Over 2.98 crore unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses still with states, UTs: Centre

India records 39097 fresh Covid19 cases 546 fatalities in a day Indian Railways set to transport 200 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Brsquodesh via Oxygen ExpressThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday said that 29835847 balance and unutilised Covid19 vaccine doses are still available with the states Union Territories and private hospitals to be administered The Ministry said that it has so far provided 445386390 vaccine doses to states and UTs through all sources and a further 8558360 doses are in the pipeline Of this the total consumption including wastages is 415550543 dosesIndia records 39097 casesIndiarsquos tally of Covid19 infections rose by 39097 in a day to reach 31332159 while 546 more people succumbed to the viral disease during the same period taking the death toll to 420016 on Saturday The number of active cases in the country has increased to 408977 accounting for 134 per cent of the total caseload while the national Covid19 recovery rate stood at 9735 per cent the data updated at 8 am showedOdisha sanctions exgratiaThe Odisha government has sanctioned an exgratia of Rs 255 crore to the family members of 17 working journalists of the state who died due to Covid19 an official release said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal in this regard put forth by the Information and Public Relations IampPR Department on Friday An assistance of Rs 15 lakh each has been sanctioned for the families who died due to the infectionIndia to deliver LMOThe Indian Railways is set to transport 200 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen LMO to Bangladesh in 10 containers via the Oxygen Express for the first time ever ldquoIndian Railwaysrsquo Oxygen Express is set to embark on its journey to Bangladesh This is the first time ever that the Oxygen Express is put into operation to a neighbouring country Today an indent was placed at Tata in Chakradharpur Division under South Eastern Railway to transport 200 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Benapole Bangladeshrdquo the Ministry of Railways said in an official statement on SaturdayMP govt issues SOPThe Madhya Pradesh government has issued a standard operating procedure SOP for reopening of schools for classes XI and XII with 50 per cent attendance starting July 26 an official said on Saturday As per the SOP released on Friday physical classes for students of classes IX and X resume once a week from August 5Kerala temple body to avoid lsquobali tharpanammrsquoTravancore Devaswom Board TDB the apex temple body in Kerala has decided to avoid the annual lsquobali tharpanammrsquo a ritual to pay homage to ancestors in its shrines this year citing the spread of Coronavirus and assessing that it would be difficult to perform the ritual while adhering to social distancing norms A recent highlevel meeting of the Board decided not to allow the ritual which used to be performed by thousands of devotees in temples across the state31332159Total number of cases in the country as of Saturday420016Total no of deaths due to the virus in India30503166Patients Recovered and discharged in India as of SaturdayThis 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