Coronavirus latest update covid news corona disease

Coronavirus latest update covid news corona disease

India detected 35,871 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, of which 23,179 cases (close to 65 per cent) were from Maharashtra. The number of active cases in the country has increased to more than 2.52 lakh. At least 172 deaths were reported on Wednesday, taking the toll to over 1.59 lakh. Maharashtra’s surge is close to the peak of 24,886 that the state recorded in September last year.

As many as 70 districts have reported a 150 per cent increase in the number of cases over the past few weeks, Prime Minister Modi told a virtual meeting of Chief Ministers on Wednesday. Amid the spike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged states to take “quick and decisive steps” to stop the emerging “second peak” of the Covid-19. For the first time since vaccination was opened up for the general public at the beginning of the month, the Prime Minister flagged multiple concerns emerging from the inoculation drive.

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Calling for relaxation of the vaccination age limit, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow all people over the age of 45, with or without comorbidities, to get vaccinated. Thackeray made the demand during the virtual meeting that chief ministers had with the PM on a day Maharashtra reported 23,179 new Covid-19 cases.

“Considering that a large number of youngsters are infected with coronavirus, all aged 45 years and above, with or without comorbidities, should be vaccinated,” Thackeray said during the interaction. Maintaining that more vaccination centres should be allowed to come up, Thackeray sought that state-run Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation be allowed to produce vaccines.

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Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least six months, but elderly patients are more prone to reinfection, according to research published in The Lancet.

In 2020, as part of Denmark’s extensive, free-of-charge PCR-testing strategy, approximately 4 million individuals (69 per cent of the population) underwent tests. Using these national PCR-test data from 2020, researchers estimated protection towards repeat infection with SARS-CoV-2. Large-scale assessment of reinfection rates in Denmark in 2020 confirms that only a small proportion of people (0.65%) returned a positive PCR test twice.

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China has opened its mass domestic COVID-19 inoculation drive for the first time to Beijing-based diplomats and foreign journalists by offering a vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company.

A notice issued to the foreign journalists here on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group. Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted conditional market approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration.

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Yesterday, 536 Covid-19 cases reported. Positivity rate in Delhi is 0.66%. Compared to other states, situation in Delhi is under control.

The testing rate is 5% more than the national average. People shouldn’t be careless & wear masks as much as possible: Delhi Health Minister

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In a first such warning against an emerging second peak of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked states to take quick and decisive steps to check the spread of the virus. In an urgently called video-conference meeting, chief ministers were told to adopt the test, track and treat strategy to stop a new Covid wave. “While we do not want to create any panic, we have to take steps to rid ourselves of this trouble,” Modi said, adding that the country needs the same seriousness as last year.

The PM called for an increase in the number of vaccination centres and asked states to control was­t­age of doses. Although opening up vaccination for all without an age bar has been a demand from many states, the PM didn’t talk about it in his address after the meeting. “The confidence we have gained in reaching this point in our fight against the pandemic should not turn to negligence,’’ the PM said.

Concerned over the increase in cases in smaller tier one and two cities, Modi said if the disease were to spread to villages, the available health facilities cou­ld fall short in m­e­e­ting the challenge..

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