Latest News Live Updates: Over 77.66 Lakh Healthcare, Frontline Workers Vaccinated Against Covid, Says Centre
Latest News Live Updates: India’s total active number of Covid cases has seen a sharp decline.
New Delhi:
The number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has reached 77.66 lakh on the 28th day of the countrywide inoculation programme, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 till 6 pm on Friday is 77,66,319 as per the provisional report, the ministry said.
India’s tally of active COVID-19 cases has fallen to 1.35 lakh comprising only 1.25 per cent of the total infections, while the distribution of new cases in a span of 24 hours till Friday shows only one state reporting over 1,000 cases, the Union Health Ministry said. The distribution of daily deaths among states and union territories also reflects a significant decline with 18 states and union territories not reporting any new deaths in a span of 24 hours. Thirteen states and UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths, it said.
The country’s total active number of cases has seen a sharp decline, falling to 1.35 lakh (1,35,926) and comprises only 1.25 per cent of the total cases.
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ECDC chief Andrea Ammon urged European countries in particular not to drop their guard against a virus that “seems very well adapted to humans” and may require experts to tweak vaccines over time, as is the case for the seasonal flu. “So we should be prepared that it will remain with us,” according to Ammon, head of the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
US biotech firm Moderna said Friday it was seeking clearance with regulators around the world to put 50 percent more coronavirus vaccine into each of its vials as a way to quickly boost current supply levels.
The company issued a statement after The New York Times first reported the US Food and Drug Administration had already cleared it to increase levels by 40 percent. “In order to better maximize resources as well as maximize opportunities to deliver more doses into each market faster, Moderna has proposed filling vials with up to 15 doses of vaccine versus the previous 10 doses,” a spokesperson said.