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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Armed forces stave off second wave

Daily average jabs nearly halved in April-May, how self-test kits help, BioNTech says vaccine might work against Indian variant-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Armed forces, Kashmir encounter, Shopian encounter
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Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
Over 259,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 2,59,551 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 26 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 4,209 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 291,331. The active caseload is at 3 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 22.7 million. As many as 191.8 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.5 million were given on Thursday. Read more

Armed forces stave off second wave thanks to vaccines, strict protocols

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