Highlights: PM Modi receives call from Justin Trudeau on Covid-19 vaccines

PM Modi on Wednesday received a call from his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on the exchange of Covid-19 vaccines between the two nations. This comes a few hours after the Ministry of External Affairs cleared 24 million doses on a commercial basis to 25 countries excluding Canada. The PM said in a tweet that the Canadian Prime Minister was assured that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of the vaccine.

Delhi is all scheduled to increased the number of Covid-19 vaccination sites from the existing 183 to 265, reported ANI. The planned 82 vaccination sites will become operational from February 11.

Delhi is the sole region in the country to witness three distinct waves of Covid-19. On February 9 the national capital witnessed zero deaths for the first time since the pandemic started.

The health ministry during a press briefing on Wednesday said that a total of 30 individuals have been hospitalised following inoculations. Adding that 9 of them have lost their lives while 19 have been discharged, and 2 individuals are currently under treatment.

The Union health ministry said in a press briefing on Wednesday that 68 lakh individuals have been inoculated against Covid-19 in the country so far. Out of which 56,65,172 are healthcare workers and 11,61,726 frontline workers.

A day after recording zero fatalities Delhi registered two new fatalities taking the death toll to 10,884 on Wednesday, reported ANI. 127 new cases of Covid-19 were also registered in the same time frame.

Odisha's Covid-19 tally reached to 3,35,889 on Wednesday after 92 more people tested positive for the coronavirus, reported news agency PTI.

The Prime Minister during the ongoing Parliamentary session praised Covid warriors during his Motion of thanks on the President’s address"Our doctors, nurses, Covid warriors, Safai Karamcharis, those who drove ambulances...such people and so many others became manifestations of the divine who strengthened India's fight against the global pandemic" the PM said in the Parliament.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have been administered their first shots of the Covid-19 vaccine, reported the Associated Press. The 72-year-old heir to the throne and his 73 year old wife were vaccinated under the UK government's efforts to vaccinate the vulnerable population.

South Africa's health minister Zweli Mkhize announced that the country would administer the use of the unapproved Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine instead of AstraZeneca's, citing that the latter "does not prevent mild to moderate disease” of the variant that has spread widely in South Africa," reports AP.

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Ministry of health and family welfare has said that 33 states, Union territories in India have less than 5,000 active Covid-19 cases.

Jharkhand reported 61 new Covid-19 cases and no new fatalities, taking the state's tally to 1,19,116 cases and 1,078 deaths, a health official said.

Active cases now stand at 464 and a total of 1,17,574 patients have recovered.

Also, 1,40,114 healthcare workers have been administered the Covid-19 vaccine in the state, reports PTI.

With 51,486 new Covid-19 cases and 1,350 deaths, Brazil's tally reached 95,99,565 cases and 2,33,520 deaths, according to the government. The country has reported more than 1,000 single-day deaths for the 20th consecutive day.

More than four million people have been vaccinated in the country, reports ANI.

According to government data, total confirmed Covid-19 cases in India reached 1,08,58,371 cases and the overall recovery rate reached 97.27 per cent.

A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides two-thirds protection against the Covid-19 disease, according to the data available with the UK government from the country's vaccination drive, reports Bloomberg.

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203,324,655 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 9th February. Of these, 7,36,903 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

As per the latest health ministry figures, 6,611,561 vaccinations have taken place in India thus far.

India records 11,067 new Covid-19 cases as tally rises to 10,858,371. Death toll at 155,252 with 94 more deaths.

Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 1,701 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total to 168,432.

China recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases on February 9, same as on a day ago. National tally reaches 89,734 while death toll stays at 4,636.

'Made in India' vaccines reach Barbados and Dominica, tweets external affairs minister S Jaishankar.