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The Ministry stated that more than 192.17 crores of vaccine doses had been provided to states/UTs through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and the direct state procurement category.

The decision comes as the national capital is again witnessing a spike in the number of daily Covid-19 cases.

Following the city authority, the first death due to the virus was reported on Monday. The total now stands at 10, despite the scale of the outbreak.

Experts cautioned against following the trends as the hospitalisation and deaths rates remain unchanged.   

Croup is a type of respiratory illness, known medically as laryngotracheitis, in babies and young children. It is characterised by barking cough, and noisy breathing. In severe cases, it can dangerously constrict breathing.

China's largest city Shanghai has been stewed under a patchwork of lockdown restrictions this year due to the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic's inception.   

Due to Covid-19 emergence in the country in February 2020, Italy had reported nearly 161,032 deaths, the second-highest toll in the European region after Britain.   

For deaths that occurred prior to March 20, the claims have to be filed within 60 days, while for any future deaths, 90 days’ time has been given to file for the ex gratia.  

The decision to allow the booster doses to all the adults comes as infections advance in many countries.  

The new ‘XE’ variant of Covid-19 appears to be about 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, as per the World Health Organization (WHO). So far, BA.2 was deemed to be the most contagious of all the Covid-19 variants.