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Ion the Covid-19 front, the overall daily cases on Thursday surged past 17,000 — the high- Researchers, including est in eight weeks — with just those from London School of six States accounting for 88.76 mid cases of new variants Hygiene and Tropical per cent of the new deaths Aof mutated SARS-CoV-2 Medicine estimate that the pushing India’s death toll to emerging in India, a new novel variant has a 43-90 per 1,57,435 and cases to modelling study has found cent higher reproduction 1,11,56,923. that a variant of the virus that number than pre-existing vari- As many as 89 fatalities causes Covid-19 in the UK in ants of SARS-CoV-2 in were recorded in the last 24 November 2020 is more trans- England. hours with Maharashtra missible than pre-existing Reproduction number reporting maximum 42, Kerala variants and will lead to a large indicates the average number 15 deaths and Punjab reported " resurgence of Covid-19 cases. of people who will contract a 12 deaths. The study should come as contagious disease from one However, 23 States and a warning to India where infected person. UTs have not reported any number of infections with the After emerging in deaths due to infections in the mutant UK, South Africa, and November last year, evidence last 24 hours. The rise in new # # $ Brazil variants of SARS-CoV- began to emerge in December cases of this magnitude was last 2 jumped to 242 on Thursday. that VOC 202012/01 was reported in the early week of not being exploited. The new Covid-19 UK strain rapidly outcompeting pre- January, pointed out experts. ' ! ! % %% ! , & ' “We are not utilising it is more contagious and spread existing variants The rate of active cases has he Delhi High Court fully. We are either donating it faster, and vaccines could be in southeast England, the also been rising gradually, Governments, the recent surge Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Odisha, of the population in the city has TThursday asked the Centre to foreign countries or selling less effective on these patients, researchers said. pushing it to 1.55 per cent. As is due to the rise in marriage Uttar Pradesh, Himachal been exposed to the virus and to explain the rationale behind it to them and are not vacci- according to a new modelling They noted that as of per the Ministry’s data, there ceremonies and State and local Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, developed antibodies against it. keeping strict control over class nating our own people. So study published in the journal February 15, the variant com- are 1,73,413 active cases at bodies elections. In mid- Jharkhand, Puducherry, The study was jointly con- of persons who can be vacci- there has to be that sense of Science. prises roughly 95 per cent of present after 14,031 patients February, officials had said the Assam, Lakshadweep, ducted by the Centre for nated against Covid-19 cur- responsibility and urgency,” a However, the study has its new SARS-CoV-2 infections were discharged in a day. average daily new infections Nagaland, Sikkim, Ladakh Cellular and Molecular Biology rently as under the present sys- bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi limitation as it was based on a in the UK, and has now been The experts have pointed oscillated between 9,000 and (UT), Tripura, A&N Islands, (CCMB), the ICMR-National tem those above and Rekha Palli said. relatively smaller number of identified in at least 82 coun- out that number of possibilities 12,000 while the deaths were Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Institute of Nutrition (NIN) the age of 60 years or with The high court directed the intervention and vaccination tries, including India. could be due to the stride between 78 and 120 while on Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar and the pharmaceutical com- comorbidities can receive vac- two institutes to file separate scenarios. India is taking all steps to ranging from the lax attitude of February 9, India had report- Haveli and Arunachal Pradesh. pany Bharat Biotech. cination. affidavits on their capacity to The research noted that speed up vaccination pace people towards following ed 9,110 new cases, the lowest So far, 1,66,16,048 doses of “The data indicate that the The high court said the two manufacture the vaccines on without stringent control mea- and hopes to inoculate around Covid protocols to the like- this year so far. Last year, the vaccine have been adminis- population of Hyderabad institutes which have developed per day/ week/ month basis and sures such as limited closure of 30 crore people by August this ability of “mutations and new lowest 9,633 cases were record- tered in the country since the might be slowly moving the vaccines COVISHIELD also the current optic of the educational institutions and a year in the second phase. strains” causing the surge, as ed on June 3. drive began on January 16. towards herd immunity, which and COVAXIN — Serum vaccines and how much greatly accelerated vaccine Estimates of its growth has been studied by the labo- The 23 States/UTs which Meanwhile, the latest will be certainly accelerated by Institute of India and Bharat unused capacity is lying. roll-out, Covid-19 hospitali- rate, disease severity and ratories involved in the Covid have not reported any Covid- round of seroprevalence survey the ongoing vaccination effort,” Biotech — have more capacity They also have to indicate sations and deaths across impact are crucial for inform- detection across the country. 19 deaths in the last 24 hours conducted in Hyderabad has said Doctor Rakesh Mishra, the to provide the vaccines but it if they can scale up their pro- England in 2021 will exceed ing policy responses, accord- According to State are: Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, showed that about 54 per cent CCMB director. seems that their full capacity is duction capacities, it said. those in 2020. ing to the researchers. died and their body taken away to hide evidence. It may be mentioned here PI (Maoist) rebels trig- that the CPI-Maoist’s squads of Cgered an IED blast killing Anal and Maharaj Pramanik three jawans of Jharkhand are active in the Toklo police Jaguar, State’s Special Task station area, bordering West Force, and seriously injuring Singhbhum, Khunti and two others. The blast took adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawn place at Lanji jungle under district. Toklo police station area in An encounter between the West Singhbhum district bor- naxals and CRPF had taken dering Khunti district on place at the same Lanji jungle Thursday morning. The in February. injured have been air-lifted to “Security has been beefed Ranchi for treatment. up in the area and they were # ) " # Those who were killed keeping strict vigil on move- ' ! % & &* were identified as Hardwar ment of the Naxalites. The Shah (of Palamau), Kiran Surin plan is to keep a tab on the The State Government as (Simdega) and head constable ! ! " # " camps being operated by temporary arrangement noti- Devendra Kumar Pandit $ % & ultras,” said another official. he State Government has fied new working committees (Godda), all belonging to Later in the day, Chief Tdecided to conduct pan- in panchayats to facilitate Jharkhand Jaguar Assault and naxals began, which con- insurgency operation there by Minister Hemant Soren paid chayat elections by the end of smooth execution of local pro- Group-11. The injured were tinued for two hours. The State the police and Jharkhand tributes to the martyred jawans this year, State Parliamentary jects under the 15th finance identified as Deep Topno police and Jharkhand Jaguar Jaguar,” said the DIG, Kolhan. and said that their martyrdom Affairs and Rural Development commission using its power (Khunti) and Nikku Oraon jawans started a combing oper- He went on to inform that an will not go waste. The CM, Minister Alamgir Alam under Section 107 of the (Latehar), who are also of the ation in the area. encounter followed between alongwith senior officials of the announced at the State Panchayati Raj Act owing to Jharkhand Jaguar Assault ' ! ( Soon after the incident the forces and the naxals. State government laid wreath Assembly on Thursday. delay in conducting fresh elec- Group-11. Soon after the inci- % & DIG Kolhan Rajiv Ranjan Police sources claimed that on the bodies of the soldiers Alam replying to a query tions in Jharkhand. dent, all the five jawans were Singh; SP, West Singhbhum, rebels had also faced damage in and consoled their family made by AJSU MLA from The State rural develop- air-lifted to Ranchi, where Police and jawans of station area which falls in the Ajay Linda and other senior the encounter and at least two members. Gomia Lambodar Mahto ment department named heads Shah and Surin were declared Jharkhand Jaguar Assault Chakradharpur subdivision of police officials rushed to the Naxals were killed in the retal- He also appealed to the revealed that the State of these working committees as brought dead. After a little Group were carrying out an the district about 8.30 am. spot of the incident. iatory firing by the security deviated youths of the State to Government is serious on con- from elected local body repre- while, Pandit succumbed to his anti-insurgency operation at Soon after the blast, an “The IED blast took place forces. They have either sus- join mainstream society or ducting three tier panchayat sentatives and gave them finan- injuries.