Here are the top updates from Tuesday: The United Kingdom government on Tuesday announced that children aged between 12 and 15 will be gi...
Here are the top updates from Tuesday:
- The United Kingdom government on Tuesday announced that children aged between 12 and 15 will be given the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech from next week, reported PTI. This came after the country’s chief medical officers gave their approval to inoculate children against the infection.
- India registered 25,404 new coronavirus cases that pushed the country’s overall tally of infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in January last year to 3,32,89,579. The new cases were 6.78% lower than Monday’s count of 27,254. The country’s toll rose to 4,43,213 with 339 deaths.
- Mumbai recorded 367 new coronavirus cases, pushing the infection tally to 7,35,770 in the city, reported PTI. This is the fourth consecutive day when the city has registered less than 400 cases. The toll rose by five to 16,033.
- The United Kingdom’s expert advisory panel recommended that a third booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine would be beneficial for citizens aged over 50 and frontline healthcare workers to increase their protection against the infection during the winter, reported PTI. The country’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said that a gap of six months after the second dose should be optimum time to administer...
