Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Karnataka logs 522 fresh COVID-19 cases; 4 more die

Coronavirus Live updates: WHO experts visit Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan

The WHO experts, probing the origins of the COVID-19, on Sunday visited the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, where the deadly coronavirus was presumably transmitted from animals to humans in the late 2019 and spiralled into a pandemic. The wet market was where a variety of live animals were traded until it was shut down following fears that the coronavirus had jumped to humans either from bats or pangolins.

Very important site visits today - a wholesale market first & Huanan Seafood Market just now. Very informative & critical for our joint teams to understand the epidemiology of COVID as it started to spread at the end of 2019, Peter Daszak, a zoologist with the US group EcoHealth Alliance and a member of the WHO team, tweeted on Sunday.

Though the market remained shut and cleaned up after the coronavirus cases surfaced in Wuhan in December 2019, the visit is still important to get a feel of what flow of goods, people were, Daszak was quoted by CBS news network.

Coronavirus Live updates: Singapore permanent resident preparing for India trip tests COVID-19 positive

A 36-year-old permanent resident in Singapore, preparing to depart for India, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a media report. Tests showed that the man had a low viral load and a serology test result also came back positive on Saturday, The Straits Times quoted the Ministry of Health (MOH) as saying.

His infection was revealed on Saturday from a pre-departure test he took in preparation for another trip to India. The man had returned from a trip to India on December 19 last year, and served his stay-home notice at a dedicated facility until January 2. He tested negative for COVID-19 on December 31 and showed no symptoms.

"Given that these indicate likely past infection, we have classified the case as imported based on his travel history," the Singapore daily quoted the MOH as saying. "He is likely to be shedding minute fragments of the virus RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), which are no longer transmissible and infective to others," the MOH said. Twenty-eight other COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the country on Sunday, taking the tally to 59,536.

Coronavirus Live updates: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses to European Union

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm said Sunday. The new target of 40 million doses by the end of March is still only half what the British-Swedish company had originally aimed for before it announced a shortfall due to production problems, triggering a spat between AstraZeneca and the EU last week. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a call with seven vaccine makers Sunday that AstraZeneca will also begin deliveries one week sooner than scheduled and expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe.

Coronavirus Live updates: Local train services in Mumbai to resume for all commuters from today: Check all the details

Local train services in Mumbai will resume for all the commuters from February 1. Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, on January 29, announced in this regard after the Maharashtra government proposed to resume the services for all commuters. Piyush Goyal said on Twitter, "My dear Mumbai citizens, for the convenience of all of you, the Mumbai local train will be started from February 1." After the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, travel by local trains, lifeline for millions of people living in Mumbai and surrounding satellite towns, was severely restricted.

Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | 522 fresh COVID-19 cases, four deaths in Karnataka

Karnataka reported 522 fresh COVID-19 cases and four related deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 9,39,387 and 12,217 respectively yesterday, the Health department said. The day also saw 465 patients being discharged after recovery, leaving 6,029 active cases. Cumulatively 9,39,387 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and this includes 12,217 deaths and 9,21,122 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin. Of the active cases, as many as 145 patients are in Intensive Care Units of various hospitals, it said. (PTI)

Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates | No COVID-19 fatality in Gujarat in a day after over 9 months

For the first time after more than nine months, no COVID-19 fatality was reported in Gujarat in a single day yesterday, the state health department said. The state has been seeing a steady decline in new coronavirus positive cases since the last few weeks, with 316 infections being reported during the day, taking the overall tally to 2,61,540, the department said in a release.

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