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COVID-19 active caseload further contracts to 4.03 lakh after 138 days
Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 5,834 newly recovered cases. There were 28,252 active COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The new daily positive cases continue to remain below the 50 thousand mark for almost about a month now. In Tiruvarur, 14 new cases were reported while in Nagapattinam, 14 patients tested positive. [Full Article...]
Bahrain becomes second country to authorize use of Pfizer vaccine
He says that licensing agencies will have extensive data on the vaccines, including on side effects, and they will have made a decision it was safe to proceed. Vaccination centres treating large numbers of patients in sporting venues and conference centres will subsequently take part when further supplies of vaccine come on stream, officials said. [Full Article...]
Pfizer Seeks Emergency Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine in India
We are not certain about that right now with what we know". Pfizer Inc has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said on Sunday, the first to do so in a country with the world's second-highest number of infections. [Full Article...]
Washington state reports 1,503 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
Can not see the chart? The number of hospitalizations has risen dramatically in recent weeks, and hospitals say they're running out of ICU beds. Pierce County had a total of 247 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom vaccine approval 'historic moment' in Covid-19 battle: Pfizer CEO
Britain's approval of BioNTech-Pfizer's vaccine against Covid-19 marks a "historic moment" in the battle against the pandemic , the USA pharma group's chief executive said Wednesday, after his company won the first such authorisation in the West. [Full Article...]
Ontario reports record 1,859 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday
More information to come. Daily cases have been above 1,000 for a few weeks with Thursday's 1,478 , Wednesday's 1,373 , Tuesday's 1,009 - which was low due to "technical issues", Monday's 1 ,589, Saturday's 1 ,588, and Sunday's 1,534 . [Full Article...]
Kent hospital to begin Covid-19 vaccinations
Asked whether the start of administering the vaccine to Britons this week could bring about a quicker end to the restrictions in the first three months of next year, Mr Hancock said: 'Yes it will'. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has onerous storage requirements. Initially, they will be given at 50 NHS hubs, then by some GP-led primary care networks from December 14. [Full Article...]
Moscow begins Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccination drive for most exposed groups
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to launch a mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus next week. An opinion poll released in Russian Federation earlier this month shows that only 30 percent of respondents said they are ready to be vaccinated. [Full Article...]