No case of new Covid-19 variant C.1.2 in India so far

New Delhi : In the past 24 hours, India recorded 41,965 cases, as per Health Ministry’s data.

The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said.

Himachal Pradesh became the first state in the country to administer the first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus to 100 % of its 18+ population. The health department is looking at completing the second dose of vaccine for all its residents by November end.

Bihar impressed with it numbers of recording 1.32 crore vaccination on August 31

Meanwhile the students of classes 9-12 returned to schools after they reopened on Wednesday following a long hiatus due to COVID-19 in Delhi. Some institutions, however, chose to adopt a wait-and-watch approach and have decided to call children for physical classroom studies only after a few weeks.