Top 10 coronavirus updates: Karnataka eases restrictions, lifts weekend curfew

Here are the top updates from Saturday:

The Karnataka government announced the lifting of weekend curfews from next week, reported NDTV. The government said the night curfew will, however, remain in place between 9 pm and 5 am.India reported 44,111 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Saturday morning, taking its tally since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 3,05,02,362. The toll rose by 738 to 4,01,050, while the number of active cases dropped under five lakh to 4,95,533.Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech confirmed that the coronavirus vaccine shows 77.8% efficacy against the infection. Bharat Biotech claimed that Covaxin shows 65.2% efficacy against the Delta variant of coronavirus.The world is going through a very “dangerous period” of the Covid-19 pandemic, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. He added that the Delta variant is dangerous and is continuing to evolve and mutate, which requires constant evaluation and careful adjustment of the public health response.A Trinamool Congress councillor was seen in a video giving vaccine doses at a Covid-19 immunisation Centre in Asansol. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at the TMC government in West Bengal, asking if it would take action against the councillor, Tabassum Ara.The Centre has sanctioned funds from the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations, or PM CARES, fund…

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