India COVID-19 News

India, which has been witnessing over 1,000 fresh coronavirus infections for the past few days, now has 11,903 active cases.

Study led by researchers at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) estimated that the actual Covid-19 cases in India are between 58 to 98 crores, while the government has reported nearly 4.5 crore.

WHO has characterized the lineage B.1.617 as a variant of concern (VOC). Variants of concern are those considered more dangerous than the original form of the virus first seen in China in late 2019.

Several EU member states have pledged their support to India on COVID-19 crisis with Ireland sending 700 oxygen concentrators, one oxygen generator and 365 ventilators; Belgium sending 9,000 doses of antiviral medicine Remdesivir and Romania sending 80 oxygen concentrators and 75 oxygen cylinders.

As the number of people infected and killed by the second wave of corona in the country is increasing, Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed AIIMS staff and media about the status of COVID and steps to be taken to strengthen the fight against the deadly virus Granted.

DIAL rolled out its modified online facility for international arriving passengers, following new government norms in view of the emergence of COVID-19 variants. The revamped 'Air Suvidha' portal includes a new RT-PCR testing package and provision for declaring domestic connection.

A new study conducted by scientists of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has revealed that the new COVID-19 variant N440K is spreading more in the southern states of India. The Director of CCMB, Rakesh Mishra said in a release that strict monitoring is required to understand the spread of N440K properly.

A readout from PMO office said during the talks Trudeau informed PM Modi about "Canada's requirements of COVID-19 vaccines from India". PM Modi "assured...that India would do its best to support Canada's vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already".

India has so far sent COVID-19 vaccines to 25 nations and in coming days will be supplying vaccines to 49 more countries. Around 60 per cent of the global COVID-19 vaccines are produced in India and in 2020 amid the pandemic, it sent medicines to 150 countries. During his address, EAM put forward nine points for the world to put "COVID-19 pandemic decisively behind us and to emerge more resilient".

In the context of the spread of mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, the civil aviation ministry has issued new guidelines for international arrivals. There are fresh guidelines for all international travellers coming/transiting through flights originating from the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East.

Addressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India will provide 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to UN Peacekeepers as a gift. "Keeping in mind UN Peacekeepers, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 vaccine doses for them," he added.

In March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a SAARC meet on the COVID-19 pandemic. The meet saw all the SAARC heads of govt and state taking part barring Pakistan.

The state on February 15 clocked 368 new coronavirus cases and two deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 9,45,638 and 12,267 respectively. According to a department bulletin, a total of 9,26,664 people were discharged so far, including 430 on Monday.

All travellers and contacts have been tested and quarantined. "The ICMR-NIV is attempting to isolate and culture the SA variant strain from the samples of these four individual returnees," he said. One Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February.

Daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000. COVID-19 active caseload stands at 3.52 lakh. COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.

The Serum Institute of India, the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, will first focus on supplying AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine to Indians before distributing it to other countries, Serum's Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla said on Monday.

The Centre has decided on a slew of measures to tackle the grim situation in the national capital, amid the sudden spurt in coronavirus COVID-19 cases in Delhi. To ramp up the care facilities in Delhi, 45 doctors and 160 paramedics of the paramilitary forces have arrived in the capital.

Coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,30,070 with 435 new fatalities. No. of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the 6th consecutive day. There are 4,65,478 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country.

For the third consecutive day, Delhi recorded over 70 fatalities due to coronavirus on Monday, taking the death toll to 7,060. A total of 5,023 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the national capital to over 4.4 lakh.

At least half of India`s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease. A member of a federal government committee tasked with providing projections said on Monday. India has so far reported 7.55 million cases of the coronavirus and is second only to the United States in terms of total infections.