The drug will be marketed in India by Cipla and the second batch will be made available by mid-June. The drug will be available through leading hospitals and Covid treatment centres.
Karnataka recorded 25,311 fresh Covid-19 cases, 57,333 discharges and 529 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the state health bulletin yesterday. The active cases in the state stand at 4,40,435.
India reports 1,96,427 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's Covid tally to 2,69,48,874. With 3,511 deaths, India's death toll due to the virus stands at 3,07,231.
Talking about the effect of the pandemic on children and young people, AIIMS, Delhi director Randeep Guleria noted, Children suffered collateral damage due to mental stress, smartphone addiction and education challenges amid the ongoing pandemic.
Hundreds of villagers gathered in Karnataka's Belagavi district to organise the funeral of a 'divine' horse, flouting Covid restrictions.
K'taka Lockdown: BBMP staff thrash public, force them to undergo COVID test to reach target
Vaccine rollout for the 18-44 age group was paused on Saturday in Delhi due to the shortage of doses.
Considering a better situation in the state in terms of fresh cases, the government has allowed citizens to travel and purchase essential commodities between 8 to 11 AM.
As Covid victim's family were harassed in the past either by charging exorbitant to ferry dead bodies to crematorium or to dispose off the bodies, IAS officers Captain P Manivanna and N Manjunath Prasad have pressed Civil Defense Force team at 15 crematoriums across Bengaluru.
In a move to boost the largest vaccination drive, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced its plan to initiate on-site registration/facilitated cohort registration on the CoWIN digital platform for 18-44 years age group.
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