9.19 am: The Karnataka government will soon start a serological survey for children, The News Minute reports. There have been concerns ...
9.19 am: The Karnataka government will soon start a serological survey for children, The News Minute reports.
There have been concerns that a possible third wave of the pandemic will affect children more. However, interim findings of a study done by the World Health Organization and All India Institute of Medical Sciences suggested that this was unlikely to be the case.
9.18 am: India on Monday morning reports 39,796 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 3,05,85,229. This is 7.6% lower than Sunday’s count of 43,071 infections. The toll rises by 723 to 4,02,728.
9.15 am: Delhi’s number of active Covid-19 cases fell below 1,000 for the first time since April, 2020, the Hindustan Times reports. The number stood at 992 on Sunday.
9.11 am: The Uttar Pradesh government will allow cinema halls to open from Monday, PTI reports.
9.09 am: Here are the top updates from Sunday:
- The Haryana government extended Covid-19-induced restrictions till July 12, PTI reported. However, it will allow chartered accountancy and Army entrance exams to take place with proper precautions.
- India reported 43,071 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally since the outbreak of the pandemic in January 2020 to 3,05,45,433. With 955 more deaths, India’s toll rose to 4,02,005. A total of 35,12,21,306 citizens have received their vaccine doses.
- The Delhi government allowed stadiums and...
