Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Process Of Covaxin's Emergency Use Approval By WHO Begins, Reveals Bharat Biotech
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, July 12: The R-factor, which indicates the speed at which the infection is spreading in the country, has risen in Kerala and northeast states.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, July 12: For the first time in many weeks, new Covid cases dipped below 2,000 in a day, while deaths declined to 56 across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.
"Only 1,978 positive cases were registered on Saturday, taking the state's Covid tally to 28,71,298, including 36,737 active cases, while recoveries rose to 27,98,703, with 2,326 patients discharged during the day," said the bulletin.
As epi-centre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru, however, reported only 433 fresh cases on Saturday, taking its Covid tally to 12,19,378, including 13,459 active cases, while recoveries increased to 11,90,182, with 203 patients discharged in the last24 hours.
With 56 patients, including 8 in Bengaluru succumbed to the infection, taking the state's death toll to 35,835 and the city's toll to 15,736 since the pandemic broke out in mid-March a year ago.
Out of 1,58,898 tests conducted across the state during the day, 28,135 were through rapid antigen detection and 1,30,763 were through RT-PCR method.
Former Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya on Sunday said that India’s current vaccination rate was simply not good enough. He said the country needs to achieve daily rate of at least 5 to 6 million jabs.
"India's current vaccination rate of 3 to 4 million per day is simply not good enough. We need to up our game to achieve daily rate of at least 5 to 6 million jabs. Not clear whether the cause is hesitation or insufficient production," Arvind Panagariya said.
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Covaxin's WHO approval
All documents required for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of Covaxin have been submitted to WHO as of 9th July. The review process has now commenced with the expectation that we will receive EUL from the WHO at the earliest: Bharat Biotech
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