Coronavirus in India live updates: Centre, Bharat Biotech invite other companies to scale up Covaxin production
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 30, 2021, 21:30:23 IST
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Coronavirus in India live updates: Centre, Bharat Biotech invite other companies to scale up Covaxin production

India's daily case count of Covid-19 went past the 3.5 lakh mark on Thursday after a two-day low even as the country recorded more than 4,000 deaths for the second day in a row. With 3,62,727 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's total caseload now stands at 2,37,03,665, as per the Union health ministry data updated at 8:00 am. Stay with TOI for the latest developments-
13:00 (IST) May 12
Several media reports have covered the news of WHO classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as an “Indian Variant”. These media reports are without any basis, and unfounded: Govt of India
12:54 (IST) May 12
More than 4.7 lakh beneficiaries from the age group 18-44 Vaccinated yesterday, says Dr Harsh Varshan
12:34 (IST) May 12
Request Centre to understand severity of situation, stop export of vaccine, and share vaccine formula with other manufacturers, says Sisodia
12:33 (IST) May 12

We have closed around 100 centres in 17 schools where Covaxin was being administered

Delhi deputy CM Sisodia

12:17 (IST) May 12
PM Modi expresses gratitude to the nursing staff
12:09 (IST) May 12
Stricter restrictions to come into force in Assam
11:53 (IST) May 12
Railways runs 100th Oxygen Express train, delivers 6260 tonnes of Oxygen
11:45 (IST) May 12
Puducherry reports 2,007 new positive cases, 1,247 recoveries and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases at 15,562 and total cases at 77,031
11:40 (IST) May 12
The Covid catastrophe unfolding in India has virtually erased the gradual recovery made by the country’s aviation sector in the past few months. With both domestic and international air travel nosediving, the number of flights operated on the busiest international routes and within the country have fallen sharply.
11:05 (IST) May 12

There is a shortage of oxygen in the country that's why Supreme Court has created National Task Force (NTF). People are dying due to the shortage of oxygen. Maharashtra also faced a shortage of oxygen but our govt controlled it well. NTF has to work hard

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

10:44 (IST) May 12
Tamil Nadu chief minister announces solatium of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of 43 doctors, who lost their lives fighting the pandemic
Incentives for doctors, nurses and paramedics, who are involved in Covid duty, have also announced by CM M K Stalin for the month of April, May and June.
10:31 (IST) May 12
Coronavirus cases and vaccine tracker
10:23 (IST) May 12
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will have a meeting today, with the health ministers of some states that are lagging behind in Covid-19 vaccination.
He will meet the health ministers of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Telangana.
10:13 (IST) May 12
Covid cases in India
Covid cases in India
10:08 (IST) May 12
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has entered into a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for the manufacture and commercialization of the drug, Baricitinib, in India: Dr Reddy's
It received restricted emergency use approval from Central Drugs Std Control Org, Health Ministry, for use in combination with Remdesivir to treat suspected/laboratory-confirmed Covid in hospitalized adults requiring supplemental oxygen, invasive mechanical ventilation
09:56 (IST) May 12
Daily Covid-19 death count
09:56 (IST) May 12
Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin was on Tuesday recommended by an expert panel for phase II/III clinical trial on those aged between two to 18 years, official sources said. The trial will take place in 525 subjects at various sites, including AIIMS, Delhi, AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur.
09:46 (IST) May 12
Daily Covid-19 case count
09:33 (IST) May 12
India reports 3,48,42 lakh new cases, 4,205 deaths in last 24 hours
09:24 (IST) May 12
A fire broke out at a hotel-turned-Covid care centre in Gujarat's Bhavnagar town in the wee hours Wednesday, officials said, adding nobody was hurt.