‘US to support India’s vaccination efforts with USD 25 million’

The United States US on Wednesday announced 25 million assistance to support Covid19 vaccination efforts across IndiaUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken who is on a twoday visit to India said that the funding will contribute to saving lives by strengthening vaccine supply chain logistics addressing misinformation vaccine hesitancy and helping to train more health care workersldquoUS has contributed more than 200 million dollars worth of Covid19 assistance I am pleased to announce that the US government will send additional 25 million dollars to support vaccination efforts across Indiardquo Blinken announced during a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hereldquoThis funding will contribute to saving a life by strengthening vaccine supply chain logistics addressing misinformation vaccine hesitancy and helping to train more health care workers We are determined to end this pandemic in India and the US We will work to do itrdquo he addedNoting that the Covid19 pandemic hit both the US and India very hard Blinken said ldquoWe remember with gratitude and will not forget the aid and assistance India provided to us early in the pandemic I am proud we could return the gesture to IndiardquoTokyorsquos daily cases cross 3kThe number of new Covid19 cases in Tokyo reached 3177 for the first time in a single day the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday The alltime high comes just a day after Tokyo hosting the Olympics since last week marked 2848 daily infection cases on Tuesday topping the earlier record of 2520 cases logged on January 7Pakrsquos daily Covid count crosses 4kPakistanrsquos daily Covid19 case count crossed 4000 for the first time in two months on Wednesday morning after the National Command and Operation Centre reported 4119 fresh infections The country last recorded more than 4000 cases in a single day on May 22 the Geo TV reported According to the NCOCrsquos latest stats 52291 Coronavirus tests were taken in the last 24 hours across the country Of these 4119 came back positiveUS looks at mandate for vaccinationUnited States US President Joe Biden has said his administration is considering a mandate that requires all federal workers to be vaccinated against Covid19 escalating the push for vaccination amid the rampant spread of the Delta variant and stillhigh vaccine hesitancy rates in parts of the country ldquoThatrsquos under considerationrdquo he said on Tuesday in response to a reporterrsquos questionSaudi Arabia announces travel ban penalties for those going to redlist countriesSaudi Arabia has announced a threeyear travel ban and hefty penalties on citizens who visit nations on the kingdomrsquos Covid19 red list ldquoTravelling to the banned countries is an obvious violation of Covid19related travel restrictions and the Kingdomrsquos updated instructionsrdquo the Gulf News on Tuesday quoted a report by the staterun Saudi Press Agency SPA as saying The SPA report said an official at the Saudi Ministry of Interior has warned Saudi citizens against travelling to countries that have been put on the notravel list recently as these nations are currently witnessing a surge in cases of Covid19 and its variants The redlist nations include the UAE Libya Syria Lebanon Yemen Iran Turkey Armenia Ethiopia Somalia Congo Afghanistan Venezuela Belarus India and Vietnam410645No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours195566317Total no of cases worldwide4181767Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis 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