9.34 am: India’s coronavirus tally rises to 1,02,44,852 after 20,549 new cases emerge in 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry...
9.34 am: India’s coronavirus tally rises to 1,02,44,852 after 20,549 new cases emerge in 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The country’s toll climbs by 286 to 1,48,439. There are 2,62,272 active cases, and 98,34,141 people have recovered from the disease so far.
8.57 am: United States reports its first case of the new mutant strain of the coronavirus, after a man in Colorado who has no travel history, tested positive, reports AP. The Colorado State Laboratory confirmed the virus variant, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified.
8.56 am: Singapore becomes the first Asian country to start vaccinating healthcare workers against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, reports PTI.
8.54 am: A total of 20 people in India have tested positive for the more contagious and genetically distinct variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in Britain, say multiple reports. The tally was based on the results of genome sequencing of positive samples released by the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog) labs, according to the Hindustan Times.
8.50 am: United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television in Washington DC, and urged Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, reports CNN. “That was easy,” Harris said after receiving the shot in her left arm. “Thank you. I barely...
