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Coronavirus India Highlights: UK To Start Vaccinating People Against COVID-19 Next Week

COVID-19 Highlights: The total coronavirus cases mounted to 94,99,413, with 36,604 new infections being reported in a day, while the death count climbed to 1,38,122 with 501 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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India News Edited by Deepika Pundir

Updated : December 03, 2020 5:58 am IST

Coronavirus Cases In India: The number of active cases stands at 4,35,603. (File)

New Delhi:

Britain will start vaccinating people against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine next week after the country's regulator approved the jab on Wednesday, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.

"From early next week we will start a programme of vaccinating people against COVID-19 here in this country," he told Sky News, calling it "fantastic news".

With this, the UK became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Meanwhile, India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.99 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 89 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to over 94 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 94,99,413, with 36,604 new infections being reported in a day, while the death count climbed to 1,38,122 with 501 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,32,647 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.03 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

The active COVID-19 caseload remained below 5 lakh for the 22nd consecutive day. There are 4,28,644 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.51 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

Here are the Highlights on India Coronavirus Cases:

Dec 03, 2020 04:49 (IST)

US Expects To Vaccinate 100 Million People Against Covid By February

The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against Covid-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country's adult population.

The push should start within weeks, when vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna-NIH are expected to be approved.

Each of these require two doses, the second after three weeks and four weeks, respectively.

"Between mid-December, and the end of February, we will have potentially immunized 100 million people," Moncef Slauoi, scientific advisor to the government's Operation Warp Speed (OWS) program told reporters.

Dec 03, 2020 03:17 (IST)

Dec 03, 2020 01:47 (IST)

Total COVID-19 Cases In US Up By 30% In One Month

The cumulative total of Covid-19 cases surged by nearly 30 percent across the Americas in just one month, the Pan American Health Organization warned Wednesday, releasing figures for November.

By the end of October, infections registered in North, South and Central America as well as the Caribbean for the whole pandemic stood at 20.5 million, according to PAHO figures.

A month later, the total had climbed by more than six million to 26.9 million.

That includes "record-setting daily cases registered in North America," PAHO director Carissa Etienne said.

In the United States, Etienne said that more than 96,000 people are hospitalized -- "the highest number since the onset of the pandemic."

The US is seeing more than 150,000 new cases a day and fears a coronavirus super-surge following extensive travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dec 03, 2020 00:36 (IST)

5 new COVID-19 cases reported in Andaman and Nicobar today; the total number of cases in the Union Territory is 4,723 including 4,583 recoveries, 79 active cases and 61 deaths: Union Territory Administration

Dec 02, 2020 23:38 (IST)

Coronavirus news: North America seeing record-setting daily COVID-19 cases, says WHO regional director

COVID-19 deaths in the Americas have increased nearly 30% in November compared to the end of October, while North America seeing record-setting daily cases registered, World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne said Wednesday.

Hospitalizations in the United States are at their highest since the onset of the pandemic, and in Canada COVID-19 is spreading to indigenous communities in remote areas such as the Yukon and Nunavut, Etienne warned in a briefing.

In South America, Brazil has been experiencing an increase in several states in the last few weeks, while cases continue to decline in Argentina, Reuters reported.

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Dec 02, 2020 23:13 (IST)

Coronavirus news: US health agency shortens quarantine recommendations following coronavirus exposure

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said it was recommending shorter self-quarantine periods after potential exposure to the coronavirus of seven days with a negative test and 10 days without a test.

Health authorities currently call for a 14-day quarantine after close contact with a person who has COVID-19 in order to curb the transmission of the virus, Reuters reported.

Dec 02, 2020 22:53 (IST)

Coronavirus news: EU defends vaccine trials as UK gives first OK

EU officials insisted Wednesday that the bloc has not fallen behind in the race to deploy a coronavirus vaccine, as former member Britain authorised one that Europe is still evaluating.

British ministers claimed Brexit has allowed them to adopt the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine ahead of their neighbours, who are still awaiting a green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Britain is still under EU drug marketing rules until December 31, the end of a post-Brexit transition period, but has approved the vaccine under an emergency provision in European law, AFP reported.

Dec 02, 2020 22:36 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Shoppers flock to England's reopened high streets as lockdown ends

Shoppers returned to England's high streets Wednesday as shops reopened following the end of a four-week coronavirus lockdown.

