As of Friday, 50 pc of US population had been fully vaccinated against the virus. Over 193.7 mn, or 58.4 pc of all Americans, have gotten at least 1 dose, showed the data, Xinhua news agency reported.
In the country of 83 mn people, more than 41 million have received 1st dose of vaccine, while 28 mn have been administered 2nd dose, the ministry said, Xinhua news agency reported.
"That is certainly under strong consideration, but it is under a policy process review right now that I won't get ahead of myself," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a daily briefing, Xinhua news agency reported.
The health authorities announced on Wednesday that 82 deaths were reported with 4,727 new cases.
The change, announced by the Dept for Transport, comes into effect from 4 am local time on Sunday.
Bengaluru logged 477 new Covid cases on Tuesday taking the number of confirmed cases to 12,28,515.
AAPI is the largest ethnic medical organisation in US representing the interest of more than 1,00,000 physicians in the country.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new requirements on Tuesday, making New York the first big city in the US to draw these battle lines as Covid delta variant surges.
With a need for several billion doses around the world, US was committed to provide half a billion, Biden said during a press conference at White House on Tuesday.
In the last 24 hours, 1,99,456 samples were tested and the TPR was found to be 11.87 per cent. So far, 2.77 crore samples have been tested, it said.
Since July 27 there have been 1,28,373 more infections in Kerala.
After battling with the virus for long, a 45-year-old woman was discharged from the hospital on Friday post 100 days of recieving treatment.
"So what we want to do for all parties, and everybody is calling for this, there's widespread agreement amongst all our member states, let's not politicise the process," the Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.
A fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant could strike the country, said Canada’s chief public health officer.
The document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant, first identified in India, at the same rate as unvaccinated people.
Rahul Gandhi's remarks came after Kerala witnessed a spike in the number of Covid cases in recent days.
Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secy in Ministry of Health in charge of Technical Services said that it was evident that countries that have achieved high vaccination rates have seen reductions in severe disease and deaths due to Covid, the Xinhua news agency reported.
New Zealand secured 7.6 mn doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for 3.8 mn people, through an advance purchase agreement with the company last year, Acting Minister for Covid Response Ayesha Verrall said in a statement.
The total active cases of COVID in India have now mounted to 4,03,840, the data showed.
It's the 2nd time FDA has extended shelf life on vaccines since June, when the agency said they could be used for up to 4.5 months. When first authorized in February, the FDA said the vaccines could be stored for three months at normal refrigeration levels.
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