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9.46 am: The Assam government asks its departments to find out if frontline employees are vaccinated before paying them salaries from June, NDTV reports.
9.30 am: India reports 54,069 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections since the outbreak of the pandemic to 3,00,82,778. The country’s toll rises by 1,321 to 3,91,981.
India’s tally of active cases stands at 6,27,057, while the number of recoveries reach 2,90,63,740.
9.20 am: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says her government would prioritise vaccinating women who have children younger than 12 years old, PTI reports. There have been concerns that children might be affected more in the possible third wave of the pandemic, even though some studies have said that might not be the case.
9.10 am: Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal says if containment strategies and Covid-appropriate behaviour are followed, the impact of the possible third wave of infections will be less and there won’t be a strain on the health infrastructure, PTI reports.
9 am: India tested more than 18.59 lakh samples for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
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8.50 am: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the Union government on Wednesday to immediately take steps to ensure that people vaccinated with Covaxin are not restricted from…