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Coronavirus wrap July 2: India crosses 9 million-mark in COVID-19 testing; Goa opens for domestic tourists

The United States reported yet another record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with over 50,700 new cases

July 02, 2020 / 10:09 PM IST
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India has recorded over 6.04 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus and 17,834 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry's latest update.

Of these, 2,26,947 are active cases while 3,59,859 have recovered.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of infections, followed by Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat.

Globally, more than 1.06 crore infections and over 5.1 lakh deaths have been reported due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Here are all the latest updates:

COVID-19 Vaccine

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How does a vaccine work?

A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine.

How many types of vaccines are there?

There are broadly four types of vaccine — one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine.

What does it take to develop a vaccine of this kind?

Vaccine development is a long, complex process. Unlike drugs that are given to people with a diseased, vaccines are given to healthy people and also vulnerable sections such as children, pregnant women and the elderly. So rigorous tests are compulsory. History says that the fastest time it took to develop a vaccine is five years, but it usually takes double or sometimes triple that time.

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>> The total number of recoveries has fast outgrown the number of active COVID-19 cases, with the difference between the two being 1.32 lakh at present, the Union health ministry said.

>> Chennai is currently the Indian city that is worst affected by the novel coronavirus, reporting over 2000 infections almost every day. Chennai recorded 2,393 new cases on June 30, charting the maximum number of new cases reported from a city in India and the second-highest in the world, after Los Angeles.

>> The Centre said that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monuments including Taj Mahal, Red Fort etc can open from July 6.

>> The United States reported yet another record daily number of new coronavirus infections – over 50,700 cases – according to a tally being kept by Johns Hopkins University.

>> Goa opened its borders to domestic tourists as hotels in the popular tourism destination opened for bookings.

>> Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope ruled out community transmission of COVID-19 in the worst-affected state in India.

>> India crossed the nine million-mark with respect to COVID-19 testing.

>> Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated Delhi's first plasma bank. He appealed to people to donate their plasma to treat novel coronavirus patients.

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first published: Jul 2, 2020 10:09 pm

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