9.53 am: Two major hospitals in Afghanistan have been unable to take in new patients because of a lack of beds amid the third wave of the...
9.53 am: Two major hospitals in Afghanistan have been unable to take in new patients because of a lack of beds amid the third wave of the pandemic, Reuters reports.
9.48 am: The World Health Organization warns that Covid-19 is moving quicker than vaccines, adding that the G7’s promise to share doses with poorer countries is not enough, AFP reports.
“I welcome the announcement that G7 countries will donate 870 million (new) vaccine doses, primarily through Covax,” World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. “This is a big help, but we need more, and we need them faster. Right now, the virus is moving faster than the global distribution of vaccines.”
The WHO chief adds: “More than 10 thousand people are dying every day... these communities need vaccines, and they need them now, not next year.”
9.47 am: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announces Rs 1 lakh relief each to families below the poverty line who lost an earning member to Covid-19, PTI reports.
9.44 am: Nearly 73% of the elderly population in India suffered increased abuse during the lockdown in the second wave of Covid-19, a report from the Agewell Foundation shows, according to PTI.
9.42 am: The Covid-19 positivity rate in Jammu falls t0 1%, PTI reports. The city’s recovery rate is 96%.
9.30 am: The total...
