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As per the Worldometer report, the total Coronavirus cases have reached the 20,503, 346 number. The death toll is 746, 022.
India has reached the 20-lakh mark in the month of August. The total coronavirus cases in the country have mounted to 23,29,638, while the death toll climbed to 46,091.
There are 6,43,948 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently which comprise 27.64 per cent of the total caseload.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 2,60,15,297 samples have been tested up to August 11 with 7,33,449 samples being tested on Tuesday.
After it was declared that the virus could be airborne the mask becomes a definite.’ Just social distance is not enough.’
‘You need a mask in addition to social distance.
Most of the countries have lifted the lockdowns, as it is a choice between lives and livelihoods, though the cases continue to soar.
Coronavirus Vaccine
Russia has become the first country to register its vaccine. It has dubbed its new coronavirus vaccine “Sputnik V” after the Soviet satellite, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund.
Kirill Dmitriyev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund which finances the vaccine project, said Phase 3 trials will start on Wednesday and industrial production was expected from September.
In India, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has permitted two vaccines – one developed by Bharat biotech International limited in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research. Another vaccine is by Zydas Cadila Healthcare Ltd ready to go in for the first and second phase of human clinical trials.
India Vaccine Trials
ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said, that the two vaccine are being developed indigenously. “There are two Indian vaccine candidates that have undergone successful toxicity studies in rats, mice and rabbits. After getting a clearance, we have started early phase human trials earlier this month.”
With the world’s most powerful nation hitting the confirmed 5 million mark, coronavirus cases in the US by far are highest of any country. With new cases are running at about 54,000 a day – an immensely high number even when taking into account the country’s larger population. And while that’s down from a peak of well over 70,000 last month, cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most.
Hard-hit Spain, France and Germany have seen infection rebounds with new cases topping 1,000 a day, and Italy’s cases inched up over 500 on Friday. Britain is still seeing an estimated 3,700 new infections daily.
When will the Pandemic end?
Some experts think that all this might never end as the virus has spread far and wide. The conventional way to try to answer the question of ‘when new Covid-19 cases will start declining’ is to look towards the vaccine. Once a effective vaccine has been discovered and administered to a significant proportion of the population, society will acquire “herd immunity” against it. It is estimated that 50 per cent to 75 per cent of the population will have to acquire immunity — either through infection or vaccination — for herd immunity to kick in.
The medical ending will come when the disease stops spreading; and the social ending, when people overcome their anxieties.. The political, when the government decides that as far as it is concerned, the pandemic is over. Any of these three endings could occur first, as political leaders and society can decide to move on regardless of whether the cases have peaked.
If we look at the world today, we can safely conclude that politicians and societies have decided to move on. We can see this happening as lockdowns are being lifted and people want to lead normal lives.