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Coronavirus in India News Live Updates: Delhi records 393 new Covid cases, two more deaths in last 24 hours
India reported a dip in Covid-19 cases with 1,569 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. With the new cases, India's active cases stand at 16,400, which account for 0.04 per cent of the total cases. Meanwhile, 19 fresh fatalities were reported according to the Ministry on Tuesday. Stay with TOI for latest updates on Coronavirus spread in India and around the world:Read Less
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Delhi records 393 new Covid cases, two more deaths; positivity rate at 3.35 per cent: Authorities
Japan to allow limited foreign package tours as experiment for first time since imposing coronavirus restrictions
The experiment is expected to start sometime next week and continue until the end of May.
Further details, including the duration and destination of the tours, still have to be decided, the agency said.
The results will be used to compile coronavirus guidelines for tour operators, hotels and other related businesses, it said.
Participants must be triple-vaccinated and the tours must have guides and fixed itineraries, the Japan Tourism Agency said.
Each tour can have a maximum of four people, and a total of 50 participants are expected to join the experiment, the government agency said.
Transport minister Tetsuo Saito said the tours will be allowed from Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States as an experiment.
One more person tested positive for Covid-19 in Puducherry on Tuesday, raising the overall caseload to 1,65,814. The Department of Health evaluated during last 24 hours 802 samples and the solitary case surfaced during the examination
AstraZeneca is paying up to $157 million, plus royalties, for an exclusive licence to develop and sell a set of pre-clinical Covid antibody therapies developed by RQ Bio, the London-based biotech said on Tuesday
Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown
Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown. Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China -- the last major economy still closed off to the world -- put the city of 25 million under heavy restrictions in early April. The government's insistence on squashing the Omicron variant-driven outbreak prompted rare protests and angry scuffles with authorities as Shanghai residents reject the prolonged confinement and food shortages.
12 new Covid-19 cases in Thane, no death
With the addition of 12 new Covid-19 cases, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,09,380, an official said on Tuesday. These new cases were reported on Monday, he said. The death toll remained unchanged at 11,895. The COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane is 1.67 per cent, he added.
Covid-19: India reports 1,569 new cases, 19 deaths in last 24 hours. Active caseload stood at 16,400
19 deaths due to Covid-19 in India in last 24 hours
India reports 1,569 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
India reports 1,569 Covid-19 cases and 19 deaths in last 24 hours
Shanghai reports 77 symptomatic, 746 asymptomatic Covid cases for May 16
The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai reported 746 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 16, down from 869 a day earlier, data released on Tuesday showed. Confirmed symptomatic cases rose to 77 from 69 the previous day. There were zero cases found outside quarantined areas, same as reported a day earlier. The city reported one new Covid-19 related death, compared with four a day earlier.
Corbevax price slashed, to cost Rs 400 at private vaccine centres
Israel cancels mandatory Covid-19 tests for inbound travellers, reports IANS
North Korea reports 6 new Covid deaths as military mobilised for supplies, reports Reuters
