The US will allow fully vaccinated foreign travelers to enter the country from November 8, the White House announced on October 15. With the announcement of the implementation of the new date, the US will essentially lift travel restrictions from countries like India, the United Kingdom, and the like. China.
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Australia
Sydney eases more COVID-19 restrictions as vaccination milestone
Thousands of children returned to school in Sydney on Monday, as Australia’s largest city, buoyed by rising vaccination rates, eased more COVID-19 restrictions.
Masks will no longer be mandatory in offices and the state of New South Wales, home of Sydney, will allow more people to gather in and out of homes over the weekend after reaching an 80% double-dose vaccination rate for people over the age of 16 . – Reuters
Assam
Assam’s Covid positivity rate crosses 1% mark again within four days
The positivity rate of new Covid-19 cases in Assam crossed the 1% mark for the second time within a span of four days on October 17, while six fresh deaths were reported, an official bulletin said.
A bulletin issued by the National Health Mission, Assam said 205 new coronavirus cases were reported during the day out of a total of 19,350 tests in the state, taking the total caseload to 6,06,468. – PTI
Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone for a new 1,430-bed hospital
To improve the health infrastructure in the city and prepare for the possibility of further waves of COVID-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone for a new hospital with a capacity of 1,430 beds in Shalimar Bagh.
He said that the hospital to be built at a cost of Rs 275 crore would be ready in six months. He announced the government’s plan to build seven new hospitals over the next six months with a total capacity of 6,800 beds.
“Delhi government is taking all necessary steps in view of possible third wave of COVID-19. We are going to make a system under which every citizen of Delhi will have his own health card. Earlier it used to cost Rs 1 crore to make normal beds, but our government is spending only Rs 20 lakhs on ICU beds,” Mr Kejriwal said.
National
COVID-19 vaccine for children still far away: Govt
COVID Task Force chief VK Paul on Sunday said the government will take a final decision on immunization of children and adolescents against coronavirus based on the overall scientific rationale as well as the supply status of vaccines available for people below 18 years of age. .
Mr Paul, who has been instrumental in the government’s efforts in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, also cautioned that even as infections are easing and the second wave subsides, it would not be fair to say that the worst is over because many countries have seen more than two waves.
National
COVID-19 possible despite earlier infection: Doctor
Emphasizing on the need for vaccination, doctors say past natural COVID infection will not protect everyone from re-infection. Vaccination could actually deliver higher rates of protection, he says.
“We cannot say with certainty that in the past, natural COVID infection provided 100% protection against re-infection,” said Sarita Sharma, Pediatric Consultant at PSRI Hospital, New Delhi. Pointing out that the pandemic situation is evolving, Dr Sharma stressed that whoever has been infected will not get protection.
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