Here are the updates from Tuesday: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh that the Public He...
Here are the updates from Tuesday:
- The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh that the Public Health Response measures in the states should largely remain the same but had to “become more focused and effective”. The Centre has called the Delta plus variant a “variant of concern”, hours after Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and National Empowered Group on Vaccination Chairperson VK Paul said it was only a “variant of interest”.
- India reported 42,640 new coronavirus cases, taking its overall count of infections since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 2,99,77,861. This was the first day in more than three months that the daily count came at under 50,000. The number of active cases in the country stood at 6,62,251, while the toll rose by 1,167 to 3,89,302.
- Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is in the final stages to get an approval for the use of its Covid-19 vaccine in India, said the firm’s Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla.
- Bharat Biotech has submitted phase three trial data for coronavirus vaccine Covaxin to the Drug Controller General of India over the weekend, NITI Aayog (Health) member VK Paul said.
- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government and Mumbai’s civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, to frame...
