Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Union Health Ministry Issues Guidelines For Vaccination Of Pregnant Women, Says COVID Vaccines Are Safe
Coronavirus LIVE, Monday, June 28: Delhi witnessed more crowds in public places from today as gymnasiums, yoga centres, hotels etc. will be allowed to open at 50 per cent capacity.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, June 28: Union health ministry has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to take steps to immediately contain the Delta plus variant of Covid-19, as according to research reports, the variant is more transmissible and deadly.
Union health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to Tamil Nadu chief secretary, V. Irai Anbu on Sunday called upon the state government to take immediate measures including preventing crowds and intermingling of people, increased and widespread testing, prompt tracing, and increasing vaccination coverage.
The communique from the union health secretary is following the detection of Delta plus variants in nine samples taken from districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Madurai districts of Tamil Nadu.
The national capital on Sunday reported 89 new Covid-19 cases, staying below 100 cases for the straight second day, while the daily Covid positivity rate remained at 0.12 per cent, according to the health bulletin.
With four more deaths reported on Sunday, Delhi's Covid toll rose to 24,965 since the pandemic started early last year.
During the same time period, 285 people recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,07,401 till date. Delhi presently has 1,568 active cases, with the number of patients under home isolation dropping to 478.
Delhi, which is under phase wise unlock since last four weeks after the second wave of Covid pandemic slowed down, will witness more crowds in public places from Monday as gymnasiums, yoga centres, hotels etc. will be allowed to open from Monday at 50 per cent capacity.
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