Coronavirus LIVE: India Reports 29,689 Fresh Covid Cases, 415 Deaths In Past 24 Hrs
Coronavirus LIVE: Govt has geared up in making arrangements to counter third wave of Covid and control spread of Coronavirus. Meanwhile, total vaccinations administered in country stand at 44.19 Cr.
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Coronavirus LIVE, Tuesday July 27: The U.N.'s deputy humanitarian chief has expressed concerns over COVID-19 pandemic which is hitting conflict-ridden and impoverished countries much worse this year than in 2020, with many facing higher caseloads and rising deaths.
Meanwhile, Governments have geared up in making arrangements to counter third wave of Covid-19 and control the spread of Coronavirus. Data from the government’s Co-WIN system shows that close to 10% of India’s eligible population has now been fully vaccinated for Covid-19
Aus state set to end Covid lockdown
The state of South Australia (SA) will end its Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday after successfully suppressing a new outbreak with 19 cases linked to an infection cluster, Premier Steven Marshall announced on Tuesday. Marshall said that the statewide lockdown will end as scheduled unless there was a significant rise in community cases, reports Xinhua news agency.
The announcement comes one week after strict restrictions were introduced to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after new cases were found in the community. Marshall praised state residents for abiding by lockdown rules but warned that restrictions would be eased gradually as the state takes it "one day at a time".
"We won't be going back to directly where we were with the lowest level restrictions in the country," he said.
As of Wednesday, schools and universities will return to face-to-face learning in South Australia. Offices, restaurants, cafes, bars, and gyms will be allowed to re-open but must adhere to strict capacity limits. Masks will remain mandatory in high-risk settings including personal service industries such as hairdressers, on public transport and in health care services.
Delta variant identified in Chinese city's clusters
The virus strain behind the latest Covid-19 infection cluster in Nanjing, the capital city of China's Jiangsu province, has been identified as the highly infectious Delta variant, local authorities said on Tuesday.
The recent spike in infections in Nanjing can be attributed to the special location of the outbreak and the highly contagious nature of the strain, Xinhua news agency quoted Ding Jie, vice director of the city's centre for disease control and prevention, as saying at a press conference.
Nanjing, a mega-city with a population of more than 9.3 million, has witnessed single-day spikes of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases since a few airport workers tested positive for coronavirus last week.
It has launched a second round of all-inclusive nucleic acid testing and urged residents not to leave the city unless necessary.
Delhi Govt To Recommend Names Of Doctors For Padma Awards 2021
Delhi Govt To Recommend Names Of Doctors, Healthcare Workers For Padma Awards 2021
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked the public to tell these names. People can send their mails to padmaawards.delhi@gmail.com by 15th August.
India Reports 29,689 Fresh Covid Cases, 415 Deaths In Past 24 Hrs
India reports 29,689 fresh COVID cases, 42,363 recoveries, and 415 deaths in the past 24 hours
Active cases: 3,98,100
Total recoveries: 3,06,21,469
Death toll: 4,21,382
Total vaccination: 44,19,12,395
Chinese mainland reports 31 new locally transmitted Covid cases
The Chinese mainland in the past 24 hours reported 31 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, all in Jiangsu Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
Also reported were 40 new imported cases, of which 19 were reported in Yunnan, 13 in Guangdong, four in Shanghai, three in Jiangsu and one in Sichuan, Xinhua reported.
Four new suspected cases from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai. No new deaths related to Covid-19 were reported Monday.
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