Coronavirus LIVE: 580 adverse events reported across India post-vaccination

Coronavirus live updates: A total of 381,305 beneficiaries in India have so far been vaccinated. Globally, more than 95.5 million people have been infected, of which, 10,572,672 are in India

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EU insists virus shots will remain voluntary

The European Union sought Monday to ease concerns that citizens might be obliged to get shots against the coronavirus before they're allowed to travel, as debate swirls over the use of vaccination certificates to help reopen tourism across the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission has been weighing a Greek proposal to issue vaccination certificates to help get travelers to their vacation destinations more quickly and avoid another disastrous summer for Europe's tourism sector.

Greece plans to issue digital vaccination certificates to each person inoculated against Covid-19. EU heads of state and government are due to discuss the proposal at a video-summit on Thursday. European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic insisted that vaccination is voluntary. He noted that some people cannot be inoculated for health reasons while others might simply object.

We are taking all the precautions that we would not create any ground for different treatment of these people, or any kind of limitations of their rights, he told reporters after taking part in videoconference talks between European affairs ministers.

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SC Bar Association writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad, urges vaccination extension to judicial members

Supreme Court Bar Association writes to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, seeking direction to extend COVID-19 vaccination programme to include judges, judicial members & persons belonging to the legal fraternity.

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Kerala logs 3,346 fresh Covid-19 cases and 3,921 recoveries

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Karnataka reports 435 new Covid-19 cases, 973 discharges

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Punjab reports 140 new Covid-19 cases, 278 recoveries

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56,978 persons have tested positive for Covid in Himachal Pradesh so far

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Rajasthan reports 213 new Covid-19 cases, 626 recoveries, and 3 deaths

Total cases: 3,15,394

Total recoveries: 3,08,010 

Death toll: 2,750

Active cases: 4,634

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Haryana reported 119 new Covid-19 cases today.

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381,305 beneficiaries received Covid-19 vaccine, 580 adverse events reported: Health Ministry

A total of 3,81,305 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated for coronavirus, even as 580 adverse events following immunization were reported in the country, the Union health ministry said on Monday. Addressing a press briefing, Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary in the ministry, said 1,48,266 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 25 states and Union territories till 5 pm on Monday.

 

"A total of 3,81,305 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated (till 5 pm on Monday) as per provisional reports," he said.

 

Of the 1,48,266 beneficiaries who were administered the vaccine on Monday, 8,656 were from Bihar, 1,822 from Assam, 36,888 from Karnataka, 7,070 from Kerala, 6,665 from Madhya Pradesh, 7,628 from Tamil Nadu, 10,352 from Telangana, 11,588 from West Bengal and 311 were from Delhi.

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Maharashtra records 1,924 coronavirus cases, 3,854 recoveries; 35 die

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Monday rose to 19,92,683 after it recorded 1,924 fresh cases, said a state health department official. The state reported 35 more deaths due to the infection, taking the fatality count to 50,473, he said.

 

Also, 3,854 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the tally of recovered people to 18,90,323, the official said.

 

The state now has 50,680 active cases of coronavirus, he said. Mumbai city reported 395 new cases, which pushed its overall count to 3,03,152, while its death toll rose to 11,251 after seven more patients succumbed to the infection.