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This Article is From Jan 02, 2021

Coronavirus India Highlights: Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Cleared By Expert Panel For India

COVID-19 Latest News Highlights: The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has tied up with AstraZeneca to manufacture Covishield.

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India News Edited by Deepika Pundir

Updated : January 02, 2021 6:00 am IST

COVID-19 India: A dry run for vaccination is scheduled in all states tomorrow.

New Delhi:

The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India will be sent for approval to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by a government-appointed panel of experts.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) is making the vaccine Covishield developed by Oxford University and pharma major AstraZeneca, while Bharat Biotech has partnered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for its Covaxin.

Pfizer had sought more time to present their data to the panel of experts.

The centre is looking to start giving vaccine shots from this month, once the vaccine is cleared for a final time by the DCGI.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution.

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Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus Cases:

Jan 02, 2021 05:42 (IST)

2,500 Attend Illegal New Year Rave In France Despite Covid Restrictions

Some 2,500 partygoers attended an illegal New Year rave in northwestern France, violently clashing with police who failed to stop it and sparking concern the underground event could spread the coronavirus, authorities said Friday.

The revellers had set up the illegal rave in Lieuron, south of Rennes in Brittany, after skirmishes with police, said a statement from the local prefecture. Many were still on the site Friday as a sanitary cordon was thrown up around it.

Local gendarmes tried to "prevent this event but faced fierce hostility from many partygoers" who set one of their cars of fire and threw bottles and stones, the statement said.

Those present had come from across France and even abroad, it said.

By Friday evening, the sound of techno music could still be heard from the party venue, though police were preventing any newcomers from joining the rave, according to an AFP photographer.

Jan 02, 2021 04:34 (IST)

France Tightens COVID-19 Curfew In Worst-Affected Areas

The French government on Friday announced it is bringing forward its nighttime curfew by two hours in 15 regions to help combat the coronavirus, as infections remain high.

The 15 of France's 101 departments affected by the switch from Saturday, to a curfew beginning at 6:00 pm rather than 8:00 pm, include the Les Alpes-Maritimes department where the Mediterranean city of Nice is located.

The other areas are concentrated in the east of the country.

Paris has, for now, been spared the additional restriction.

"The virus is continuing to spread in France... but with a disparity between regions," said government spokesman Gabriel Attal as he announced the move.

"If the situation were to deteriorate further in certain areas, we will take the necessary decisions," he told TF1 broadcaster.

Jan 02, 2021 03:34 (IST)

UK Reactivates Emergency Covid Hospitals, Closes London Primary Schools

Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus.

With more than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the last four days, the health service said it was preparing for an anticipated rush of patients and needed more beds.

The announcement comes just days after the Royal London Hospital told staff in an email it was now in "disaster medicine mode" and unable to provide high standard critical care.

With the capital one of the areas worst-hit by the new variant, which is up to 70% more infectious, the government also decided to close all London primary schools, reversing a decision made just two days ago.

Jan 02, 2021 02:01 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Odisha Ready To Hold Covid Vaccination Mock Drill

The Odisha government on Friday said it is prepared to conduct a dry run for COVID-19 vaccination programme at 31 places across the state on January 2.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra said the dry run of vaccination programme will be held in 30 district headquarters hospitals and the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar.

He said dedicated and well trained personnel were deployed in each centre for the exercise.

After its arrival in Odisha, the vaccine will be kept in the state vaccine store from where it will be sent to districts in two phases.

The vaccine will be transported to centres through 1222 vehicles in ice lined refrigerators (ILRs), said Health and Family Welfare Department Director and Vaccine in-charge Bijay Panigrahi.

Jan 02, 2021 01:01 (IST)

Sikkim Reports 11 Positive Cases, One More Death Due To COVID-19

Sikkim reported 11 fresh positive cases and one more death due to Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, an official said on Friday.

The state IEC member Sonam Bhutia said that all the 11 positive cases were registered in East Sikkim which took the caseload in the Himalayan state to 5901.

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Jan 02, 2021 00:15 (IST)

US Passes 20 Million Coronavirus Cases

The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said Friday in its real-time tally, as the New Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country's struggle to quell the virus.

The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the pandemic, the Baltimore-based university said, making it the country with by far the highest official number of cases and the highest death count.

