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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Gurugram firm developing vaccine in pill form

AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech studying Covid shots for children, vaccine distribution explained, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

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Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
Daily cases highest in six months

India reported 81,466 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,23,03,131, according to a report in the Scroll. The daily rise is the highest in six months. The country saw 469 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 1,15,25,039, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 6,14,696. As many as 6,87,89,138 shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 36,71,242 were given on Thursday. Read more here

India’s Premas Biotech working on a vaccine in