Covid Updates Live News: Corona cases are going down in Delhi; now there’s no shortage of ICU & Oxygen beds, says CM Kejriwal

Need to ramp up vaccine manufacturing on war footing in India and develop national policy to inoculate everyone in next few months

– Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

The daily number of cases, deaths that we’re seeing today in India & other countries in the Southeast area region is a big concern for us. We also recognise that these are underestimates

– WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan

India administers over 18 cr Covid vaccines so far

With 33 deaths per lakh population, Uttarakhand has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the Himalayan states and nationwide it ranks ninth: State health department

Only two companies should not be manufacturing vaccine. Centre should procure their formula and give it to other companies: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Around 1.25 lakh people being vaccinated in Delhi everyday. Soon, we will increase this number to 3 lakh per day: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Corona cases are going down in Delhi, so is the second wave…Now there’s no shortage of ICU & Oxygen beds in Delhi

– Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Bhubaneswar gets three more Covid vaccination centres

We of course are maintaining a very close eye on the Indian variant, there isn’t any evidence yet that the vaccine doesn’t work against it: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock

In any challenging situation, our scientists and innovators have always risen to the occasion and worked to mitigate the challenge. Over the last year, they have worked industriously to fight COVID-19. I appreciate their spirit and remarkable zeal.

– PM Modi

Help the needy: Rahul Gandhi

Uttar Pradesh: Case registered against 35 SP leaders for violating COVID norms in Unnao

Indian Army Common Entrance Exam scheduled on May 30 postponed due to current COVID-19 situation

Very concerned about why vaccines are in such short supply. Can we please know where the 70 million doses are being deployed every month? @MoHFW_INDIA We need better transparency to avoid the suspense. If a timetable of supplies is made public people can patiently wait their turn

– Biocon Executive Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Tuesday said it will provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India to address the acute shortage of medical oxygen

Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) to provide financial benefits to the families of employees who died due to COVID-19

Conduct of Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, during COVID will be remembered for duplicity, pettiness

– JP Nadda

India fighting COVID with utmost courage; one wishes Congress stops misleading people, creating false panic

– J P Nadda writes to Sonia Gandhi

Manipur Police collects over Rs 1 lakh fine from people for violating COVID guidelines: PTI

Oxygen Express reaches Bengaluru

Pakistanis under 40, those with allergies barred from taking AstraZeneca jab

Japan, UNDP join hands to boost oxygen supply in northeast India: Report

Oxygen Express with 120MT of LMO reaches Bengaluru

Arunachal Pradesh reports 205 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 20,370

One of the reasons for rise in death toll is that COVID-19 patients are reaching hospital in critical condition. People should consult a doctor as soon as they see symptoms. So far, 76% of deaths have been at the hospitals

– Om Prakash, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary

B1617 virus variant that was first identified in India has been classified as a variant of interest by WHO

– Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical lead COVID-19 at WHO

Twitter donates USD 15mn to three NGOs to help India battle COVID-19

Indian cricketers Deepak Chahar and Siddharth Kaul have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Both bowlers took the first jab on Monday

24×7 oxygen war room set up in Thiruvananthapuram to cater to soaring demand

India reports 3,29,942 new COVID19 cases, 3,56,082 discharges and 3,876 deaths in the last 24 hours: Union Health Ministry

200 bed Covid isolation centre inaugurated in Hyderabad

25,03,756 Covid vaccines administered in last 24 hours: Govt

High & upper middle countries represents 53% of world’s population but have received 83% of the world’s vaccine. By contrast low & lower-middle income countries account for 47% but have received just 17% of the world’s vaccine

– WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu

Popular television actor Ravi Dubey tests positive for Covid-19, under home quarantine

Odisha reports 9793 new COVID19 cases, 9706 recoveries and 18 deaths in the last 24 hours

We need 1 lakh vaccine doses per day. We have written to the Central Government to ask if the state government can import the vaccine directly from other countries

– Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash

173 new COVID-19 cases push Mizoram’s tally to 7,796

Covid vaccination drive in Mumbai

COVID vaccination camp at GSD Complex, IGIA (Delhi) on 11th & 13th May cancelled as Govt Authorities have expressed inability to hold these camps due to non-availability of vaccines. Fresh dates to be notified once we get re-confirmation from Govt Authorities: Air India official

Kerala Covid curfew visuals

Thane district sees 1,495 new COVID-19 cases, 55 deaths

30,56,00,187 samples tested up to 10th May 2021, for COVID19. Of these, 18,50,110 samples were tested yesterday

– ICMR

Curfew in Bhopal extended

Ladakh reports 112 new coronavirus cases, 2 more deaths

IAF airlifts two cryogenic oxygen containers from Jakarta

Within the country, an IAF C-17 airlifted four oxygen tankers from Nagpur to Bhubaneswar, four from Vijaywada to Bhubaneswar, two from Lucknow to Ranchi, two from Bhopal to Ranchi and two from Yelahanka to Bhubaneswar.

21 under-trial prisoners at Odisha’s Udala Sub-jail test positive

According to the Executive Officer of Udala NAC, Vidyadhar Dandapat, the prisoners who have tested positive are under isolation.

The state government has decided to buy any vaccine available, including Sputnik V, and decided to call for global tenders too. However, central government permission is a must. If it grants permission, the state government is ready to purchase foreign vaccines

– Andhra Pradesh medical and health principal secretary Anil Kumar Singhal

Mizoram reports 173 new cases. Total cases in the state are now 7796

LG Manoj Sinha appeals to people to follow COVID curfew

“To contain the spread of COVID, people’s cooperation is necessary. The COVID curfew imposed in the Union Territory has shown good signs so far. A weeklong lockdown has been imposed across the Union Territory,” the Lieutenant Governor said in a video address.

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.

Non-hospitalised COVID patients have low risk of serious long-term effects

Non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients have a low risk of serious long-term effects, but they report more visits to general practitioners following infection, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

Twitter donates USD 15 mn for COVID-19 relief in India

Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey on Monday tweeted that the amount has been donated to three non-governmental organisations – Care, Aid India and Sewa International USA.

Telangana Cabinet meeting today to decide on merits of lockdown

The Telangana State Cabinet meeting will be held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan at 2 pm.The Cabinet will discuss that the surge of the COVID cases in the state and take a decision on the imposition of lockdown in the State, according to the Chief Minister’s Office.

U.S. children ages 12 to 15 could begin COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday

U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the country’s inoculation program as vaccination rates have slowed significantly.

Novavax delays Covid vaccine authorization request

US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had delayed plans to seek authorization for its Covid vaccine candidate, a setback for developing countries hoping the injection would soon be available. The company now hopes to file for authorization in the US and Europe in the third quarter of 2021, it said in a statement, sending shares tumbling 12 percent.

Haryana to provide Rs 5,000 to BPL families as Covid relief

Haryana Government will provide Rs 5,000 to the families below the poverty line (BPL) in the state as their livelihood has been affected during the COVID pandemic, said State Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday.