Coronavirus LIVE: Mumbai mayor warns of another lockdown amid rise in cases

Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra's daily Covid count remains above 3,000 for the seventh straight day. Over 8.7 million have been vaccinated in India

10:05 AM

Maharashtra: Thane sees 285 new coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hrs

The COVID-19 tally in Thane district of Maharashtra has gone up to 2,58,030 with the addition of 285 fresh cases, an official said on Tuesday.

 

Besides these new cases reported on Monday, one more person died of COVID-19, raising the overall toll in the district, which is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), to 6,203, he said.

 

The COVID-19 mortality rate in the district now stands at 2.41 per cent, the official said, adding that the number of active cases stood at 3,290. Read on...

9:28 AM

Coronavirus in India: Latest update by MoHFW

Active cases: 136,872 (Net reduction: 2,765)

Deaths: 155,813 (Net increase: 81)

Cured: 10,633,025 (Net increase: 11,805)

Total cases: 10,925,710 (Net increase: 9,121)

Total vaccination: 8,720,822 (Increase over previous day: 435,527)

9:07 AM

No new coronavirus cases raise hopes New Zealand will end lockdown

For a second consecutive day, New Zealand reported no new community cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, raising hopes that a lockdown in Auckland will be lifted Wednesday.

 

Just how three family members contracted the disease remains a mystery. After the cases were found, top lawmakers hurriedly placed New Zealand's largest city into a three-day lockdown, the nation's first in six months. Read on...

9:05 AM

Russia's Covid-19 cases up 14,207 to 4,086,090, death toll jumps by 394

Russia registered 14,207 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 4,086,090, the country's Covid-19 response centre said in a statement.

 

It said that 394 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 80,520, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

 

According to the statement, 3,607,036 people have so far recovered, including 13,935 recoveries over the past day. Read on...

8:33 AM

Covid-19 vaccines not ready for open-market roll-out yet, says govt

Expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP has gone up from 1.5 per cent in 2019-20 to 1.8 per cent in 2020-21, the health ministry said.

 

The committee of experts is yet to finalise the details of vaccinating those with co-morbidities, such as the diseases that would be covered and given priority for the jab.

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8:11 AM

Incoming WTO head warns 'vaccine nationalism' could slow pandemic recovery

 The World Trade Organization's incoming chief on Monday warned against "vaccine nationalism' that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and could erode economic growth for all countries - rich and poor.

 

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters her top priority was to ensure the WTO does more to address the pandemic, saying members should accelerate efforts to lift export restrictions slowing trade in needed medicines and supplies.

 

The former Nigerian finance minister and senior World Bank executive was appointed on Monday in a consensus process and starts her new job on March 1.

 

"The WTO can contribute so much more to helping stop the pandemic," Okonjo-Iweala said in an interview at her home in a suburb of Washington.