Covid-19: India sees 1.34 lakh fresh infections, 2,887 deaths

With 134154 fresh cases Indiarsquos Covid19 tally has climbed to 28441986 while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 621 per cent the health ministry said on Thursday morningThe death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 337989 with 2887 more people succumbing to it The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 26390584 while the case fatality rate has gone up to 119 per cent the data showedAlso Read Maharashtra How Sarpanch local administration kept Covid19 at bay in 3 villages5 AI pilots died in MayMeanwhile five senior pilots of Air India have died in May due to Covid19 senior officials said on Thursday adding that the carrier has started vaccinating its employees from May 15 onwards after a delay due to nonavailability of vaccinesThese five senior pilots were Captain Harsh Tiwary Captain G P S Gill Captain Prasad Karmakar Captain Sandeep Rana and Captain Amitesh Prasad they saidAir India had on May 4 said it would vaccinate all its employees against Covid19 by the monthend but couldnrsquot citing ldquononavailabilityrdquo of vaccinesIt started vaccination camps for employees with delay from May 15 onwards Air India officials said on Thursday It is not clear by when Air India would be able to complete the first dose of vaccination of all its employees IndiGo has given first dose to around 20000 employees out of total 35000 eligible employees that work for the carrier and its ground handling subsidiary AgileAlso Read Maharashtra How Sarpanch local administration kept Covid19 at bay in 3 villageslsquoDistribute ration cardsrsquoThe Centre has issued an advisory to all states and UTs to identify and issue ration cards to the most vulnerable and economically weaker sections of society to ensure their coverage under the National Food Security Act NFSA The Centrersquos directive comes amid various reports that the poorest of the poor are in dire need of food grains but they are unable to procure ration cardFood Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said states and UTs have scope to add coverage of 197 crore under the NFSA As many as 14 states have completed 100 per cent coverage quotaMichel kin seek UK govt helpThe family of Christian Michel based in the UK and France on Thursday expressed concern for his wellbeing amid the ongoing pandemic in India and urged the British government to intervene on behalf of the VVIP chopper scam accused being held in Tihar Jail in New DelhiAlaric and Alois the sons of the British middleman who was extradited to India from the UAE over a controversial helicopter deal said they were increasingly concerned for their fatherrsquos wellbeing amid the pandemic and his medical condition involving kidney stonesldquoIt has been extremely hard on us especially our 17yearold sisterrdquo Alaric 26 said during an online press conference in LondonSII wants to produce Sputnik VThe Serum Institute of India SII has applied to the Drug Controller General of India seeking permission to manufacture Sputnik V the Russian Covid19 vaccine for examination test and analysis at its licensed Hadapsar facility in Pune official sources said on Thursday Once these approvals are received the SII plans to seek restricted emergency use permission for the vaccine in India Sputnik V is currently being manufactured by Dr Reddyrsquos Laboratories in India The SII has told the government that it will be able to manufacture and supply 10 crore Covishield doses in JuneHC issues summons to RamdevThe Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons to Ramdev on a plea accusing him of making statements against allopathic medicines and claiming Patanjalirsquos Coronil kit is a Covid19 cure The HC orally asked Ramdevrsquos counsel to tell him not to make any provocative statements To the petitioners it said ldquoYou people doctors should be spending time to find cure for the pandemic instead of wasting the courtrsquos timerdquo28441986Total no of Coronavirus cases in India so far337989Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far1713413Total no of active cases in IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever