Here are the top updates from Thursday: The European Union said more than 200 million, or 20 crore, Europeans have been fully vaccinated...
Here are the top updates from Thursday:
- The European Union said more than 200 million, or 20 crore, Europeans have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, AFP reported. This is more than half of the adults in the EU’s member states. European Commission spokesperson said that 54.7% of the adult population “is fully vaccinated with either two doses or one dose in the case of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine”. As many as 68.4% of adults in the EU have had their first dose, she added.
- India reported 41,383 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday as the country’s tally rose to 3,12,57,720 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. The number was 1.5% fewer than Wednesday’s count of 42,015 infections. The toll rose to 4,18,987 after 507 patients died.
- The Centre said media reports that alleged India vastly undercounted its coronavirus toll were totally fallacious. The health ministry added that the reports wrongly assumed that all the excess deaths were Covid mortalities.
- The Himachal Pradesh government decided that schools will reopen for Classes 10, 11 and 12 from August 2 in strict adherence with coronavirus norms. Students of Classes 5 and 8 would be allowed to visit schools for clearing doubts from August 2.
- Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo alleged that the central government’s statement on deaths due...
