The daily positivity rate increased from 13.39% to 14.50%
New Delhi:
India’s daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement as the country reported 2.34 lakh cases today.
Active cases now represent 4.59% of total infections, while the national COVID-19 cure rate has fallen to 94.21%.
The daily positivity rate increased from 13.39% to 14.50% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.40%. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the national immunization campaign exceeded 165.70 crore, the ministry said.
A type of coronavirus, NeoCov, which is spreading among bats in South Africa could pose a threat to humans in the future if it mutates further, according to a study by Chinese researchers.
The yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study recently published on the BioRxiv preprint repository, shows that NeoCov is closely linked to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral disease first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan University noted that NeoCov is found in a population of bats in South Africa and to date is spreading exclusively among these animals.
Meanwhile, India’s daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement on Saturday, with the country reporting 2.35 lakh cases, about 6% lower than Friday. As many as 871 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health.
The asset now accounts for 4.91% of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has fallen to 93.89%.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the citizens of the country as 75% of India’s adult population has been fully immunized.
“75% of all adults are fully immunized. Congratulations to our fellow citizens on this momentous achievement. Proud of all who make our vaccination campaign a success,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted on Sunday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern remained isolated on Sunday as the country recorded 103 new COVID-19 infections and its stringent border controls were highlighted by a pregnant journalist who said she was trapped in Afghanistan .
Ardern, in self-isolation until Tuesday, took a coronavirus test on Sunday after being exposed to an infected person. The results were expected later Sunday or Monday, his office said.
Journalist Charlotte Bellis said in a New Zealand Herald article that she could not return from Afghanistan, where she had been reporting, after Ardern’s government rejected her request for exemption to enter.
The “third wave” of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be on the decline in the state, although in some cities cases are showing a slight increase, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday.
The state reported 27,971 new coronavirus cases and 61 deaths during the day.
With the number of new daily cases falling from a peak of 47,000 to around 25,000, “it appears that the third wave of COVID-19 has subsided,” Tope told reporters in Mumbai.
The World Health Organization said on Friday that the NeoCov coronavirus, discovered by Chinese scientists, requires further study.
A team of researchers from Wuhan has discovered a new type of coronavirus, NeoCov, among bats in South Africa. In one study, researchers said the virus could pose a threat to humans in the future.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
A type of coronavirus, NeoCov, which is spreading among bats in South Africa could pose a threat to humans in the future if it mutates further, according to a study by Chinese researchers.
The yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study recently published on the BioRxiv preprint repository, shows that NeoCov is closely linked to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral disease first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
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