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COVID-19: India records 14,545 new cases
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,83,708 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.78 per cent,while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 2 lakh for the third consecutive day. There are 1,88,688 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprise1.78 per cent of the total caseload,the data stated.
Biden launches ”100 days mask challenge”; makes COVID-19 test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US
The death toll will likely top 5,00,000 next month, he said, adding that the cases will continue to mount.
“Our national plan launches a full-scale wartime effort to address the supply shortages by ramping up production and protective equipment, syringes, needles, you name it. And when I say wartime, people look at me like wartime? Well, as I said last night, 4,00,000 Americans have died. That”s more than World War II… this is a wartime undertaking,” he said.
WHO expects 100 million global Covid-19 cases by January end
The WHO chief also stressed that vaccines complement rather than replace fundamental public health measures that individuals, communities and governments must take to stop the spread of Covid-19, which is especially important in the face of rapidly-spreading variants.
2 health care workers admitted to hospital after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
The condition of both the health care workers in Jagatsinghpur and Bargarh district was stated to be stable
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 shot safe, produced immune response in early human trial – The Lancet
The vaccine was granted emergency approval by the drugs controller general of India this month along with another vaccine, Covishield, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
California COVID-19 benefits fraud could reach $9.8 billion
The state has acknowledged that the department was bilked out of hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment funds that went to fraudsters, including some in the name of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Others were sent to inmates in jails and prisons, including some on California’s death row.
India has seen the worst, barring another wave of COVID-19, says RBI
“Recent shifts in the macroeconomic landscape have brightened the outlook, with GDP in striking distance of attaining positive territory and inflation easing closer to the target,” the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in an article on the state of the economy.
South Africa to pay $5.25 a dose for AstraZeneca vaccine from India’s SII
The SII doses are intended for South Africa’s frontline healthcare workers, who have been under huge strain during a second wave of coronavirus infections. They are due to start arriving before the end of the month, before the AU doses become available from March.
British Indian survey finds reluctance in community towards COVID-19 vaccines
Despite being one of the hardest hit communities by COVID-19, British Indians show reluctance in taking a vaccine. Much of this reluctance stems from the community saying they do not feel informed enough about the vaccine, its benefits and its impact, says the report entitled Vaccines, The Pandemic and British Indians’.
9.99 lakh healthcare workers received vaccine shots till Thursday 6 pm: Health Ministry
As far as adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) are concerned, he said there was one hospitalisation in Rajasthan.”A person who was vaccinated on January 16 and developed intracranial hemorrhage on January 20 has been admitted to Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur in Rajasthan and it is not related to vaccination. Further no death has been reported today,” Agnani said.