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  • UP polls: Unfazed via FIR, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel continues achieving out to public

    Through PTI

    NOIDA: Unfazed via an FIR in opposition to him, Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday persisted achieving out to the general public and held door-to-door campaigns in Dadri and Jewar spaces of Gautam Buddh Nagar for the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls in favour of Congress applicants.

    Baghel, the Congress’ observer for the polls in UP, held door-to-door campaigns for candidate Deepak Bhati ‘Chotiwala’ in Dadri and Manoj Chaudhary from Jewar, an afternoon after an FIR used to be lodged in opposition to him for flouting COVID-19 norms all the way through a ballot marketing campaign in Noida.

    “CM Baghel went on a door-to-door marketing campaign in Bisrakh and Dujana villages of Dadri and knowledgeable them about public welfare schemes applied in Chhattisgarh. He exhorted other folks to upward thrust above the politics of caste and faith and vote the Congress into energy in UP for development and construction,” a Congress observation learn.

    With Baghel looking for improve for him, Deepak Bhati, who’s pitted in opposition to BJP’s sitting Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar, exuded self assurance of the Congress profitable the seat this time.

    The Chhattisgarh leader minister later visited the Jewar Meeting constituency, the place he held indoor conferences with native citizens in Devta and Kishorepur villages.

    In keeping with the Congress, amongst the ones Baghel met have been villagers suffering from the Noida Global Airport, a mega greenfield mission for which land has been obtained via the UP executive from other folks in Jewar house.

    In Jewar, Congress’ Manoj Chaudhary has been fielded to tackle BJP’s in style MLA Dhirendra Singh.

    Singh had hand over the Congress to enroll in the BJP forward of the 2017 Meeting polls in UP.

    Dadri has 5.86 lakh electorate whilst Jewar has 3.46 lakh electorate.

    Elections to those seats will likely be hung on February 10 and effects will likely be introduced on March 10.

  • Goa provides 2,174 COVID instances to tally, positivity fee crosses 41 consistent with cent

    Through PTI

    PANAJI: A complete of two,174 COVID-19 instances have been detected from 5,236 checks in Goa on Monday at a positivity fee of 41.52 consistent with cent, an legitimate mentioned.

    The tally within the coastal state used to be 2,12,649 and 6 deaths took the toll to a few,563, he mentioned.

    To this point, 1,87,129 folks were discharged put up restoration, together with 1,592 on Monday, the legitimate mentioned.

    The collection of coronavirus checks performed in Goa stood at 17,35,923, he added.

    Goa’s COVID-19 figures: Sure instances 2,12,649, new instances 2174, dying toll 3563, discharged 187129, lively instances 21957, samples examined until date 1735923.

  • Funeral protocol: SC asks Centre to search out method that tenets of Zoroastrian trust are looked after

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Perfect Courtroom on Monday requested the Centre that it should imagine tweaking the protocols for the burial of useless our bodies of COVID-19 sufferers in some way that crucial tenets of the Zoroastrian trust also are looked after.

    A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant steered that an off-the-cuff digital assembly of senior recommend Fali S Nariman and Central govt officers and Solicitor Common Tushar Mehta can happen and proposals can also be put throughout and protocols can also be tweaked.

    “The petitioners (Parsi group board) have steered a protocol. You’ll see from the protocol that if any issues want to be added then further safeguards can also be put and take note the worries of the group”, the bench mentioned.

    It added that the Centre has a real fear because of public well being and public well-being however let there be an change of concepts and discover if anything else may well be discovered transferring ahead.

    “If you’ll take a look at the protocol and make some adjustments to the protocol and percentage it with Mr. Nariman. You’ll additionally convene a digital assembly of the involved officers of the Ministry of Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare. See to what extent the protocol can also be tweaked. The wide theme is permitting spiritual observances to be finished”, the bench instructed Mehta.

    The Solicitor Common mentioned that he has filed the affidavit stating that it will not be scientifically imaginable.

    Nariman submitted, “We’re strictly at the dignity of the useless within the disposal of our bodies in conjunction with the ideas of the Union Govt. We now have the entire safeguards that they’re offering”, he mentioned.

