India will resume the export of surplus COVID-19 vaccines in October under the 'Vaccine Maitri' programme and to meet its commitment to the COVAX global pool.
"This is the first such series of 7 modules released in India, providing extensive guidelines for the medical fraternity. This includes a module for healthcare providers to deal with mental health, which is of utmost importance," Mansukh Mandaviya added.
China declared the coronavirus under control in early 2020 but has suffered outbreaks of the more contagious delta variant.
The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the ministry said.
Weekly Covid-19-associated hospitalisation rates among children and adolescents rose nearly five-fold during the period from late June to mid-August.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India rose to 4,05,681, the ministry data showed.
Nagpur on Thursday registered 6 new COVID-19 infections, while the city has 75 active cases.
Based on the increasing rate at which novel pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 have broken loose in human populations in the past 50 years, the study estimates that the probability of novel disease outbreaks will likely grow three-fold in the next few decades.
Meanwhile, automotive fuel sales volumes decreased by 2.9 pc over the month, marking 1st monthly fall since Feb 2021, the ONS data showed.
On the first morning that U.S. citizens were allowed to cross into Canada again, it was slow going in the tiny border town of Derby Line, Vermont.
A total of 51,45,00,268 people are vaccinated in the country as of Health Ministry's data on Tuesday.
The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.
Americans have managed to get COVID booster shots by taking advantage of the nation’s vaccine surplus and loose tracking of those who have been fully vaccinated.
The Florida Hospital Association said Friday that statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing last year’s peak.
"In just the first six months of 2021, India has been to see 15 more unicorns," Piyush Goyal said.
All teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated on priority ahead of resuming classes.
On health, economic and social fronts, the World Bank has spent more than $157 Billion to fight COVID pandemic.
The official data showed that 39,806 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday across Bangladesh.
The hajj pilgrimage, which once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from all walks of life from across the globe, is now almost unrecognizable.
In recent months, the lab-leak theory has gained great traction pushing US President Joe Biden to give the American intelligence team a 90-day deadline to find answers into the virus origin.
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