Coronavirus India

 The Centre had approved Covid-19 vaccination for lactating women on May 19 and pregnant women from June 25.

India has reported 38,667 new Covid cases and 478 deaths in 24 hours. The recovery rate stands at 97.45%.

As a result, the state government has set up a 'Vathsalya' scheme in Udupi and Haveri districts to completely monitor children.

Amidst fear of Covid 3rd wave, the Bengaluru city has witnessed a whopping 499 cases of Covid-19 infection among children in the last ten days. The BBMP also witnessed a daily spike in cases. As per the latest data, Bengaluru Urban has reported 377 cases. Following the trend, the district administration has ordered a ban on devotees to temples on weekends to avoid public gathering.

 A week ago, Bharat Biotech received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) compliance certificate from Hungary in the manufacturing of Covaxin.

The Minister said that this move will help ramp up availability of the indigenous vaccine to speed up the national vaccination drive.  

Amidst the fear of a 3rd Covid wave in Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada district is already showing signs of distress. The district not only borders with Covid hotspot Kerala but also tops infection and Covid death list. 438 new infections and 6 deaths were reported on Sunday.  

The Kerala government is said to have issued fresh guidelines that all shop goers have to show the latest Covid-19 certificates at public places like grocery stores and other shops. The move comes after a spike in cases from the last few weeks.  

With Bengaluru city reporting over 400 cases from the last 4 days, fear of spike and lockdown is looming large on Bengalureans. BBMP, the civic agency which ruled out the severity, however, confirmed that if the cases go up, it will go for strict containment measures.

India has so far approved four vaccines - AstraZeneca's Covishield, Bharati Biotech's Covaxin, Russian Gamaleya Institute's Sputnik V and Moderna's vaccine.