    Mehta mentioned that it’s not an opposed subject and he’s best at the drawback, which his affidavit had said.

    The Centre in its affidavit mentioned that the Ministry of Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare, in session with Indian Council for Scientific Analysis (ICMR), has issued tips for the disposal of useless our bodies of Covid sure individuals.

    “The fundamental part of those tips is that the useless frame will probably be totally coated and now not uncovered in order that people who find themselves dealing with the useless frame, which would possibly or would possibly not come with members of the family, will have to now not are available in touch with physically fluids or secretions. Coronavirus, consistent with clinical proof that has emerged to this point, can live on on a useless frame, in physically fluids, secretions, and wet cells of the useless frame for as much as 9 days”, it mentioned.

    The federal government mentioned {that a} useless frame will probably be thought to be as an inanimate floor and secretions from orifices will lift inflamed cells and can stay smeared at the frame surfaces after loss of life.

    “It’s thereby submitted that suitable dealing with of useless our bodies of Covid sure sufferers, subsequently, stays important from a public well being viewpoint”, it mentioned, including that as in step with scientific evidences emerged to this point, the primary motive force of transmission or an infection of COVID-19 is in the course of the breathing direction.

    It mentioned that the International Well being Group, in its meantime steerage dated September 4, 2020, on an infection prevention and keep watch over for the protected control of a useless frame within the context of COVID-19, has famous that if the individual died of COVID-19 whilst she or he was once infectious, the lungs and different organs would possibly nonetheless include are living virus even after loss of life.

    “The steerage via the WHO additionally makes suggestions for the disposal of useless our bodies of COVID-19 sufferers via cremation or burial by myself”, it mentioned, that the useless our bodies of such infectious sufferers are more likely to get uncovered to the surroundings and animals, if now not buried or cremated correctly.

    It mentioned, “In view of the aforesaid issues, retaining the useless frame uncovered (with out quilt) with out burial or cremation is probably not a permissible method of disposal of useless our bodies of Covid sure sufferers”.

    In its plea, the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board had sought to give protection to the elemental proper to accomplish the ultimate rites of the group participants, who died of Covid, based on the custom of Dokhamanshini and now not cremation, as has been directed via the government in view of the pandemic.

    Within the Dokhamanshini custom, the frame is stored at a top on a construction known as a properly or the tower of silence, to be eaten via vultures, and the stays are left to decompose below the solar, it was once said.

    On January 10, the highest court docket had sought the help of the Solicitor Common to search out an amicable resolution in resolving the grievances of the Parsi group, which is not able to accomplish the normal burial of its participants who died of COVID-19.

    Nariman, showing for the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board, mentioned the Parsi group is the one group within the nation that has skilled pallbearers and the present tips don’t permit for burial as is finished in the neighborhood.

    There’s a group of corpse bearers some of the Parsis, he had mentioned, including that after any individual dies, the members of the family don’t contact the frame and best the corpse bearers can achieve this.

    The enchantment filed via the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board has challenged a July 23, ultimate yr order of the Gujarat Top Courtroom, pushing aside its plea that sought permission to accomplish the ultimate rites of the group participants, who died of COVID-19, based on the Zoroastrian traditions, as a substitute of cremating them.

    The petition ahead of the prime court docket had said that the Parsi group was once pressured via the government to go for cremation or burial of its deceased participants, “as towards its spiritual apply and sentiments”.

  • UN frame warns of slowdown within the jobs restoration because of new variants, Covid uncertainty

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    LONDON — The United International locations’ World Labour Group has warned that process marketplace restoration from the Covid-19 pandemic seems set to sluggish in 2022.

    In its 2022 Global Employment and Social Outlook developments document, printed Monday, the ILO forecast that the choice of hours labored globally in 2022 can be 1.8% less than within the fourth quarter of 2019, simply earlier than the onset of the pandemic.

    The ILO forecast that there can be a fair larger deficit in running hours in 2022 than it in the past estimated. It projected that the autumn in international running hours this yr would now be the identical of dropping 52 million full-time jobs, just about double the 26 million it in the past forecast in Might 2021.

    Man Ryder, ILO director-general, stated in a press briefing forward of the discharge of the document on Monday that this “problem readjustment is moderately substantial.”

    Ryder stated that there have been various causes at the back of the predicted slowdown within the exertions marketplace restoration, together with the unfold of latest Covid variants, comparable to delta and omicron.

    The ILO anticipated the exertions marketplace restoration to stay susceptible thru 2023.

    Ryder stated that the far-reaching adjustments to financial and social habits caused by the Covid disaster had lowered the call for for, and the provision of, exertions. He stated that the ILO anticipated this pattern to proceed for “so long as the pandemic itself stays out of control.”

    The ILO estimated that international unemployment is predicted to achieve 207 million in 2022, as opposed to 186 million reported in 2019.

    Ryder stated that to be “sustainable this restoration will have to be in line with the rules of respectable paintings, employment introduction, exertions rights, social coverage and social discussion.”

    He referred to the steering that was once presented within the ILO’s call-to-action, that was once followed by means of its 187 member states in June 2021. For instance, the ILO prompt that states will have to supply incentives to employers to retain staff, comparable to shorter running weeks.  

  • Vaccination for 12-14 age workforce most probably from March, says most sensible govt skilled

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: India would possibly start inoculating kids within the 12-14 age workforce in opposition to COVID-19 in March because the 15-18 inhabitants is prone to get totally vaccinated via then, Dr N Okay Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 operating workforce of NTAGI, stated on Monday.

    Of the estimated 7.4 crore (7,40,57,000) inhabitants within the 15-18 age bracket, over 3.45 crore have gained the primary dose of Covaxin up to now and their 2d dose is due in 28 days, he stated.

    “Youth on this age workforce were actively collaborating within the inoculation procedure, and going via this tempo of vaccination, the remainder of the beneficiaries within the 15-18 age workforce usually are coated with the primary dose via January-end and therefore their 2d dose is predicted to be executed via February-end,” stated the Chairman of the Covid operating workforce of the Nationwide Technical Advisory Staff on Immunisation (NTAGI).

    As soon as the 15-18 age workforce is roofed, he stated, the federal government is prone to take a coverage resolution for starting up the vaccination power for the 12-14 age workforce in March, he stated.

    In step with him, there may be an estimated 7.5 crore inhabitants within the 12-14 age workforce.

    Provisional vaccination studies until 7 am on Monday confirmed that with greater than 39 lakh doses being administered in a span of 24 hours, the cumulative quantity has exceeded 157.20 crore doses.

    In step with govt information, over 3.45 crore first doses were given to kids within the 15-18 years age workforce up to now.

    The countrywide vaccination power used to be rolled out on January 16 remaining yr with healthcare employees (HCWs) getting inoculated within the first section. The vaccination of frontline employees (FLWs) began from February 2, 2021.

    The following section of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 remaining yr for other people over 60 years of age and the ones elderly 45 and above with specified co-morbid prerequisites.

    The rustic introduced vaccination for all other people elderly greater than 45 years from April 1, 2021.

    The federal government then made up our minds to extend its vaccination power via permitting everybody above 18 to be vaccinated from Would possibly 1.

    The following section of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from January 3 this yr for young people within the age workforce of 15-18 years.

    India started administering the ‘precaution dose’ — a 3rd jab of COVID-19 vaccine — to healthcare, frontline employees together with staff deployed for election accountability and the ones elderly 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10 amid the rustic witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections, pushed basically via the Omicron variant of the virus.

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  • EC must give demo on ballot campaigning amid Covid, says Bhupesh, alleges panel’s ‘bias visual’

    By way of ANI

    NEW DELHI: Day after an FIR used to be registered in opposition to Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel for flouting COVID-19 norms right through his fresh talk over with to poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, he requested Election Fee to present a demo on the way to do election campaigning amid the pandemic. He alleged that “EC’s bias is visual in the beginning” of the polls.

    On Sunday, an FIR used to be registered in opposition to Baghel and others in Noida for violating COVID-19 norms whilst doing door-to-door campaigning for the impending meeting elections.

    Baghel is recently in Delhi.

