Second dose inoculation for 15-18 age group to begin in MP on Monday

 Administration of the second dose of anti-Covid-19 vaccines to eligible children in the 15-18 age group will begin from Monday in Madhya Pradesh, an official said

Administration of the second dose of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to eligible children in the 15-18 age group will begin from Monday in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. Letters were written to all the district collectors in MP in this regard, National Health Mission director Priyanka Das said in an official statement. All the eligible persons from the 15-18 age group will be given the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Monday, it said.

Das said 36.42 lakh eligible children from this age group had received the first dose of vaccines against the target of 48 lakh. She said that sessions for the second jab for the eligible teens will be organised in the schools, where the first dose was administered. Das said that registration for the second dose will be held on the spot.

119 Indians, 5 foreigners from coronavirus-hit cruise ship land in Delhi

India thanked Japanese authorities for facilitating the evacuation of people

An exceptional Air India flight conveying 119 Indians and five nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru, who were ready the coronavirus-hit isolated voyage transport Diamond Princess, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday morning. India expressed gratitude toward Japanese experts for encouraging the clearing of individuals.

“Air India flight has quite recently arrived in Delhi from Tokyo, conveying 119 Indians and 5 nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru who were isolated installed the #DiamondPrincess due to #COVID19. Welcome the assistance of Japanese specialists. Much obliged to you @airindiain by and by,” tweeted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Upwards of 138 Indians including 132 team and six travelers were among the 3,711 individuals on board the extravagance journey transport, which was isolated off Japan on February 5 after it developed that a previous traveler had tried positive for the infection. Of these, 16 were tried positive for coronavirus and will remain in Japan for treatment, while the rest of the will be repatriated to India.

The repatriation is being encouraged by the Indian government. Coronavirus has contaminated in excess of 80,000 individuals in 37 nations, causing in excess of 2,600 passings in the previous scarcely any months. Not long ago, India had emptied upwards of 640 of its nationals from Wuhan – the capital of the Chinese region of Hubei which has been the focal point of the novel coronavirus…

With economy reeling, Hong Kong to give big cash handouts to 7 mn residents

The cash handout alone will cost HK$71 billion but officials hope consumers will plough much of the money back into local businesses

International News: Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday said it will give a HK$10,000 ($1,280) gift to 7,000,000 changeless inhabitants in an offer to kick off a downturn hit economy presently intensified by the coronavirus episode. Monetary Secretary Paul Chan revealed the money blessing in a yearly spending plan, submitting $120 billion to help mitigate the most noticeably terrible monetary midtown the global budgetary center point has looked in 10 years.

Hong Kong brags huge financial saves more than HK$1 trillion developed over the blast years, a store that the administration is presently taking advantage of. The money gift alone will cost HK$71 billion however authorities trust buyers will furrow a great part of the cash over into neighborhood organizations. “Utilizing financial stores to help endeavors and alleviate individuals’ hardship is surely in accordance with our kin’s desires,” he said.

Hong Kong’s economy is reeling from the US-China exchange war, long periods of genius majority rules system fights a year ago and now the coronavirus: a triple whammy Chan portrayed as “uncommonly somber”.Different estimates declared in the financial backing included benefits and pay tax cuts just as low intrigue credits for organizations battling to pay staff compensation. The traveler, café and retail areas have been hit particularly hard with insolvencies taking off and generally low joblessness rising…

WHO declares international emergency over novel coronavirus outbreak

Top airlines including Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa have suspended or cut back services to China

The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly novel coronavirus from China — a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international co-ordination in tackling the disease. “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems,” World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he declared a “public health emergency of international concern”.

“This is not a vote of no confidence in China,” he said, emphasising repeatedly that the measure was intended to help other countries less able to cope and praising the Chinese government for taking swift action to tackle the outbreak. “We must all act together now to limit further spread…. We can only stop it together,” said Tedros, who travelled to China this week and met with President Xi Jinping.

Tedros also said there was “no reason” for any of the international travel or trade restrictions announced in recent days, such as flight suspensions, border closures and quarantine for apparently healthy travellers. Top airlines including Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa have suspended or cut back services to China…Keep Reading