Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of COVID-19, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) termed the rate of infections and deaths in the country as worrying and called on governments to boost exercises on reporting actual numbers. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Swaminathan said that the projections of one million deaths by August projected by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) are based on models and available data, which are not predictions of the future and can be changed. I would say that at this point of time, the situation is very worrying, the daily number of cases and deaths that we are seeing today in India and other countries in the Southeast area region is a big concern for us and we also realise that these are underestimates. Every country in the world, in fact, the number of cases and deaths has been underestimated to its true number, s
COVID-19: India reports over 3.29 lakh new cases, 3,876 fatalities in 24 hours
COVID-19 crisis: India s active caseload currently stands at 37.15 lakh whereas 2.49 lakh people have succumbed to the contagion
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India s COVID-19 recovery rate is steady at 82.39 per cent whereas the fatality rate stands at 1.09 per cent currently
India has reported over 3.29 lakh new COVID-19 cases and 3,876 deaths in the last 24 hours. More than 3.56 lakh people recovered from the infection.
India s active caseload currently stands at 37.15 lakh whereas 2.49 lakh people have succumbed to the contagion. Total COVID-19 cases in India currently stand at 2.29 crore and 1.90 crore people have recovered from the pandemic, as per the Union Health Ministry data.
Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against Indian variant of COVID-19: WHO ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 08:07 IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19. Based on what WHO knows so far as per discussions with experts globally, vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against B.1.617 variant (of COVID-19), which WHO has classified as a variant of concern, WHO Representative to India, Dr Roderico H Ofrin.
The variant first identified in India has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior WHO official informed on Monday.
Vaccines Effective Against Indian Variant Of COVID-19: WHO Vaccines Effective Against Indian Variant Of COVID-19: WHO The variant first identified in India has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior WHO official informed on Monday.
WHO said that the vaccines continue to be effective against the B.1.617 variant.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19. Based on what WHO knows so far as per discussions with experts globally, vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against B.1.617 variant (of COVID-19), which WHO has classified as a variant of concern, said WHO Representative to India Dr Roderico H Ofrin.