Topic: Coronavirus
WHO reports record increase in global coronavirus cases, 284,196 in 24 hours
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 284,196 in the past 24 hours.
COVID-19 cases exceed 15 million, WHO says don’t expect first vaccine until early 2021
15 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
COVID-19: Kerala registers its biggest single-day rise, CM says lockdown may be imposed again
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said a complete lockdown could be imposed in the state again as over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported for the first time on Wednesday.
COVID-19 is making a global childcare crisis even worse: UNICEF
Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed out on early childhood education due to measures to combat COVID-19, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, warned that “the pandemic is making a global childcare crisis even worse.”
Sharjeel Imam tests positive for COVID-19
Jawaharlal Nehru University research scholar Sharjeel Imam, who is currently lodged in the Guwahati Central Jail in Assam, has tested positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19: India’s recovery rate now at 62.7%
As many as 7,24,578 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.
