Saudi Arabia on Tuesday recorded 1,379 new COVID-19 infections.
India recorded 43,509 new coronavirus infections taking the whole tally of COVID-19 instances to three,15,28,114, whereas the lively instances registered a rise for the second consecutive day, in accordance with the Union Health Ministry knowledge up to date on Thursday.
The central authorities is sending a six-member team from the National Centre for Disease Control to Kerala, which has been witnessing an alarming surge in every day COVID-19 instances. As a lot of Covid instances are nonetheless being reported in Kerala, the crew will assist the state’s ongoing efforts in Covid administration,” Mr Mandaviya said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year travel ban on citizens travelling to countries on the kingdom’s red list, including India, under efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus and its new variants. “Travelling to the banned international locations is an apparent violation of COVID-19 associated journey restrictions and the Kingdom’s up to date directions,” the Gulf News on Tuesday quoted a report by the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying.
The red-list countries include the UAE, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Belarus, India and Vietnam, PTI reported.
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The central government is sending a six-member team from the National Centre for Disease Control to Kerala, which has been witnessing an alarming surge in daily COVID-19 cases. As a large number of Covid cases are still being reported in Kerala, the team will aid the state’s ongoing efforts in Covid management,” Mr Mandaviya mentioned in a tweet.
Etihad Airways has stopped flights from India to the UAE until additional discover, a spokesperson of the airline mentioned. The transfer got here after the UAE authorities banned flights from India amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Following the latest UAE government directives, passenger travel from India to the UAE and Etihad’s network has been suspended until further notice. Etihad will not be permitted to carry passengers from India. However, UAE nationals, diplomatic missions, official delegations and Golden residence holders are exempted from the UAE entry restriction. These passengers will be subject to acceptance and quarantine conditions,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Coronavirus: India stories 43,509 new COVID-19 instances, marginally decrease than yesterday
Punjab on Wednesday reported 65 coronavirus instances as no an infection dying came about within the state, the place 16,286 folks have succumbed to the illness up to now.
The whole variety of black fungus instances elevated to 4,293 and deaths to 400 in Andhra Pradesh as on July 27, information company PTI reported.
In the final one week, the state added 195 new mucormycosis instances and 15 deaths whereas 245 sufferers had recovered, authorities knowledge mentioned.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison mentioned vaccinations alone wouldn’t deliver an finish to a COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney as residents of the nation’s largest metropolis face one other month beneath robust curbs to stamp out an outbreak of the Delta variant.
“I mean, it can certainly help … the low rates (of vaccination) we have had there need to lift and that will certainly help the efforts with the lockdown but on its own it won’t stop the lockdown,” Morrison informed Nine News on Thursday. Read Here
Kerala on Wednesday recorded 22,056 recent COVID-19 instances pushing the an infection caseload to 33,27,301, with the quantity of people that succumbed to the virus rising to 16,457 with 131 extra deaths.
As many as 17,761 folks have been cured of the an infection, taking the whole recoveries to 31,60,804 and the variety of lively instances to 1,49,534, a state authorities launch mentioned. Read Here.