    Talking to ANI these days, Baghel, who’s Congress’ senior observer for Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls, mentioned, “Why used to be the FIR simplest in opposition to me? How will an election marketing campaign occur like this? Why used to be there no FIR in opposition to BJP’s election marketing campaign in Amroha? EC’s bias is visual in the beginning itself. I can once more pass to UP, what’s going to we do if no longer marketing campaign?.”

    “The Election Fee must give a demo on the way to do election campaigning. We will be able to do it precisely like that. BJP has been campaigning door-to-door for 5 days in Amroha, why are there no movements on that? I campaigned simplest the day past. EC must be truthful,” he added.

    The Congress chief began this door-to-door marketing campaign for the polls after the Election Fee on Saturday put a ban on maintaining public rallies and gatherings in view of the spurt in Coronavirus circumstances.

    Baghel allotted ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ wrist bands right through this marketing campaign on Sunday.

    ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ marketing campaign used to be commenced by means of Congress Common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra remaining 12 months to woo ladies electorate within the state.

    In the meantime, elections for the 403 meeting constituencies in Uttar Pradesh shall be held in seven stages beginning February 10, the Election Fee mentioned. The polling in Uttar Pradesh shall be hung on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and seven in seven stages.

    The counting of votes will happen on March 10. Significantly, Congress has been out of energy within the state for greater than 30 years.

    Within the 2017 Meeting elections, the BJP received a landslide victory profitable 312 Meeting seats. The celebration secured a 39.67 in step with cent vote proportion within the elections for 403-member Meeting. Samajwadi Birthday celebration (SP) bagged 47 seats, BSP received 19 whilst Congress may set up to win simplest seven seats. 

  • No one may also be pressured to get vaccinated towards their needs: Centre to SC

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHi: COVID-19 inoculation pointers issued by way of the Union Well being Ministry don’t envisage forcible vaccination with out acquiring the consent of a person, the Centre has instructed the Superb Courtroom.

    The Well being Ministry in a sworn statement filed earlier than the highest courtroom submitted that India’s vaccination programme is the biggest on the planet and as on January 11, 2022, a complete of one,52,95,43,602 doses were administered.

    It stated that 90.84 according to cent of the eligible grownup inhabitants has gained their first dose of the vaccine and 61 according to cent has gained their 2d dose as neatly.

    “Moreover, a complete of 23,768 doses were administered to disabled individuals who’ve voluntarily selected to be recognized as such by way of the use of their Distinctive Incapacity ID Card/Incapacity Certificates for registration on the time in their vaccination,” it stated.

    At the factor of exempting individuals with disabilities from generating vaccination certificate, the Centre instructed the apex courtroom that it has now not issued any SOP that makes it necessary to hold the vaccination certificates for any goal.

    The Centre stated this in its affidavit filed based on a plea by way of NGO Evara Basis in the hunt for door-to-door, precedence COVID-19 vaccination for individuals with disabilities.

    “It’s submitted that the path and pointers launched by way of the Govt of India and the Ministry of Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare don’t envisage any forcible vaccination with out acquiring consent of the involved particular person.

    “It’s submitted that vaccination for COVID-19 is of bigger public hobby in view of the continuing pandemic state of affairs,” the affidavit filed by way of the Well being Ministry stated.

    The ministry stated that “it’s duly recommended, marketed and communicated thru more than a few print and social media platforms that every one electorate will have to get vaccinated and methods and processes were designed to facilitate the similar.”

    “Then again, no one may also be pressured to be vaccinated towards their needs,” it stated.

    At the factor of door-to-door vaccination, the affidavit submitted that steerage has been supplied to states and union territories to adopt meticulous, need-based making plans in order that Just about House Vaccine Centres (NHCVCs) technique is undertaken at block or city house degree and id of NHCVC websites completed in keeping with pointers.

    The positioning of NHCVCs is to be completed by way of district/city process forces so that you could be sure that most achieve of products and services to the eligible inhabitants, it stated.

    The Well being Ministry stressed out at the desire for proceeding using face mask or face covers, and stated the “Har Ghar Dastak Abhiyan” used to be being adopted for door-to-door vaccination of eligible beneficiaries, together with individuals with disabilities.

    It additionally apprised the apex courtroom that such individuals now not having ID playing cards also are eligible for vaccination because the CoWIN site supplies the ability for introduction of particular vaccination periods for this goal.

