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Coronavirus pandemic live updates: At 3, Mumbai reports lowest Covid death toll since March

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jan 03, 2021, 23:24:43 IST

Coronavirus pandemic live updates: At 3, Mumbai reports lowest Covid death toll since March

India today approved Oxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country. Stay here for all the live updates

10:44 (IST) Jan 02

Covid-19 vaccination dry being conducted at Primary Healthcare Centre under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Kolkata

10:26 (IST) Jan 02

77 vaccination centers have been identified in Central Delhi. We are following all guidelines laid down by Government of India. We are even looking at transportation security of vaccine: DM Central Delhi at a healthcare centre in Daryaganj, Delhi

10:26 (IST) Jan 02

Feedbacks received after the dry run in 4 states were included in guidelines for vaccination and today's dry run in all states/UTs is being conducted as per new guidelines. Except for giving actual vaccine, every procedure is being followed during the drill

Union health minister

10:17 (IST) Jan 02

I appeal to people not to pay heed to rumours. Ensuring safety and efficacy of vaccine is our priority. Different kinds of rumours were spread during polio immunisation but people took the vaccine and India is now polio-free

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Covid-19 vaccine

09:54 (IST) Jan 02

Health minister KK Shaylaja overseeing the dry run for administering the Covid-19 vaccine at Peroorkada government hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

09:50 (IST) Jan 02

Harsh Vardhan visits GTB Hospital to review the dry run drill for administering Covid-19 vaccine

Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits GTB Hospital to review the dry run drill for administering COV… https://t.co/8bjthHKMOT
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09:46 (IST) Jan 02

Maharashtra: Dry run of administering the Covid-19 vaccine will be conducted at district hospital in Pune

09:44 (IST) Jan 02

Total Covid-19 cases: 1,03,05,788, active cases: 2,50,183, total recoveries: 99,06,387, death toll: 1,49,218

09:43 (IST) Jan 02

Covid-19: 22,926 recoveries, and 224 deaths recorded in last 24 hours, as per Union health ministry

09:41 (IST) Jan 02

India registers 19,078 new Covid-19 cases today, says health ministry

09:39 (IST) Jan 02

Union minister Harsh Vardhan to visit GTB Hospital to review the dry run of administering the Covid-19 vaccine today: ANI

09:36 (IST) Jan 02

Dry run of Covid-19 vaccine to begin in all states today: All you need to know

A dry run of Covid-19 vaccination programme will be conducted across all states and union territories today. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least 3 session sites. Some states will also include districts that are situated in difficult terrain/have poor logistical support. Maharashtra and Kerala are likely to schedule the dry run in major cities along with Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.

07:58 (IST) Jan 02

Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh contribute to 62% of total active cases in the country: Ministry of health and family welfare

07:57 (IST) Jan 02

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine administration to be conducted in all States/Union Territories today in 116 districts across 259 sites: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

04:44 (IST) Jan 02

No approval for Covaxin yet, expert panel seeks more data from Bharat Biotech

The Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation on Friday has held that the data provided by Bharat Biotech for its coronavirus vaccine 'Covaxin' is not sufficient for grant of emergency use approval and has asked for more information, top sources said. The expert committee is tasked with vetting covid-19 vaccine proposals.

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04:43 (IST) Jan 02

Expert panel clears Oxford vaccine for India

India moved closer to the rollout of its vaccination plan against Covid-19 with the subject expert committee of the drug regulator on Friday recommending emergency-use authorisation (EUA) for Serum Institute of India's "Covishield", developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. "DCGI approval will take another day or two," a source said. The first shots are expected to be given in 7-10 days .

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04:42 (IST) Jan 02

After 10 long months, schools come alive in three states

Locked up at home and tethered to digital screens for almost 10 months, schoolchildren across three states - Kerala, Karnataka and Assam - on Friday started the New Year by breaking free of the shackles of the pandemic to step into their classrooms for the first time since the shutdown.

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04:40 (IST) Jan 02

First in 6 mths: 7-day average of daily cases below 20,000

India’s average daily tally of fresh Covid-19 cases fell below the 20,000 mark on Friday for the first time since July 2. The seven-day rolling average of daily cases stood at 19,545 on Friday, a day when a little more than 19,200 new infections were recorded in the country. The average had peaked at 93,735 on September 17 last year, a day when the highest number of daily cases were also reported (98,795).

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04:39 (IST) Jan 02

Sanitation staff, pharmacists may be on 1st vaccination list

Amid speculation whether sanitation workers and pharmacists will be considered for vaccination against Covid-19 in the initial phase, the government has started working to include them in the 'priority' population after PM Modi lauded theirs efforts as 'frontline' corona warriors during his speech on Thursday while laying the foundation for AIIMS, Rajkot.

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