10.42 am: Belgium logs 3,636 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to 6,15,058, reports The Times of India , citin...

10.42 am: Belgium logs 3,636 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to 6,15,058, reports The Times of India, citing public health institute Sciensano. The toll in the country rises by 100 to 18,278.
10.36 am: South Korea Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun says the government’s highest priority was securing more bed to handle a surge in coronavirus cases in the country, reports Reuters. The country has reported till Tuesday 1,078 new coronavirus cases, the highest since the pandemic began.
10.31 am: A 28-year-old man, who crossed the Irish Sea from Scotland on a jet ski to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man, has been arrested for violating Covid-19 norms, The Indian Express reports. according to the island’s Covid-19 regulations, non-residents are banned from entering without special permission.
10.29 am: Department of Biotechnology advisor Alka Sharma says over 100 experts from friendly neighbouring countries have so far been trained to strengthen capacities in their countries to facilitate phase-3 clinical trials of the Indian Covid-19 vaccine, reports PTI. “More than 100 participants from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka took part in this training programme,” she says.
10.20 am: India’s coronavirus tally rises to 99,56,557 on Thursday as it reports 24,010 new cases in 24 hours. The country’s toll rises by 355 to 1,44,451.
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