Vaccines developed by Moderna Inc. and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE partnership appear to be more effective in preventing transmission, helping some countries such as Israel to quell the pandemic faster.
India has a caseload of a total of 25,772,440 Covid-19 cases and the death toll stands at 287,122. On Thursday, the country added 276,110 cases and 3,874 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Union health minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that India will vaccinate all of its adult population by the end of this year. The minister said that 51 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available by July and 216 crores more between August and December.
Meanwhile, New York city in the United States reported its lowest infection rate since September. Earlier, it was the Covid-19 epicenter of the country. The seven-day average Covid-19 positivity rate in New York state dropped to 1.06%, the lowest since Sept. 27, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Wednesday.
More than 70% of UK adults have received at least one dose of Covid vaccine, the Department of Health and Social Care said, and about 40% of people are fully vaccinated.
In Pakistan, the government is planning to reopen its tourism industry and outdoor restaurants to full capacity starting Monday.
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