    “It’s submitted that the CoWIN public interface is to be had in 11 regional languages along with English.

    Additionally it is submitted that open recordsdata of consciousness fabrics were shared with the states for translation, newsletter and dissemination in any language/out there layout,” the affidavit stated.

  • ‘Obscene inequality’: Oxfam says taxing the sector’s richest may just assist save lives

    A pedestrian dressed in a face masks delivers meals to a homeless individual napping within the front of a store, closed because of coronavirus restrictions, in central London on December 23, 2020.

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    The pandemic has made the wealthy richer whilst the source of revenue of the remainder of the sector — about 99% of humanity — dropped, in line with a brand new Oxfam document titled “Inequality Kills.”

    The wealth of the sector’s 10 richest males doubled from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion throughout the pandemic, the worldwide charity mentioned on Monday.

    “It hasn’t ever been so necessary to start out righting the violent wrongs of this obscene inequality via clawing again elites’ energy and excessive wealth together with thru taxation — getting that cash again into the actual financial system and to avoid wasting lives,” mentioned Oxfam World’s Govt Director Gabriela Bucher.

    A 99% providence tax at the pandemic good points of the sector’s 10 richest males would elevate sufficient cash to pay for vaccines for the sector — in addition to finance quite a lot of social measures for greater than 80 international locations, the document mentioned.

    The wealth of billionaires rose extra since Covid began in comparison to the remaining 14 years, and a brand new billionaire used to be minted each and every 26 hours for the reason that pandemic started, Oxfam mentioned.

    The CEOs of Covid vaccine-developers Moderna and BioNTech made billions in 2020 because of the pandemic.

    On the similar time, the majority of the inhabitants are worse off after shedding source of revenue throughout Covid-19, and 160 million extra folks fell into poverty, the discharge mentioned.

    Providence tax

    One method to “claw again” the large good points made via billionaires throughout the disaster is to tax the cash that billionaires have made for the reason that get started of the pandemic, the document mentioned.

    “A 99% one-off providence tax at the Covid-19 wealth good points of the ten richest males by myself would generate $812bn,” the document mentioned.

    “Those sources may just pay to make sufficient vaccines for all of the global and fill financing gaps in local weather measures, common well being and social coverage, and efforts to deal with gender-based violence in over 80 international locations,” it additionally mentioned.

    If those ten males have been to lose 99.999 p.c in their wealth day after today, they’d nonetheless be richer than 99 p.c of all of the folks in the world.

    Gabriela Bucher

    government director, Oxfam World

    Even after the tax, the sector’s 10 richest males would nonetheless be billionaires and as a bunch, would have higher their wealth via $8 billion from the beginning of the pandemic, the document mentioned.

    “If those ten males have been to lose 99.999 p.c in their wealth day after today, they’d nonetheless be richer than 99 p.c of all of the folks in the world,” mentioned Bucher.

    Past a one-off providence tax, governments should additionally put in force or building up everlasting wealth and capital taxes to “basically and radically scale back wealth inequality,” the document mentioned.

    The Oxfam document used to be launched forward of this week’s digital International Financial Discussion board conferences, the place global leaders are set to talk about international demanding situations.

  • Norwegian Cruise Cancels Commute After 4 Days Of Commute, Leaving Passengers Bored At Sea

    A Norwegian Cruise Line’s 10-day outing to the Caribbean was once rapidly canceled mid-trip because of COVID-19, leaving the send’s passengers idle without a set go back date.

    The Norwegian Gem left New York on Jan. 9 with guarantees of quite a lot of island visits. Simply sooner or later into the roundtrip getaway, passengers had been instructed that two stops can be lower, elevating the selection of days at sea to 6. 3 days later, the passengers had been instructed that the remainder of the outing’s disembarkations were nixed, CruiseHive reported.

    “With out the islands and ports to get a divorce the ocean days, that is changing into a nightmare,” passenger Aimee Focaraccio, who referred to as it a “cruise from hell,” instructed USA As of late. “I in point of fact can’t believe 4 extra sea days again to again with out a lot to do.”

