9.28 am: The health ministry clarifies that it has not banned the export of any coronavirus vaccine, PTI reports. 9.20 am: India registe...
9.28 am: The health ministry clarifies that it has not banned the export of any coronavirus vaccine, PTI reports.
9.20 am: India registers 18,088 new cases on Wednesday, taking its tally to 1,03,74,932. The new cases are 10.46% higher than Tuesday’s count. The country’s toll rises by 264 to 1,50,114. The country’s active cases stand at 2,27,546, while the recoveries reach 99,97,272.
9.16 am: The Centre allows limited resumption of flights to the United Kingdom from Wednesday, ANI reports. Some flights from the UK will start from January 8.
“We took a decision on limited resumption of civil aviation traffic between India and the United Kingdom based on an assessment of facts as available with our medical professionals,” Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tells the news agency. The minister also says that the total number of flights to UK has been reduced from 60 per week to 30.
He adds: “We decided that RT-PCR test which was done 72 hours ahead of travelling was not enough. So, we made it compulsory to test again on arrival. We will review the situation if any steps have to be taken.”
9.08 am: The World Health Organization says the mutant coronavirus strain found in the UK has been detected in 40 other countries/ territories, ANI reports....
