10.02 am : India records 23,067 new coronavirus cases on Friday morning, taking its total to 1,01,46,845. Less than 2.8 lakh of these are a...
10.02 am: India records 23,067 new coronavirus cases on Friday morning, taking its total to 1,01,46,845. Less than 2.8 lakh of these are active cases, the health ministry says. A total of 1,47,092 people have died of the coronavirus in the country, with 336 of those deaths coming in the last 24 hours, the data shows.
9.43 am: The Irish government authorises the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The first delivery of the vaccine will be on December 26, with the first vaccinations taking place on December 30, the country’s Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says.
Delighted to report that I’ve just signed the regulation authorising the use of the Pfizer vaccine in Ireland.
— Stephen Donnelly (@DonnellyStephen) December 24, 2020
First delivery will be St. Stephen’s Day, first vaccinations 30th December.
In what’s been such a tough year for so many, this is really great to see. pic.twitter.com/8cISgeQdXk
9.41 am: A nurse in Mexico became the first person in Latin America to receive a coronavirus jab when her country began its vaccination programme on Thursday, reports BBC. Mexico has received an initial shipment of 3,000 doses of the US-German Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
9.39 am: Jharkhand’s tally of coronavirus cases rises to 1,13,786, after 179 more people tested positive in 24 hours, reports PTI. The toll...