Jan 01, 2021 23:39 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Karnataka reports 877 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths
Karnataka on Friday reported 877 new cases of COVID-19 and six related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,20,373 and the death count to 12,096, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 23:39 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge

British health officials have reactivated emergency hospitals that were built at the start of the pandemic to handle a surge in COVID-19 cases that is putting existing wards under extreme pressure, particularly in London.

The United Kingdom has recorded more than 50,000 new daily cases of the virus for the past four days, driven in part by a new variant that is much more infectious, and a rise in the number of people who are dying each day, Reuters reported.

Jan 01, 2021 23:01 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 631 new coronavirus cases in Mumbai, nine deaths

Mumbai reported 631 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. With this the tally of COVID-19 cases in the city rose to 2,94,067 and death count reached 11,125, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 22:45 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Lucknow To Hold Covid Vaccine Dry Run At 6 Places Tomorrow

A total of 15 people died of Covid-19 and 871 tested positive for it in last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death count due to the disease in the state on Friday to 8,379 and total cases of infection to 5,86,751.

A dry run for vaccination against Covid-19 would be held at six places in the state capital on Saturday, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said in the state's daily health bulletin.

The government is making all preparations for administering vaccines, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 22:28 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: COVID-19 vaccination dry run in 7 Chhattisgarh districts on Saturday

A dry run to assess preparedness to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination drive will be conducted in seven districts in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 22:10 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Punjab sees 8 more COVID deaths, 253 new cases

Eight more deaths due to COVID-19 in Punjab raised the count to 5,349 on Friday, while 253 fresh cases took the infection count to 1,66,770 in the state, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 21:43 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: France tightens virus curfew in several regions

The French government on Sunday announced that it was bringing forward by two hours a the nighttime curfew in 15 regions to help combat the coronavirus, as infections remain high.

The 15 of France's 101 departments affected by the switch to a curfew beginning at 6:00 pm rather than 8:00 pm include the Les Alpes-Maritimes department where the Mediterranean city of Nice is located.

The other areas are concentrated in the east of the country and Paris has, for now, been spared the additional restriction, AFP reported.

Jan 01, 2021 21:24 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India-UK Flights, Suspended Over Mutant Strain, To Resume From January 8

The flight operations between India and the United Kingdom that were suspended last month by the centre over the detection of a highly contagious coronavirus strain in the European country, will resume from January 8, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed on Friday.

"It has been decided that flights between India & UK will resume from 8 Jan 2021. Operations till 23 Jan will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of the two countries to & from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad only. @DGCAIndia will issue the details shortly," he tweeted.

Jan 01, 2021 21:08 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps
BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their COVID-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would be gaps in supply until other vaccines were rolled out.

The German biotech startup has led the vaccine race but its shot has been slow to arrive in the European Union because of relatively late approval from the bloc's health regulator and the small size of the order placed by Brussels.

The delays in rolling out the home-grown vaccine have caused consternation in Germany, where some regions had to halt vaccinations within days of starting an inoculation drive, Reuters reported.

Jan 01, 2021 20:55 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 32 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate over 98% in Noida
The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients went past 98 per cent in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday, even as the district recorded 32 new cases that pushed its inflection tally to 24,974, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 20:38 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: J&K records 256 fresh COVID-19 cases, one more death

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 256 fresh COVID-19 infections on Friday that took its caseload to 1,21,227, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 1,884, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 106 were from the Jammu division and 150 from the Kashmir division, PTI reported.

Jan 01, 2021 20:07 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Ayurveda formulations to be tested by CCMB for checking anti-viral efficacy

Ayurveda formulations would be tested on lab-grown strains of coronavirus by the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here to ascertain their anti-viral efficacy in the fight against the pathogen, under a pact with Kerala-based Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS), PTI reported.

Standardised Ayurveda formulations provided by AVS in Kottakkal would be tested on the lab-grown coronavirus in the cell culture system, the premier research institute said on Friday.

Jan 01, 2021 19:32 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Total 29 people in India test positive for new COVID-19 strain

A total of 29 people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

These include the 25 cases which were announced till Thursday, PTI reported.

"All the 29 persons are in physical isolation in health facilities," an official said.

Jan 01, 2021 19:19 (IST)

"Bharat Biotech's vaccine for #COVID19 is also at its final stage. Safety signals that we have seen from the trials are very encouraging": Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS

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