WHO chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan stressed that its "severity has not surged to a new level" even though infections are going up exponentially in many countries and asked people to get vaccinated against the virus.
A notification for the cancellation of the gram panchayat elections was issued by the SEC after discussing all pros and cons in the matter, official sources said.
These new vaccines are CORBEVAX and COVOVAX while the anti-viral drug is named Molnupiravir.
The US Centres for Disease Control has revised the Covid-19 protocol which shortens the isolation time from 10 days to five days if asymptomatic followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others.
States and UTs directed to observe all precautions and not let the guard down.
Pfizer also reported preliminary findings from a second clinical study, which showed that the therapy decreased hospitalizations by almost 70% in 600 standard-risk patients.
“Those who have not been vaccinated in Madurai will be barred from entering public places including fair price shops, business establishments, supermarkets, theatres, wedding halls, shopping malls, garment shops, banks and liquor stores,” the order issued by the District collector read.
The active cases account for 0.27 per cent of overall infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.36 per cent, the greatest since March 2020, according to the ministry.
According to the expert, South Africa, where the virus was initially discovered, has yet to register a single case of hospitalisation.
On Sunday, India experienced a single-day increase of 2,796 fatalities when Bihar conducted a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data, bringing its death toll to 4,73,326, with 8,895 new infections reported.
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