India becomes the third-worst hit country by Covid-19 after the US and Brazil.

India surprassed Russia as the country recorded  the 3rd highest number of covid-19 cases.

The national tally near 700000 with a recovery rate of almost 61%.There were over 24,000 cases recorded in a single day.

India Updates | India crosses Russia & is now the 3rd most affected country by COVID. National tally nears 7 lk as county reports total 6,97,413 cases. Total cases & recoveries see the 2nd biggest single-day rise

Total testing done at 1.80 lk Vs 2.49 lk on previous day.

#COVID_19 India | Total #COVID cases in India are now near 7 lakh. Total cases & recoveries see the 2nd biggest single-day rise. Delhi reports drop in active cases for 4th day in a row with the recovery rate improving to 71.7%. 21 states/UTs report drop in recovery rate today.

India targets to launch first covid-19 vaccines by 15 August.

In a major development,the Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR)has announced it's plan to launch a COVID-19 vaccine for public by 15 August.

ICMR has partnered with 12 institutes for human trials of COVAXIN

These studies typically involve hundreds to thousands of volunteers and are conducted over several months, but given the current health emergency, ICMR is moving to expedite the trial process.

The COVAXIN shot has been created from an inactivated strain of the novel coronavirus

When injected, the vaccine does not affect the subject but primes its body to generate an immune response in the form of neutralizing antibodies that can automatically fight off the virus.

Great, it will be a great celebration day of our independence when we’ll get another independence from COVID-19.

Half a million of people have died due to covid-19.

The novel corona virus has claimed over  500,000 lives,according to johns Hopkins university more than 25% of those deaths(125,000)have come from the US,as global fears of second phase of virus increases.

Since the outbreak  begin there have been  more than 10 millions cases worldwide.#coronavirus

Trump Feb 26th 2020

In front of a packed White House briefing room,Trump told the country there were only 15 cases of coronavirus in the US, and “within a couple days [it is] going to be down to close to zero”

Today  2,630,446 cases    

         128,392 deaths