9.55 am: India registers 15,158 new coronavirus cases , taking the overall count to 1,05,42,841. The country’s toll rises by 175 to 1,52,0...
9.55 am: India registers 15,158 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall count to 1,05,42,841. The country’s toll rises by 175 to 1,52,093. India’s active cases stand at 2,11,033, while the number of recoveries reaches 1,01,79,715.
9.30 am: Visuals from Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital.
#WATCH | Health workers clap and cheer as COVID-19 vaccine reaches the vaccination centre at Cooper hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/QOp2X15Cs8
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
9.08 am: Over 8 lakh samples were tested on Friday, says the Indian Council of Medical Research.
COVID-19 Testing Update. For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ @MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #CoronaUpdatesInIndia #COVID19 #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/Fp9gnCrrGs
— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) January 16, 2021
8.58 am: A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch of vaccination process.
8.57 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets on launch of vaccination process at 10.30 am on Saturday.
Tomorrow, 16th January, India begins the pan-India rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination drive.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 15, 2021
The launch will take place at 10:30 AM tomorrow morning. https://t.co/zopwtXPmZO
8.55 am: Efficacy of the Covishield vaccine goes up if the gap between two doses is more than 28 days, Serum Institute of India Executive Director Suresh Jadhav tells NDTV.
8.30 am: Here are the top updates from Friday
- A day before a massive countrywide vaccination drive against coronavirus is set to commence, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the step is “the beginning...