Coronavirus Global Updates. Jan 23: Maharashtra reports 2,779 new cases; over 12.7 lakh healthcare workers vaccinated in India

Sat Jan 23 12:22:41 CAT 2021

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 update: As at 22 January 2021, Zimbabwe had 30 523 confirmed cases, including 21 080 recoveries and 962 deaths.. 

Maharas Maharashtra reports 2,779 new cases; over 12.7 lakh healthcare workers vaccinated in India

Mumbai reported 482 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday. The city's cumulative total climbed to 3,05,131. Mumbai is now a host to 6,442 active cases. The total number of discharges now stands at 2,86,507. Mumbai's overall recovery rate remains at 94 per cent.Maharashtra reported 2,779 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, and with that, the tally has now climbed to 20,03,657. Also, 50 people succumbed to the infection, taking the death toll due to 50,684. The number of active cases is now pitched at 44,926, and 19,06,827 people have recovered, according to the state health department.India reported 14,545 new COVID-19 cases, 18,002 discharges, and 163 deaths. The Health Minister said that the COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the seventh day of the countrywide massive exercise. The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has surpassed 12.7 lakh (12,72,097) through 24,397 sessions.Follow latest coronavirus updates here:

Covid vaccine may not be sold in open market anytime soon

Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Friday that the two Covid-19 vaccines given approval for restricted use would not be available in the open market till the country’s apex drug regulator, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), approved the data sought from their manufacturers. “As of now, no time frame can be set for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in the open market. The government’s focus now is only on covering the priority population in the next seven-eight months,” Bhushan told TOI. He added that no market authorisation has been given to any of the emergency-approved vaccines currently in use in India and abroad. “The market authorisation comes after the stipulated follow-up on all the trial phases,” he said. Market authorisation is a pre-requisite to sell vaccines in the open market. 

As vaccine diplomacy continues, government says no request from Pakistan yet

Faced with queries about whether India would consider supplying Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, the government on Friday said it had not received any request from Islamabad for vaccine. India has so far donated Covishield vaccine to Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and the Maldives in the immediate neighbourhood and is awaiting confirmation of regulatory clearances from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to deliver the same as grant assistance to them. 

Now, healthcare workers can take shot at any centre in Mumbai

Healthcare workers can now walk into any of the hospitals offering Covid-19 vaccines for their shots. In a bid to quicken the pace of vaccination, BMC health authorities on Friday eased the earlier rule that healthcare workers could only get vaccinated at the hospital-centre assigned to them by the Co-WIN software. “The only requirement is the healthcare worker should be pre-registered with the Co-WIN app,’’ said BMC executive health officer Dr Mangala Gomare. This is the second time the BMC has relaxed rules since the vaccination drive began on January 16. A few days back, it allowed walk-in appointments for pre-registered medical staff, doing away with the need for a prior appointment (assigned by Co-WIN). 

Mumbai: Dadar, Dharavi report zero new COVID-19 cases for second day in a row

In the past 24 hours, Mumbai's Dadar and Dharavi have, once again, reported zero fresh COVID-19 cases. This is the second day in a row for the two localities to maintain a clean slate. The BMC on Friday tweeted, "The Return To Zero! @mybmcWardGN's Dharavi and Dadar have done a tremendous job at culling the spread of the virus. Both have reported 0 new cases yesterday & today respectively, thanks to the combined efforts of our #FrontlineWarriors & our citizens."   

South v/s West Bengaluru: Zones report max jabs, AEFI cases

As the country completes one week of the covid vaccination drive, Karnataka is leading the tally with the maximum number of vaccinations. Around 1, 82,503 frontline workers in the state have taken the jab so far while 12, 72,097 (as of 6 pm, Friday) have taken the shot across the country. In Bengaluru, around 29,621 have been vaccinated (as of 7 pm, Friday). In Bengaluru, the maximum number of vaccinations has taken place in the south zone while the west zone has reported the maximum Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) cases. 

Pune clocks 568 new cases, nine fatalities

On Friday, Pune district added 568 new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pushing the case tally to 3,75,304. With nine patients losing their lives to the virus, the death toll in the district stands at 8,996. However, some 576 patients were discharged from various hospitals across the district after full recovery. This has brought the total number of patients cured of COVID-19 in Pune district to 3,61,627. At present, there are 2,111 active COVID-19 patients in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, of whom 206 are critical and 293 are on oxygen support, undergoing treatment in city hospitals. 

Mumbai reports 92 per cent beneficiary turnout on Day 4 of vaccination drive

As the city's coronavirus vaccination drive marked its fourth day on Friday, a total of 3,539 health workers received the jab at 10 designated centres out of the targetted 3,852 beneficiaries. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated that the numbers have improved considerably since the drive commenced on January 16, the main reason behind it being walk-in immunisation. As per the official data, only 48-52 per cent health workers had come forward to take the vaccine in the first three days of the drive. 

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