Coronavirus Updates: Centre Picks 11 States With Low Vaccination Rate, Calls Meeting with CMs

Coronavirus Updates: Delhi government released data stating that the sub-lineages of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19) were detected in 99% of the patient samples from Delhi that were sequenced during October. At the Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) set up early this year, over 7,300 samples were sequenced from Delhi.

Reportedly, the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Delta variant was found in 54% of the samples that were sequenced in April, and 82% in May, revealed the government data. This goes back to when the national capital was reeling under deadly Covid-19 second wave and reported over 28,000 cases in a single day at its peak. The data suggests, 39% of the total samples sequenced are that of delta variant.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G 20 Summit said that India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses next year to help the world in the fight against the pandemic. He asserted that it was necessary that the WHO approves Indian vaccines at the earliest. The prime minister in his intervention at the session on “global economy and global health” also flagged the issue of facilitating international travel and talked about the mechanism of mutual recognition of vaccine certification as a means of achieving this. At the summit, Italian Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world’s powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap morally unacceptable.”

Here are Live Updates:

-Amid a spike in Covid cases, China had announced lockdown in Lanzhou, a northwestern city of four million, AFP reported.The residents have been told not to leave home except in emergencies.“All types of residential communities are to implement closed management,” said the local government in a statement. On October 21, hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools closed and mass testing was ramped in China following a new Covid outbreak linked to a group of tourists.

– Sri Lanka’s inter-provincial travel ban, which was imposed in May due to the raging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, ended on Sunday despite warnings from medical professionals.

– Zydus Cadila has agreed to bring down the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to Rs 265 a dose following persistent negotiations by the government but a final deal is yet to be reached, sources told PTI. To administer the needle-free ZyCov-D vaccine, a disposable painless jet applicator costing Rs 93 is required for each dose, which would take the price to Rs 358 per dose.

– Centra calls for a virtual meeting with 11 chief ministers whose states are performing poorly on the vaccine front. Home minister and health minister to be in the meeting.

– Vaccination Update

– India reported 12,830 new COVID-19 cases, 446 deaths in the last 24 hours. Of the new infections, Kerala reported 7,427 new cases and 62 deaths.

– The Recovery Rate currently at 98.20%. Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.46% – lowest since March 2020. Daily positivity rate (1.13%) less than 2% for last 27 days. Weekly Positivity Rate (1.18%) less than 2% for last 37 days, stated the Ministry of Health.

– In the last 24 hours, Nagaland reported 20 fresh COVID-19 cases, 19 less than the previous day, with the tally rising to 31,831. The death toll remained at 684 for the second consecutive day.

– Medical workers at Bulgaria’s main emergency hospital are waging an uphill battle as a surge in coronavirus cases has overwhelmed the country’s ailing health care system. Following a relatively quiet summer, the Balkan country has been hit hard by another wave of the pandemic as it failed to take tighter containment measures.

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