Covid-19: Active cases rise in India for second day

People break Covid safety rules as they wait to take vaccine, in Ghaziabad, UP, on Thursday. Pic/PTI

India logged 43,509 new novel Coronavirus infections and 640 fatalities, while the active cases increased for the second consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning.

The active cases have increased to 4,03,840 from 3,99,436 the day before. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.38 per cent, the daily positivity rate was 2.52 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 4,404 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 tally in a span of 24 hours.

Brazil shelves import nod

After suspending the proposed clinical trials of Bharat Bioetch's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin and a request for Emergency Use Authorisation, Brazil now has suspended its decision to import four million doses.

"The Collegiate Board of Anvisa unanimously decided, on Tuesday (27/7), to provisionally suspend the exceptional and temporary authorisation for import and distribution of the vaccine against Covid-19-Covaxin, requested by the Ministry of Health," Anvisa, the country's health regulator, said in statement.

‘Women's nutrition suffered during 2020 lockdown'

The Covid-19 lockdown in 2010 caused disruptions in agricultural supply chains that negatively impacted the nutrition of women in India, according to a study by Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, New Delhi. The researchers found that the drop was due to decreased consumption of foods like meats, eggs, vegetables and fruits, which are rich in micronutrients that are crucial to good health and development. Nearly 90 per cent of survey respondents reported having less food, while 95 per cent said they consumed fewer types of food. This poses a threat not only to women's productivity and well-being, but also that of their children, said a co-author.

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Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far

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Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

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Total no. of active cases in India

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