The Union health ministry on Wednesday said the World Health Organization has not associated the term “Indian variant” with B.1.617. In a tweet, the WHO also said that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said Bharat Biotech has said it cannot provide Covaxin doses to the national Capital and that it was dispatching shots as per the directives of government officers concerned. Sisodia said the Delhi government had to shut over 100 vaccination centres due to shortages of vaccine.
India on Wednesday registered 3,48,421 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the country to 2,33,40,938 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. With 4,205 deaths, the toll climbed to 2,54,197. This is the highest single-day rise in toll so far since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Globally, the coronavirus has now infected 15.90 crore people and killed over 33.12 lakh since the pandemic broke out…