1. India reported 1,65,553 new COVID-19 cases, 2,76,309 discharges and 3,460 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry Sunday morning update.
2. India achieved a significant landmark in its ongoing inoculation drive as the cumulative number of doses administered went past 21 crores on Saturday.
3. The Delhi government has extended the COVID curfew for another week till 5 am of June 7 while allowing operations of manufacturing/production units within closed premises.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that all children who have lost both parents or guardians due to COVID-19 will be supported under the ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme. The PM CARES will contribute through a specially designed scheme to create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age.
5. A total of 34,31,83,748 samples tested up to May 29. Of which, 20,63,839 samples were tested on Saturday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
6. Vietnam has discovered a new COVID-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of variants first identified in India and the UK, state media has reported.
7. Japan health ministry panel has approved expanding the use of the US pharmaceutical-based COVID-19 vaccine – Pfizer – for people aged 12 to 15 in addition to those 16 or older.
The ministry is expected to decide at a meeting Monday to provide the vaccine free for those aged between 12 and 15, reported Kyodo News.
8. Another 3,398 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, down from 4,182 cases reported Friday, which was the highest daily number since April 1, according to official figures released Saturday.
9. A consignment of 200,000 AmBisome (Amphotericin B injection), used in black fungus treatment reached India on early Sunday.
10. Russia has registered 9,289 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from the 9,252 the day before, with the total number reaching 5,053,748, the federal response center said on Saturday.
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