On a day dubbed "Wild Wednesday" because of an expectation of huge numbers of shoppers, customers wearing masks and laden with bags flocked to stores on Oxford Street in central London.

One customer, Charlotte Cobb, told AFP the latest lockdown had been "tricky" but said she was "just so happy to be back". "With Christmas, it's just brilliant," she said.

Dec 02, 2020 22:15 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Morocco prepares vaccine campaign, counters online scepticism

Morocco hopes to launch an ambitious vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus by year-end, but its efforts have sparked suspicion and rumours in the country, hard-hit by the pandemic.

The North African kingdom is hoping to immunise 20 million adults against the Covid-19 illness within three months, using vaccinations from China's Sinopharm and a UK-sourced shot developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb told AFP that each country was free to "decree emergency use" of the vaccine of its choice.

Dec 02, 2020 21:56 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Nagaland's COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 92.03 per cent

Nagaland's COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 92.03 per cent on Wednesday as 164 patients were cured of the disease, while 45 fresh infections pushed the tally to 11,254, PTI reported.

The COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 92.03 per cent surpassing the previous highest of 90.94 per cent recorded on December 1, Director of Health Department, Dr Denis Hangsing said in the daily COVID-19 bulletin.

Dec 02, 2020 21:36 (IST)

COVID-19 News: Maharashtra cabinet nod to hold winter session in Mumbai

The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided to recommend to Governor BS Koshyari shifting of the venue of upcoming winter session of the state legislature from Nagpur to Mumbai in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a meeting held by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the council of ministers approved a proposal of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) on holding the winter session in Mumbai instead of Nagpur, which hosts the session every year, a statement said. The session was scheduled to be held in Nagpur from December 7, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 21:18 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Goa records 117 new COVID-19 cases; three more fatalities

Goa's COVID-19 caseload reached 48,241 on Wednesday, after 117 more persons tested positive for the infection, an official from the health department said. With the death of three patients during the day, the coastal state's count rose to 693, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 20:45 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Dharavi reports four new COVID-19 cases on second day in row

Slum-dominated Dharavi reported four fresh coronavirus positive cases on the second consecutive day on Wednesday, taking tally to 3,700, Mumbai civic body said. Dharavi is now left with 18 active cases, as 3,371 patients have already recovered from the viral infection, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 20:28 (IST)

Give Chhattisgarh Priority In Covid Vaccination: Chief Minister To PM Modi

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making available COVID-19 vaccine, when it is approved for use, for free to the tribal-dominated state on priority, an official release said on Wednesday.

Extending gratitude to the PM for the Centre's support to the state, Mr Baghel said Chhattisgarh is fully prepared for the implementation of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 20:11 (IST)

Coronavirus news: UP records 1,799 fresh COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths

Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 tally surged to 5,47,308 on Wednesday with 1,799 fresh cases, while the death count climbed to 7,817 with 29 more fatalities, officials said. The number of active cases in the state stands at 22,797, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. So far, 5,16,694 people have recovered from the infection, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 20:01 (IST)

Putin orders "large-scale" vaccinations to start next week, AFP reported.

Dec 02, 2020 19:59 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Tripura reports 38 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 32,764

At least 38 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, pushing the tally in the state to 32,764, a health department official said on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death count rose to 369 as two more patients died due to the infection on Tuesday, PTI said.

Dec 02, 2020 19:31 (IST)

Bengal minister Firhad Hakim becomes first volunteer to take COVID-19 vaccine "Covaxin" in phase III trial in Kolkata, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 19:16 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Kerala records 6,316 new COVID-19 cases, recoveries touch 5,924

Kerala recorded 6,316 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total caseload to 6.14 lakh as the count mounted to 2,298 with 28 additional fatalities.

As many as 5,924 have been cured, taking the total recoveries so far to 5,50,788 and 61,455 people are undergoing treatment for the virus, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters, PTI reported.

Dec 02, 2020 19:02 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to take first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Punjab

With the COVID-19 vaccine in the final stages of operationalisation in India, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that he will take the first shot of the vaccine in the state, once it is cleared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

According to an official release, the Chief Minister made this announcement at the virtual Cabinet meeting during a presentation to discuss the Covid situation and the state's preparedness to roll out the vaccine, ANI reported.

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