Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the government is doing its best and learning from experiences to prevent the third wave but following Covid-appropriate behavior is very important, and thus people must not become negligent.
Bill Gates congratulated India on Friday as it administered more than 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses in one day.
Health Department officials said that at least nine of the worst-hit districts in the two previous waves "are being monitored very closely" to ensure that infections and fatalities can be controlled, besides taking measure to shield children and infants.
The infected might include 12 percent children and adolescents in the age group of 0 to 18 years, and the anticipated third spell could last for around 75 days, it said.
Friday prayers will be offered at Lucknow's Asafi Imambara from August 27
A committee of experts under the panel has demanded better medical preparedness especially for children who might be at risk just as much as adults this time.
The company's indigenously developed needle-free three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D was granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the drug regulator on Friday, making it the first vaccine to be administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 12-18 years in the country.
Zydus Group MD Dr. Sharvil Patel has claimed that 'ZyCoV-D' vaccine holds about 66% efficacy against the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The Centre is fully ready to tackle a possible third wave of COVID-19 and a provision of Rs 23,123 has been made for this purpose, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said.
Referring to apprehensions that the possible third wave could infect children more, the AIIMS chief pointed out that children would be "more susceptible" because they were not being vaccinated.
In order to contain the COVID outbreak, the Karnataka government on Thursday issued an order banning all Muharram processions till August 20.
As of Sunday August 08, total 48,17,67,232 have been tested in the country, and 13,71,871 samples were tested on Sunday alone.
Of the new cases, 58 were found in the eastern city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, where the highly contagious delta variant spread among airport workers in the provincial capital of Nanjing.
Mumbai Police have arrested at least 10 men following a raid at a bar in suburban Malad.
For third day in a row, India recorded over 40,000 Covid cases amid concerns of rise in trajectory of fresh infections. The total fatalities in India jumped to 426,754.
Abhijit Banerjee said that boosting the state's economy is directly related to the revival of the country's economy as it is under stress due to the ongoing pandemic situation.
In May, Vidyasagar, a professor at IIT Hyderabad had said India’s coronavirus outbreak could peak in the coming days based on the mathematical model.
At a special meeting held to review the state's preparedness to handle the third wave, George said about half of the population of Kerala was susceptible to the virus and therefore, precautions have to be taken as the presence of the highly contagious delta variant has been detected, according to a state government release.
Over 48.78 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline.
Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that it is not possible to provide a definite time frame for the arrival of the third wave, and the non-vaccinated category of the population is likely to be affected the most.
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