10.56 am: Four states conduct a dry run for the coronavirus vaccination process for the second consecutive day before the expected rollou...
10.56 am: Four states conduct a dry run for the coronavirus vaccination process for the second consecutive day before the expected rollout of the vaccine, reports the Hindustan Times. While Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Assam conducted mock registration of volunteers on Monday, they carried out dummy vaccination drills on Tuesday.
10.49 am: The Swedish government has proposed a temporary coronavirus pandemic law giving it new powers to curb the spread of Covid-19, which it said it hoped to have in place by January, reports AFp. The law will allow the country to close down businesses, shopping malls or public transport as well as limit the number of people permitted in public gatherings. Earlier, the country relied mostly on non-coercive measures during the pandemic.
10.45 am: Russia has admitted that its toll because of the coronavirus was three times higher than reported earlier, making it the country with the third-largest number of fatalities, reports AFP. Russian health officials have said that over 1.86 lakh Russians have died from Covid-19.
10.43 am: Local authorities in Germany’s Vorpommern-Ruegen district said that eight elderly workers at a care home were mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, reports ANI. Four of them have developed flu-like symptoms and were admitted to a hospital for observation.
10.40 am: The United States’...
