1. The Centre has asked all the states and union territories to increase the interval between the two doses of Covishield vaccine and make it 6-8 weeks based on the recommendation of two expert panels.
2. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, all schools up to class 8 in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed from March 24 till March 31.
3. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 4.84 crore.
4. Punjab reported 2319 new COVID-19 cases, 1870 discharges and 58 deaths on Monday.
5. Tamil Nadu reported 1,385 new COVID-19 cases, 659 recoveries and 10 deaths on Monday.
6. Germany will enter a strict shutdown for five days over Easter in a bid to halt soaring coronavirus infection rates, announced Chancellor Angela Merkel.
7. Non-essential travel will be explicitly banned in England from next Monday under new coronavirus laws which could last until the end of June.
8. France reported 15,792 new coronavirus cases on Monday, more than double the 6,471 reported last Monday, Reuters reported.
9. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said he would receive a coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
10. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in received AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.