A look at the biggest Covid-19 developments of the day. May 11, 2021 · 09:20 pm A health worker incolutates a man with a dose of Covid-19 vaccine in New Delhi. | Arun Sankar/ AFP
A look at the biggest Covid-19 developments of the day:
India on Tuesday recorded 3,29,942 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally of infections in the country to 2,29,92,517 since the pandemic broke out in the country in January 2020. The toll climbed by 3,876 to 2,49,992.
The governments of Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Tuesday said they will issue global tenders for procurement of Covid vaccines as the domestic supply fails to keep up with the rising demand amid the fierce second wave of the pandemic, reported PTI.
Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won t end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel
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Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won t end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel PTI
Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 09:39 PM IST
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Synopsis The curve may have flattened but the other side of the peak is not going to be an easy climb down. It s possibly going to be a more prolonged long-drawn-out process running possibly till July, That means, even if the curve starts to decline, we will continue to have to deal with a large number of infections every day, Jameel said.
NEW DELHI: India s second Covid-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday.
Though the new variants of the virus may partly be responsible for the explosion in the number of cases, there is no indication the mutant versions are more lethal, added the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, amid mounting worries about what is fuelling the second wave in India.
Addressing an online event organised by the Indian Express, Jameel noted that it is a little too early to say if the Covid wave has peaked.
: Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 9:39 PM IST India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but. : Check out what virologist Shahid Jameel has to say
Relatives wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) arrive for the funeral of their relative who died due to Covid 19 coronavirus, at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 11, 2021.
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New Delhi: India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday.
Though the new variants of the virus may partly be responsible for the explosion in the number of cases, there is no indication the mutant versions are more lethal, added the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, amid mounting worries about what is fuelling the second wave in India.
Transfer Covaxin know-how to other players: Andhra CM to PM
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YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. (File Photo: IANS) � Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, May 11 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider the transfer of Covaxin know-how to other players in order to accelerate vaccine production.
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister on Monday, Reddy conveyed the urgency to ramp up vaccination capacities as the only viable solution to tackle the Covid pandemic.
The state, which is currently reporting around 20,300 new cases everyday, has imposed partial curfew to check the spread of the virus.