A total of 421 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey.
More than 15,000 MT of liquid medical oxygen has been delivered to the southern states of the country by these special trains.
Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3,600, 3,700, and 4900 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively.
Andhra Pradesh reports 6,770 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hrs
Andhra Pradesh reports 6,770 new Covid-19 cases, 12,492 recoveries and 58 deaths in the last 24 hours.
- Total cases 18,09,844
- Total recoveries 17,12,267
- Death toll 11,940
- Active cases 85,637
Maharashtra Doctor beaten up after COVID-19 patient's death; four held
A doctor was allegedly attacked by four persons after the father of their friend died while undergoing treatment against coronavirus at a government hospital in Latur city of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical Sciences Institute during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, they said.
The four accused, identified as Shubham Dilip Nakade (25), Shriniwas Govindrao Dhobe (25), Akash Pramod Shete (20), Namdev Hanumant Shinde (29), have been arrested, police sub-inspector Kiran Pathare said.
The accused used abusive language against Dr Amit Varma (24) and thrashed him alleging that he didn't treat their friend's father properly, he said, adding that the doctor did not suffer any serious injury in the incident.
'No clarity on COVID-19 vaccine procurement,' say private hospitals; seek proper guidelines
Several private hospitals across the country said they have no clarity on procuring COVID-19 vaccines under the new policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it has led to the vaccination being put on hold at their centres. The hospitals have sought a proper mechanism and a single-window system to be put in place for procurement of vaccine doses. They also claimed that they had approached the vaccine manufacturers -- Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India (SII) -- and also state governments, but to no avail.
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