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Coronavirus news: 45-week gap between 2 Covishield doses boosts immunity, Oxford study finds

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 29, 2021, 11:33:02 IST

Coronavirus news: 45-week gap between 2 Covishield doses boosts immunity, Oxford study finds

India reported 46,148 new Covid-19 cases and 979 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the union health and family welfare ministry on Monday. This is for the first time in over two and half months that the death toll has come below the 1,000-mark and the 11th consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark. The total caseload rose to 3,02,79,331 as India crossed the mark of over three crore Covid cases last Wednesday. Stay with TOI for the latest developments

10:09 (IST) Jun 27

Covid-19 recovery rate of the country has improved to 96.75 per cent while the weekly case positivity rate has come down to 2.91 per cent.

10:04 (IST) Jun 27

Active cases constitute 1.94% of total cases

10:03 (IST) Jun 27

India's active cases stands at 5,86,403

09:48 (IST) Jun 27

India reports 1,258 deaths in last 24 hours

09:37 (IST) Jun 27

India reports 50,040 new cases in last 24 hours; active cases decline to 5,86,403. The country's rate recovery rate rises to 96.75%

09:30 (IST) Jun 27

5 new cases take Covid-19 tally of Andamans to 7,446

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09:13 (IST) Jun 27

Kerala: Police check vehicular movement as weekend lockdown imposed in Thiruvananthapuram; only essential services allowed

09:07 (IST) Jun 27

New variant may breach vaccination shield, says study

The Delta variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus has been found to be a major factor for breakthrough infections — Covid infection in persons who have received one or both doses of the vaccine — among healthcare workers at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in south Delhi.

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09:01 (IST) Jun 27

Jharkhand preparing to fight against next Covid-19 wave: Hemant Soren

''Our government will not leave any stone unturned to create the best possible health infrastructure for our people and children. The third wave is anticipated but the government is preparing itself in advance to fight against the new wave. The second wave was a lesson for us; it helped us find the loopholes in our health facilities. But, this time we are preparing ourselves in advance," Soren said.

08:56 (IST) Jun 27

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 180.7 million

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 180.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.91 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 180,720,199 and 3,915,760, respectively.

08:31 (IST) Jun 27

Japan to ask athletes from India, others for more Covid-19 tests

Japan plans to ask Olympic athletes from India and five other countries hit hard by the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus to have daily virus tests for seven days before leaving for the Games, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.

08:14 (IST) Jun 27

Mizoram's Covid-19 case tally rises to 19,324 with 233 new infections reported in the last 24 hours; positivity rate at 6.51%

08:02 (IST) Jun 27

As per affidavit submitted by the Govt of India in Supreme Court, the projected availability of Covid-19 vaccines from August'21 to Dec'21: Covishield-50 crore, Covaxin-40 crore, Bio E sub unit vaccine-30 crore, Zydus Cadila DNA vaccine-5 crore, Sputnik V-10 crore; total 135 crore

07:50 (IST) Jun 27

135 crore more doses by year-end to vaccinate all against Covid, says govt

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07:47 (IST) Jun 27

None of Maharashtra’s 21 Delta-plus infected were vaccinated?

None of the 21 Covid-19 patients infected with the new Delta-plus variant in Maharashtra were possibly vaccinated. Dr Pradeep Awate, who heads the epidemiology cell of the state government's public health department, said they were still gathering information of patients, who are spread across the state, but preliminary information indicates most were not vaccinated.

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07:46 (IST) Jun 27

40% of total active Covid cases in 20 districts of country: Govt

Nearly 40% of the total 5.95 lakh active cases of Covid-19 are in 20 districts with 12 in Maharashtra (seven districts) and Kerala (five districts) alone, indicating the areas where the infection continues to be sticky and needs greater attention.

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07:45 (IST) Jun 27

Gender Gap: 12 lakh more men vaccinated than women in Delhi

More men are protected against the coronavirus than women, at least if vaccination figures are anything to go by. So far, 42.3 lakh men in Delhi and 30.5 lakh women have been administered one or both doses of the anti-Covid vaccine. On Saturday, Delhi added another two lakh to the 72 lakh that have received the jab in the city, the highest single-day number since vaccination began in January.

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07:36 (IST) Jun 27

Don’t generalise to say Delhi sought 4X oxygen needed: AIIMS chief Guleria

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02:37 (IST) Jun 27

The SC had asked the Centre to collate statistics from states which are paying ex gratia to kin of Covid victims and from which source. The Centre provided data for 36 states and UTs and said only 10 states are providing ex gratia ranging from Rs 50 lakh (by Assam) and Rs 50,000 (Delhi and Meghalaya).

02:33 (IST) Jun 27

The Union government on Saturday informed the Supreme Court that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) were considering a proposal on insurance-backed ex gratia for Covid victims, which was disrupted due to a sharp rise in Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic.