3:17 PM5 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine administered in New Zealand
New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday that 5 million doses of the Pfizer jab have been administered in the country so far.
Till date, 5,020,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine had been administered in New Zealand, with 3,231,444 first doses and 1,789,456 second doses, Hipkins said in a statement.
"The number of vaccines being given surged to more than 90,000 a day in late August and we are now steadily delivering around 50,000 doses every day," Xinhua news agency quoted the Minister as saying.
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2:53 PMKer HC to continue hearing Centre's appeal against early second vaccine dose order on Sep 30
The Kerala High Court on Monday said it will hear, after three days, the Centre's appeal against a single judge order allowing the second Covishield dose after four weeks from the first for those who want to take it earlier than the present suggested gap of 84 days.
A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly did not pass any interim order in the matter and listed it for hearing on September 30.
The Centre has challenged the September 3 decision by Justice P B Suresh Kumar, which had come on a plea by Kitex Garments Ltd, seeking permission to administer the second dose of the vaccine to its workers without having to wait for 84 days.
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2:29 PM73% population of Odisha has developed antibodies against Covid: ICMR survey
At least 73 per cent of Odisha's population and over 93 per cent of health workers have developed antibodies against SARS-CoV2, according to a recent sero-survey conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The survey was conducted in 12 of the state's 30 districts between August 29 and September 15 by experts of ICMR's Regional Medical Research (ICMR), Bhubaneswar with help of the Health and Family Welfare Department of Odisha government.
The survey was conducted in the districts of Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Khurda, Puri, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Nabarangpur.
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2:08 PMOver 845 mn Covid vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre
More than 845 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far and nearly 21 lakh doses are in the pipeline, the Union health ministry said on Monday.
Over 4.74 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs for inoculation, it said.
The Union government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, the ministry said.
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1:43 PMCovid caused biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II: Study
The Covid-19 pandemic led to biggest decrease in life expectancy since the World War II, and wiped out years of progress on mortality, according to a study published on Monday by the University of Oxford.
The research team assembled an unprecedented dataset on mortality from 29 countries, spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile -- countries for which official death registrations for 2020 had been published.
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1:37 PMSikkim eases Covid check norms for tourists
Sikkim relaxed norms for tourists Monday, doing away with mandatory checking of vaccination certificates and RT-PCR test reports at border posts. Travel agencies and hotels will keep records of vaccination certificates and RT-PCR reports instead, PTI reported.
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1:21 PMChina administers total of 2.20 bn doses of vaccines
China administered about 2.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines on September 26, bringing total doses to 2.20 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed on Monday. Reuters reported this.
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12:53 PMDelhi records more than 60 dengue cases in a week
Delhi recorded more than 60 new cases of dengue last week, managing a health crisis after saying that it had slowed down the coronavirus pandemic. The city has 270 dengue cases and no deaths from the disease, PTI said quoting a municipal report released on Monday. Malaria, dengue and chikungunya—all mosquito-borne diseases--cause high fever, prompting patients to fear they have Covid-19.
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12:25 PMArunachal reports 3 new Covid cases
Arunachal Pradesh reported three new cases of Covid-19 and no death due to the disease in 24 hours, said a civil servant on Monday. Arunachal's positivity rate— percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that turn out to be positive-- dipped to 0.27 per cent, PTI reported.
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12:16 PMNew Zealand to allow home isolation to travellers
New Zealand's prime minister says the government will start a pilot program of home-isolation for overseas travelers, ahead of what she expects to be increasing vaccination levels. Currently New Zealanders have to quarantine in hotels for two weeks when they return home from abroad, the AP reported.
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9:37 AMIndia reports 26,041 new Covid-19 cases, 29,621 recoveries, reports MoHFW
India reports 26,041 new Covid-19 cases, 29,621 recoveries, and 276 deaths in the last 24 hrs as per Union Health Ministry
Total cases 3,36,78,786
Total recoveries 3,29,31,972
Death toll 4,47,194
Active cases 2,99,620
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9:14 AMRussia records 22,498 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours
Russia registered 22,498 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 7,420,913, the federal response center said Sunday.
In the same 24 hours, 805 deaths of patients with the coronavirus and 13,671 recoveries were recorded across the country.
Moscow registered the highest number of new cases with 3,275; St Petersburg the second highest with 2,055; Moscow region the third highest with 1,215.
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9:12 AMSikkim coronavirus update: Logs 40 new Covid-19 cases, 1 fresh fatality
Sikkim's Covid-19 tally rose to 31,266 on Sunday as 40 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the Himalayan state's coronavirus death toll to 386, a health bulletin said.
East Sikkim recorded the highest number of new cases at 28, followed by 10 in West Sikkim and two in South Sikkim.
Sikkim now has 612 active cases, while 29,955 people have recovered from the disease, and 313 patients have migrated to other states so far.
The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stood at 96.8 per cent.
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8:56 AMAndhra Pradesh coronavirus update: 1,184 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths
Andhra Pradesh added 1,184 fresh coronavirus cases to its tally that now touched 20,46,841 on Sunday. The latest bulletin said 1,333 patients had recovered from the infection in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday while 11 others succumbed. The gross recoveries now increased to 20,19,657 and toll to 14,136. The number of active cases is now 13,048.
In 24 hours, East Godavari reported the highest 218 and Kurnool the lowest three new cases. Six districts added between 110 and 170 while five others registered between 10 and 60 fresh cases. Chittoor district saw three fresh fatalities, Guntur and Krishna two each, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari one each in a day.
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8:35 AMKerala coronavirus update: Reports 15,951 fresh Covid cases, 165 deaths
Kerala on Sunday registered 15,951 fresh COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths, which took the caseload to 46,29,915 and toll to 24,603.
The number of people who recovered from the infection since Saturday was 17,658 which brought the total recoveries to 44,41,430 and the number of active cases to 1,63,280, an official press release said. As many as 1,03,484 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the release said. Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases in 2,572, followed by Thiruvananthapuram 1,861, Thrissur 1,855, Kottayam 1,486, Kozhikode 1,379, Malappuram 1,211, Palakkad 1,008, Alappuzha 985 and Kollam 954. Of the new cases, 73 were health workers, 70 from outside the state and 15,191 infected through contact, with the source of it not clear in 617. There are currently 4,74,901 people under surveillance in various districts, of whom 4,53,119 are in home or institutional quarantine and 21,781 in hospitals.
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