    The Norwegian Gem cruise ship in Miami in August. The cruise ship had all but one of its tropical destinations canceled due to COVID-19 while on a 10-day cruise.
    The Norwegian Gem cruise send in Miami in August. The cruise send had all however one among its tropical locations canceled because of COVID-19 whilst on a 10-day cruise.

    A spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line referred to as the cancellations a “tough resolution” led to via “COVID-related cases.”

    “The send will in a single day in Philipsburg, St. Maarten and can go back to New York in a while. We don’t but have an estimated time of arrival to New York,” a spokesperson for the corporate instructed HuffPost in a observation Sunday.

    That in a single day prevent in St. Maarten was once the one port of name for the Gem, in line with CruiseHive. Passengers got a complete refund plus a cut price on a long run outing, USA As of late and CruiseHive reported.

    The abrupt agenda adjustments comes after Norwegian Cruise Line canceled 8 journeys previous this month, once more bringing up well being issues.

    The ones cancellations adopted a deliberate 11-day voyage out of Miami that returned after finishing only one complete day at sea. One passenger, bringing up a press release at the send, instructed an area information station that the outing was once lower brief as a result of 50 team participants examined sure for COVID.

    Overdue ultimate month, the Facilities for Illness Regulate and Prevention recommended other folks to steer clear of cruises irrespective of their vaccination standing, because of the top charge of virus transmission onboard.

  • Gujarat: Dwarkadhish Temple to be close amid upward push in COVID instances

    Through PTI

    DWARKA: Amid a upward push in COVID-19 instances, the famend Shree Dwarkadhish Temple of Lord Krishna at Dwarka in Gujarat will stay closed for devotees from January 17 to 23 to steer clear of overcrowding because of ‘Purnima’, temple officers stated on Sunday.

    The Gujarat executive had lately issued tips to stem the upward thrust in coronavirus instances, which come with an attendance cap of 150 individuals in open areas and 50 in line with cent of the capability of a closed area venue now not exceeding 150 individuals.

    “Numerous devotees consult with Shree Dwarkadhish Temple each Purnima, which falls on January 17. To steer clear of overcrowding amid a upward push in coronavirus instances, it’s been made up our minds to stay the temple closed for devotees from January 17 to 23. Day by day prayers can be introduced by means of clergymen, which can also be seen reside on-line,” stated the executive place of work of the temple in a press unencumber.

    Gujarat, as on Saturday, had a tally of 9,16,090, with the day-to-day addition of instances soaring as regards to the 10000-mark after a lull of 8 months.

    The state on Sunday reported 10,150 contemporary coronavirus certain instances, elevating the tally of infections to 9,26,240, the state well being division stated.

    With 8 COVID-19 fatalities, one of the crucial easiest tolls in one day in fresh months, the collection of deaths climbed to ten,159 in Gujarat, the dept stated in a unencumber.

    Of the full 8 fatalities, two each and every had been reported in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.

    One dying each and every used to be reported from Vadodara and Tapi districts, it stated.

    On January 13, Gujarat had reported over 10,000 instances for the primary time within the earlier 8 months.

    A complete of 6,096 sufferers had been discharged on Sunday, which larger the full collection of recoveries up to now in Gujarat to eight,52,471.

    Gujarat is now left with 63,610 energetic instances.

    83 sufferers are at the ventilator, the dept stated.

    At 3,315, Ahmedabad district reported the easiest collection of new instances in Gujarat, adopted by means of 2,757 instances in Surat, 1,242 in Vadodara, and 467 in Rajkot.

    A complete of one.38 lakh other folks had been inoculated towards COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the full collection of doses administered up to now in Gujarat to 9.47 crore.

    A complete of 66,648 beneficiaries within the 15-18 age crew additionally won the doses.

    The precaution dose used to be administered to fourteen,716 other folks on Sunday.

    The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu reported 36 new COVID-19 instances and 18 recoveries right through the day.

    The UT has had 10,988 instances out of which 10,763 have recovered.

    The UT is now left with 221 energetic instances.

    The whole dying toll because of COVID-19 stood at 4, officers stated.

    Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Sure instances 9,26,240, new instances 10,150, dying toll 10,159, discharged 8,52,471, energetic instances 63,610, other folks examined up to now – figures now not launched.