Coronavirus News Highlights: Delhi HC says it expect Centre to continue vaccination …

India recorded 11,466 new cases and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per recent data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Haryana too reported no new death due to coronavirus but did log 15 fresh cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 7,71,355, as per health department’s daily bulletin.

Consecutively, people who are travelling from these countries have a few relaxations as is mentioned in the Union Health Ministry’s Guidelines on International Arrivals issued on 20th October.

Meanwhile, the UK government told Parliament on Tuesday that it will be mandatory for frontline healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated if they want to continue working for the National Health Service in England.

MP | Till now, 9.49 lakh people haven’t taken their 2nd dose.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States has brokered a deal between Johnson & Johnson and vaccine-sharing program COVAX for the delivery of the company’s COVID-19 vaccines to people living in conflict zones.He announced the agreement at the opening of a meeting of global foreign ministers convened by Washington on the COVID-19 pandemic, but provided no details such as how many doses would be delivered, when or to which countries.’We need to ensure that people who cannot be reached by government vaccination campaigns aren’t left out of our efforts.

Andhra Pradesh reported 348 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, but the weekly infection positivity rate has now fallen below the one per cent mark after nine months.Medical and Health Department data showed that the infection positivity rate has come down from 1.3 per cent to 0.8 per cent in the week ending November 9.After a total of 2.98 crore sample tests, the cumulative positives rose to 20,69,066 at an overall infection positivity rate of 6.94 per cent.The average number of daily fresh cases also declined to 256.The recovery rate climbed to 99.20 per cent after a total of 20,51,440 persons got cured, including 358 in 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday.The mortality rate remained at 0.70 per cent after a gross toll of 14,406, including three in the last 24 hours.AP now slipped ten places to 30 in the COVID-19 mortality rate in the country.With 3,220 active cases, the state now stands at No.

“Earlier the price of Covaxin at private hospital was Rs 250 and this was easy to pay…

The parties that are expected to form the next government plan to introduce legislation this week that would allow a declaration since March 2020 of an “epidemic situation of national scope” to expire at the end of the month and provide a new legal framework for instituting coronavirus measures.

Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,44,428 on Wednesday as 387 more people tested positive for the infection, 91 more than the previous day, while four fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 8,368, a health bulletin said.

Hungarian authorities recorded 8,434 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest daily tally since early April, with new cases again doubling from last week.

The administration has thus far tested over 6.09 lakh samples for COVID-19, and inoculated over 2.94 lakh people, of whom 2.16 lakh have been fully vaccinated, it added.

Vietnam will by the end of this month have sufficient vaccines to cover its population against COVID-19, a deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.

No death was reported in the last 24 hours and the toll remained at 280.

The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that a significant portion of this ocean plastic debris is expected to make its way onto either beaches or the seabed within three to four years.

Besides these new cases reported on Tuesday, the virus also claimed the lives of two more persons, which took the death toll in the district to 11,547, he said.

This can be done by forming a team of frontline workers who can reach all the families of an area, register all such beneficiaries, create awareness and encourage people to get their dose of vaccine, according to an order issued by the health department.

Greece has hit a record high in new COVID-19 cases for a second day running, with the government ruling out a lockdown or school closures but warning that it might need to mobilise private doctors in badly hit areas.

Anyone over 65 who was vaccinated more than six months ago will need to get a booster shot by mid-December for their “health pass” to remain valid, Macron said on Tuesday.

“All the lions remain bright, alert and are eating well,” the Channel News Asia report quoted Dr Sonja Luz, vice president of conservation, research and veterinary at Mandai Wildlife Group, the zoo operator, as saying.

regulators Tuesday to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings.

Thane has added 115 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection tally in the Maharashtra district to 5,67,002, an official said on Wednesday.

“This is an extension of the order the president signed on his second day in office and will ensure you continue to have the resources you need to get shots in arms and fight the virus,” Zients planned to tell the governors, according to the official.

Gujarat on Tuesday reported 20 new coronavirus cases, pushing its infection tally to 8,26,784, while no fresh death due to the respiratory illness was registered in the state, the health department said.

The recovery count increased to 9,92,401 after six people were discharged from hospitals and 19 completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with 233 active cases.

Maharashtra reported 982 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 27 fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 66,19,329 and the toll to 1,40,430, the state health department said on Tuesday.

The state capital has been witnessing an increase in fresh COVID-19 infections over the past five days, even as the infections in the rest of Tamil Nadu are on a downward trend.

A group of hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg on Tuesday called for the government to take new measures to stem rising COVID-19 cases, saying they have no space or staff to handle more coronavirus patients.

Haryana reported no new coronavirus-related death, even as it added 15 fresh cases on Tuesday, pushing the infection tally to 7,71,355, according to the health department’s daily bulletin.

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