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Punjab reports over 1,000 new Covid cases in a day, pushes India’s daily tally to 16,838

ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Covid antibodies, vaccines may become less effective against virus variants, study says

Published in Nature Medicine, the study noted that the fast-spreading Covid variants first reported in UK, Brazil and South Africa carried multiple alterations in their spike genes.

India’s Covid R value further rises to 1.06, Punjab records highest infection rate at 1.32

8 of the 16 states with the highest active cases have R values above 1. Delhi has the highest infection rate among major cities at 1.26.

IISc study says Covid virus now mutating much faster, variants in India have multiple origins

New Delhi: A new study by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) suggests the Covid-19 virus is now mutating much faster than...

India records 16,838 fresh Covid cases, 113 fatalities in last 24 hours

The number of active COVID-19 cases has increased to 1,76,319, accounting for 1.58% of the total caseload, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

US blocking raw materials will delay our vaccines, Adar Poonawalla complains to WHO

US plans to use Defense Production Act to boost supplies for Pfizer vaccine. Poonawalla said law blocking export of key items, including bags & filters, could cause serious bottlenecks.

Single dose of Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines effective, work against UK variant too — Study

The study by Public Health England aimed at arriving at a real world estimation of how effective the two vaccines are and covered all adults in England aged 70 years and above.

Countries with higher overweight population have more Covid deaths, finds report

Report by World Obesity Federation demonstrates how being overweight is a ‘highly significant predictor’ of developing complications from Covid-19.

‘No uniform test for cancer-causing substances in J&J baby products’ — drug regulator summoned

Child rights body issues summons over lack of standard testing methods to screen for presence of formaldehyde and asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo and talcum powder.

Maharashtra reports highest daily Covid cases in 4 months, active cases in India at 1,73,413

ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.