9.57 am : India records 47,905 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally in the country to 86,83,916, according to the health ministry’s dat...
9.57 am: India records 47,905 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally in the country to 86,83,916, according to the health ministry’s data. The toll rises by 550 to 1,28,121 in 24 hours. There are now 4,89,294 active cases and 80,66,501 recoveries.
8.50 am: Globally, the coronavirus has infected more than 5.20 crore people and killed 12,82,184 people, according to the John Hopkins University data. The recoveries stand at 3,34,90,724.
8.40 am: According to The Washington Post, in one week, new daily coronavirus cases in the United States has gone up from 1,04,000 to more than 1,45,000 on Wednesday, the latest all-time high.
8.35 am: Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says cold storage requirements of Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines could hamper distribution, reports Reuters.
“It does have cold-chain challenges as it were,” Fauci said at the Financial Times’ global pharmaceutical and biotechnology conference. “In a country like the UK and the United States we can address them and it still would be challenging. But, probably much more challenging in countries in the developing world.”
8.30 am: The United Kingdom becomes the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths, reports AP. As many as 595 more people in the country died within 28 days...
