Coronavirus live updates: UK's Queen Elizabeth and husband receive Covid vaccines
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jan 09, 2021, 23:17:17 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: UK's Queen Elizabeth and husband receive Covid vaccines
Vaccination drive against Covid-19 will begin from Jan 16, the govt announced on Saturday. Doctors, healthcare and sanitation workers will get the vaccine on priority. Stay with TOI for all updates:
National Health Commission official Zheng Zhongwei said that while manufacturing and transport of vaccines have costs, the government can provide vaccines for free to individuals.
India reports 18,222 new Covid-19 cases, 19,253 discharges, and 228 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union health ministry
09:32 (IST) Jan 09
Jharkhand reports 207 new Covid-19 cases, two more deaths
Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 1,16,436 as 207 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Saturday. The death toll increased to 1,043 after two persons from Ranchi and Dhanbad succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, he said.
08:55 (IST) Jan 09
Australia on high alert after overseas travellers bring new Covid-19 strains
Australia's health officials said on Saturday they are on high alert after cases of highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus, discovered in Britain and South Africa, have made it into the country.
The United States hit a new record for coronavirus cases Friday, notching nearly 290,000 in a span of 24 hours, according to a real-time tally by Johns Hopkins University.
In a sharp break with the Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden intends to release nearly all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine soon after he is inaugurated, rather than hold back millions of vials to guarantee second doses will be available.
US sets new record with nearly 290,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins
06:39 (IST) Jan 09
India sees 18,500 new Covid-19 cases for 2nd consecutive day.
03:00 (IST) Jan 09
Biden slammed the Trump administration's vaccination drive and said he would speed up the rollout after taking over the presidency
23:24 (IST) Jan 08
Greece extends lockdown past 2 months, expands vaccinations, reports AP
Greece has extended a two-month lockdown by at least one week, through Jan. 18, and announced plans Friday to increase the number of people getting COVID-19 vaccines from 5,000 per day to 8,000 per day.
22:23 (IST) Jan 08
Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines, ending Trump practice of holding back shots for second dose, reports AP
Germany reported a record 1,188 daily Covid-19 deaths on Friday, only days after further tightening a national lockdown amid fears that a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus may put additional strain on struggling hospitals.
India and China are — quite unwittingly — on opposing sides of a heated political debate in Brazil, a battle royal between Covishield by the Serum Institute and Coronavac by China’s Sinovac.
I participated in medical trials for Covaxin. I went with my wife to Rohtak. I did research about the vaccine. Bharat Biotech & Serum Institute are very good companies. In 28 days I need to get 2nd injection & then wait for 14 days: Ecuador's Envoy to India, Hector Cueva Jacome
20:15 (IST) Jan 08
Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5pm on Friday recorded 685 new positive cases, taking the total to 2.5 lakh. The state also recorded deaths of three positive patients, taking the death toll to 4,335
20:11 (IST) Jan 08
We are declaring a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point. If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS (National Health Service) could be overwhelmed and more people will die.
London mayor Sadiq Khan
20:10 (IST) Jan 08
London declares 'major incident' with hospitals at risk of Covid deluge
"The stark reality is that we will run out of beds for patients in the next couple of weeks unless the spread of the virus slows down drastically," Sadiq Khan said in a statement, urging greater support from the central UK government.