9.36 am: India registers 3,11,170 new coronavirus cases today, pushing the country’s tally of infections since the pandemic began to 2,46,...
9.36 am: India registers 3,11,170 new coronavirus cases today, pushing the country’s tally of infections since the pandemic began to 2,46,84,077. The toll rises by 4,077 to 2,70,284. The number of active cases stand at 36,18,458, while the recoveries climb to 2,07,95,335.
9.32 am: Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain will accelerate its vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus first identified in India, reports Reuters. “I believe we should trust in our vaccines to protect the public whilst monitoring the situation very closely because the race between our vaccination programme and the virus may be about to become a great deal tighter,” Johnson says.
9.31 am: The Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands records 26 new Covid cases, pushing the tally of infections to 6,568, reports PTI.
9.29 am: The first “Oxygen Express” train to Kerala, carrying 118 metric tonnes of the life-saving gas, arrives at the Vallarpadam terminal of Kochi port.
The first #OxygenExpress to Kerala has reached Ernakulam from Kalinganagar with medical Oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the State. pic.twitter.com/zqLYCbvSRC
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 16, 2021
9.27 am: Police personnel keep watch in Siliguri district of West Bengal.
West Bengal: Security personnel deployed in Siliguri in the wake of restrictions imposed in the state due to #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Fyscf16H5I
— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2021
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