Coronavirus LIVE Updates: West Bengal Reports Highest One-Day Spike Of 10,784 COVID-19 Cases
With the outbreak of second wave of Coronavirus, several Indian states facing surge in COVID cases have resorted to strict measures such as complete lockdown, night curfews and penalties on flouting COVID norms. Taking note of the worsening situation, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation and stressed upon the need to fight the second wave. He called on the state governments to help migrant workers, and pointed out that India's vaccination programme has been progressing with good speed. Meanwhile, the central government waived customs duty on Remdesivir with the aim to help augment domestic availability and reduce cost of the injection.
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With the outbreak of second wave of Coronavirus, several Indian states facing surge in COVID cases have resorted to strict measures such as complete lockdown, night curfews and penalties on flouting COVID norms. Taking note of the worsening situation, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation and stressed upon the need to fight the second wave of COVID-19 together and with "all our might". He called on the state governments to help migrant workers in this hour of need and also appealed to the workers not to leave for native places. He further pointed out that India's vaccination programme has been progressing with good speed and coverage.
Meanwhile, the central government waived customs duty on Remdesivir, its raw materials and other components used to make the antiviral drug, with the aim to help augment domestic availability and reduce cost of the injection. The items on which the duty has been waived include Remdesivir active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), injection Remdesivir, and beta Cyclodextrin used in manufacture of Remdesivir.
West Bengal reports highest one-day spike of 10,784 COVID-19 cases
West Bengal on Wednesday registered its highest single-day spike of 10,784 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 6,88,956, the health department said in a bulletin. The death toll also rose to 10,710 after 58 fresh fatalities were reported. The state now has 63,496 active cases, the bulletin said.
Over 21K Tested COVID-19 Positive After Taking First Dose Of Either Covishield Or Covaxin: Govt
Addressing a press conference, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said 0.04 per cent of 17,37,178 individuals, who received the second dose of Covaxin, were positive for COVID-19, while 0.03 per cent of 1,57,32,754 people, who took the second dose of Covishield, contracted the infection.
"After vaccination if one gets infection then it is known as breakthrough infection," he said.
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