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Economic Times | 13 Apr, 2021 | 08.33AM IST
Coronavirus Live News: India becomes 60th country to authorise Sputnik V covid vaccine, could be available as early as this month
India has become the 60th country to authorize the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, and the vaccine is now approved in countries with a total population of 3 billion, or 40 percent of the world's population.India has become the 60th country to authorize the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, and the vaccine is now approved in countries with a total population of 3 billion, or 40 percent of the world's population.
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US COVID cases march higher, hospitalizations up for second week in a row
- The United States reported an 8% rise in new cases of COVID-19 to 490,000 last week
- Deaths from COVID-19, which tend to lag infections by several weeks, fell 7% to 5,325 last week
- The average number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals rose 6% to more than 39,000
- For a seventh week, vaccinations set a record, with an average of 3.1 million shots given per day last week
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- The Lancet
Uttarakhand allows gathering of up to 200 people in weddings outside containment zones
-ANI
Grim Milestone
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- The state government now capped the number of guests at weddings at 50.
- Similarly, only 50 people can attend funerals now. all offices, including private and government, will function with 50 per cent staff
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This pandemic is a long way from over. But we have many reasons for optimism... The decline in cases and deaths during the first two months of the year shows that this virus and its variants can be stopped. With a concerted effort to apply public health measures alongside equitable vaccination, we could bring this pandemic under control in a matter of months
- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
India okays Sputnik V
- The vaccine has been registered in India under the emergency use authorization procedure
- The efficacy of Sputnik V is 91.6 per cent as confirmed by the data published in the Lancet
