Coronavirus News Highlights: India's active COVID-19 caseload slips below two lakh after nearly 7 months

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Delhi reports 228 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths

Delhi reported 228 new COVID-19 cases, 405 recoveries, and 10 deaths today, says Delhi Health Department

Total cases: 6,33,049
Active cases: 2,147
Total recoveries: 6,20,128
Death toll: 10,774 pic.twitter.com/pATSlXp6e7

— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2021

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Mumbai reports 501 new COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths

Mumbai reports 501 new #COVID19 cases, 490 recoveries/discharges & 9 deaths today.

Total cases rise to 3,04,122 including 2,85,307 recoveries/discharges and 11,266 deaths.

Active cases stand at 6,654 pic.twitter.com/naLHa4tm7E

— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2021

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) could be authorised by WHO in January or February: Reuters

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | World leaders who got inoculated with Chinese COVID-19 vaccine: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan, top leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, and Indonesia have been publicly inoculated with Chinese vaccines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | China silent on why its top leaders are yet to take COVID-19 vaccine

China on Wednesday boasted that several world leaders have taken its COVID-19 vaccines, but remained silent on why the top Chinese leaders are yet to take the jab. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying in her daily media briefing here named leaders of several countries who have taken one of the two COVID-19 vaccines made in China, publicly reposing their faith in them.

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | People who contract COVID-19 should also get vaccinated after 4-6 weeks of recovery: AIIMS Director

While interacting with personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at their 16th Raising Day celebrations in New Delhi, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said people who have already contracted COVID-19 should also get vaccinated after around four to six weeks of recovery.

He explained: “A vaccine jab is essential for them (recovered from coronavirus) due to two reasons. One is you are not sure how strong is your post-COVID-19 immunity and it has been seen quite a few times that those who had a mild to moderate infection their anti-body response has been less, and we also don’t know how long it will be.”

He added that a vaccine would act as a booster dose for such individuals.

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Easy to immunize children with intranasal COVID-19 vaccines: AIIMS Director

Intranasal COVID-19 vaccines would be easier to administer to school children who bear “very mild” disease load but are infectious nonetheless, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on January 20.

“It (coronavirus infection) is very mild in children, but they are infectious. They can spread the disease,” he said.

The AIIMS Director added: “The vaccines that have come are not approved for children because there have been no studies conducted on children, but this (vaccination) is a very important step and trials are being done.”

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | 1,12,007 beneficiaries received COVID-19 vaccine shots across 20 states and UTs on January 20 till 6 pm, says Centre

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry: A total of 7,86,842 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till 6 pm today as per the provisional reports. No case of severe/serious AEFI has been attributed to vaccination till date.

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Govt: In total 7,86,842 beneficiaries administered COVID-19 vaccine till Wednesday 6 pm since launch of inoculation drive on January 16.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | Health Department: Maharashtra records 3,015 new COVID-19 cases to take tally to 19,97,992; toll up to 50,582 as 59 patients die.

Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka reported 501 new COVID-19 cases, 665 discharges, and 4 deaths today. Total cases: 9,33,578 Total discharges: 9,13,677, Death toll: 12,185, Active cases: 7,697.