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Dramatically ramping up COVID-19 vaccination drive is key to ending the crisis in India and extending the gap between two doses of Covishield is a “reasonable approach,” White House chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci told ANI in an exclusive interview on Thursday.

The CBSE Class 10 Results are scheduled to be released on June 20.

Referring to farmers’ movement to and from dharna sites, the Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, “What is coming to the fore now is that because of these dharnas, this (infection) has spread.”

As states face an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, the central government on Wednesday (May 12, 2021) approved the proposal of Bharat Biotech to set up a new plant of Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL) in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr.

No confirmation yet if these bodies, mainly found buried at the Rautapur Ganga Ghat in Hajipur area, are of COVID-19 positive patients.

Karnataka Education Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana on Wednesday informed that Common Entrance Test (CET)- 2021 has been postponed to August 28 and August 29 in view of surging COVID-19 cases. 

The state cabinet will meet again on May 20 to review the situation on extending the Telangana lockdown.

MHA Additional Secretary informed on Tuesday that the Central government has also increased the production of oxygen in the country and is procuring one lakh oxygen concentrators under PM Cares Fund.

Amid positive signs of declining coronavirus cases in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said a variant of Covid-19 suspected to be behind the explosive outbreak of the deadly virus has been found in dozens of countries all over the world.

Centre said the oxygen availability has also been enhanced by setting up of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants, import of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) from overseas, and procurement of oxygen concentrators.