The Serum Institute of India chief Adar Poonawalla on Thursday said it expected the World Health Organization to approve its vaccine for emergency use within the next two weeks.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that about 100 health workers will be vaccinated at 81 centres four days a week. He said that the numbers of the centres in the coming days would first be increased to 175 and then to 1,000.
India registered 16,946 new cases, taking the overall count to 1,05,12,093. The country’s toll rose by 198 to 1,51,727. India’s active cases stood at at 2,13,603, while the number of recoveries reached 1,01,46,763.
Meanwhile, a research team from the World Health Organization arrived in China’s Wuhan city to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. The global daily coronavirus deaths crossed 17,000 for first time.
Globally, the coronavirus has infected more 9.23 crore people and killed 19.77 lakh, according to John Hopkins University. More than 5.09 crore people have…