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India reopens to fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling on chartered flights
•This is first time India has allowed foreign tourists to enter the country since March 2020 when it imposed its first nationwide lockdown
Centre says 69 percent of India's adult population has received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; 25 pc given both doses
•It also said that increased population density raises chances of COVID-19 spread and it will be prudent to avoid non-essential travel and observe festivity at low key.
COVID-19 vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage of pandemic, says study in The Lancet
•The authors noted that across all vaccine types and variants, vaccine efficacy is greater against severe disease than against mild disease.
India lauds patent waiver under WTO agreement, move will enable ramping up manufacturing of COVID vaccines
•US had backed the initiative by India and South Africa, which sought relaxation in the TRIPS agreement norms to ensure availability and affordability of vaccines
Centre should follow global example and make COVID vaccine free for all, says economist Ramakumar
Neeradp •The economist's comments comes in the backdrop of the Serum Institute of India’s hiking the price of its COVISHIELD vaccine. The Centre, meanwhile, has asked both SII and Bharat Biotech to lower the prices of their vaccines.
Coronavirus Updates: Kerala govt imposes weekend restrictions, only 'emergency travel' allowed
Fp Staff •Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 'There is a cap of 75 people indoor and 150 outdoor for marriages and a maximum of 50 people for funeral services,' Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said
Coronavirus update: Maharashtra govt postpones Class 10, 12 board exams due to COVID-19 surge
•State education minister Varsha Gaikwad added that the Class 12 exams are likely to be held by the end of May, and Class 10 in June
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauds Narendra Modi’s ‘strong commitment’ to COVID vaccine development
•The PM and world health body chief discussed the value of traditional medicinal systems, with the latter appreciating India’s Ayushman Bharat scheme and campaign against tuberculosis