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India
Full immunization of 80% of India’s adult population
Eighty percent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.
According to official figures, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 175 crore.
In a tweet, Mr Mandaviya said, India has crossed the historic milestone of providing both doses of the coronavirus vaccine to 80 per cent of its adult population.
He said, ‘Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, the country is moving fast towards 100% vaccination with the mantra of ‘Sabka Prayas’.
According to official figures, about 96.5% of the country’s adult population has been given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The data said that over 20 million adolescents in the age group of 15-18 have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. , PTI)
India
22,270 new COVID-19 cases reported in India, 325 deaths
India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,28,02,505 on Saturday, with 22,270 more people testing positive for the viral disease, while the number of active cases declined to 2,53,739, according to Union Health Ministry data .
The death toll reached 5,11,230 with 325 fresh deaths, said data updated at 8 am.
The daily COVID-19 cases in the country are below one lakh for 13 consecutive days.— PTI
America
Biden to extend US national emergency due to COVID-19 health risk
President Joe Biden said on Friday that the US national emergency declared in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended beyond March 1 due to the ongoing risk to public health posed by the coronavirus.
Biden said the death toll of more than 900,000 Americans from COVID-19 emphasized the need for the federal government to respond to the pandemic with “full capacity.”
“The need to continue this national emergency remains,” Biden said Friday in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the Senate.
The White House has issued the letter. , Reuters
China
Beijing 2022 reports no new COVID cases on 18 February
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organizing committee said on Saturday that no new COVID-19 cases were found among sports-related personnel on February 18. , Reuters
Canada
Canadian police arrest protesters in Ottawa
Police began arresting protesters and clearing away vehicles on Friday in Canada’s besieged capital city, and soon a stream of trucks began to leave under pressure, prompting a three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. The authorities’ hopes were raised to end the protest.
The crackdown on the self-declared Freedom Convoy began in the morning, when hundreds of police, some in riot gear and some carrying automatic weapons, descended into the protest area and handcuffed the protesters as holdout truck drivers honked their horns in protest. The police broke down the doors of at least one RV camper before they could be driven away.
In the afternoon a continuous procession of trucks began to leave Parliament Hill as officers queued up the streets.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong to postpone elections amid COVID-19 surge
Hong Kong will delay the election of its next chief executive due to the current surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR). Current Chief Executive (CE) Carrie Lam said on Friday that the current wave of cases would delay the selection of the next CE by six weeks, adding that it would take at least two months to stabilize the current surge and bring it under control. Will take , SAR continued to report thousands of new cases on Friday, Omicron Edition reported, reporting 3,629 confirmed cases and more than 7,600 initial positive cases, most of which are also likely to be confirmed as positive cases.
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia are the first African countries selected to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, a summit meeting of EU and African Union countries said on Friday Heard.
Six countries have been selected as part of a bid launched last year by the World Health Organization to build vaccine production factories, which are believed to be the most effective licensed shots against COVID-19.
Africa currently produces only 1% of coronavirus vaccines. According to WHO statistics, only 11% of the population in Africa has been fully vaccinated, while the global average is around 50%.
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