TIMES OF INDIA
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 10, 2020, 06: 46: 00 IST
Covid cases in India rose by 26,500 on Thursday, setting daily record. The govt continues to maintain there is no community spread yet, although some localised outbreaks have been observed. Stay with TOI for live updates.
UN says Latin America and Caribbean are Covid-19 ‘hot spot’
Latin America and the Caribbean have become “a hot spot” for the COVID-19 pandemic, with several countries now having one of the highest per capita infection rates and absolute number of cases in the world, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. According to a report, unemployment in the region is expected to rise to 13.5 per cent from 8.1 per cent last year, affecting more than 44 million people, compared to over 18 million in 2019.
US posts new record 24-hour virus caseload of more than 65,000: AFP news agency quoting Johns Hopkins
ICMR letter was intended to expedite jab trials: Govt
“The whole idea is to have indigenous candidates. Indian manufacturers have developed vaccine candidates in record time. We want to make the vaccine available as early as possible. The intent of the letter from DG, ICMR was to tell sites to fast-track it. We have indigenous candidates and we must not miss the bus. We need a vaccine today. If we go into making a vaccine by using conventional methods and bring a vaccine after two year