In an address in Rajya Sabha, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that advanced planning for a vaccine is in the works and that it is expected to be available in India by the beginning of 2021.
India’s COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 51 lakh with a spike of 97,894 new cases and 1,132 deaths in last 24 hours.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 cured/discharged/migrated and 83,198 deaths, according to Union Ministry of Health data.
Meanwhile, the national capital reported a jump of 45 per cent in the number of containment zones in the last 10 days as Delhi’s case tally crossed 2.3 lakh. Home isolation cases of Covid-19 in Delhi also jumped by over 50 per cent to reach 16,576 during the period, according to official data.
