Coronavirus News Highlights: Maharashtra reports 9974 new cases; Banquet halls, hotels, gyms to …

Coronavirus Covid 19 cases in India Highlights, Coronavirus Vaccination Latest News, Delta Plus variant updates June 27: With the decline in daily new caseload for some time, India is yet again witnessing the surge in Covid-19 cases.

On the vaccination front, PM Modi said that the government is satisfied with the pace of the vaccination drive in India and added that in order to keep the ball rolling, there is a need to involve other organizations as well as NGOs for expansion of inoculation against Covid-19 infection in the country.

Meanwhile, as the national capital reports the lowest single-day cases since May 1, the state government is opening up gyms and banquet halls to host marriages.

An alert has been raised on Delta Plus variant of coronavirus in the country but it is yet to detected in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.

Inability to mourn with family members or cope with grief alone due to Covid constraints has led to an increase in cases of depression, anxiety, insomnia and other mental health disorders among people in Delhi who have been affected directly or indirectly by the pandemic, experts said.

ICMR has come up with a study which says 3rd wave is likely to come late.

Criticising the handling of the COVID-19 crisis in Uttar Pradesh, a ruling party leader has claimed that at least 10 people died in every village during the second wave as no lessons were learnt from the first one.

Making COVID-19 vaccine available for children will be a milestone achievement and pave the way for reopening of schools and resumption of outdoor activities for them, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria has said.

He said the data of phase two and three trial of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on two to 18 years age group is expected by September.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Sunday said the lockdown won’t be eased unless daily new cases fall below 4,000, the vaccination rate reaches 10 per cent and demand is reduced for intensive care in hospitals.

Jharkhand recorded three more COVID-19 deaths and 98 new cases in the last 24 hours, a health department bulletin said on Sunday.

Encouraged after a chat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who urged people to shed hesitancy against COVID-19 vaccine, a villager from Madhya Pradesh got inoculated along with his family members.

Of the new cases, 18 persons tested positive in Leh, taking the infection tally in the district to 16,454, while three new cases in Kargil pushed the district tally of infections to 3,487, they said.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government was ready to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus infection with a committee of experts and required infrastructure in place.

In a first of its kind exercise in Karnataka, a month-long extensive health check-up drive for children below 16 years has been launched across Haveri district as part of the preparation to face a possible third wave of COVID-19, state Home Minister Basavaraj S Bommai said.

The Delta plus variant of COVID-19 has greater affinity to lung tissues as compared to other strains but it does not mean that it will cause severe disease or is more transmissible, head of coronavirus working group NTAGI Dr N K Arora said.

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 19,324 on Sunday as 233 more people, including 62 children, tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 91, a health official said.

Aizawl district registered the highest number of new cases at 127, followed by Kolasib , he said.

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