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U.S. escalating vaccine deliveries amid the shortages

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Due to the growing exasperation over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden declared that the U.S. is increasing the deliveries to the needy states first over the next three weeks and is expecting to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the early fall. 

Biden called the push a “wartime effort”. The administration are planning to obtain an additional 100 million doses of each of the two approved Covid-19 vaccines. Vaccine shortages in U.S. have been so grave that some vaccination sites around the states had to cancel tens of thousands of prior engagements with people who were looking for their first shots. 

The newly elected President of U.S. pledged that approximately there will be 16% boost in deliveries to states over the next three weeks. However, the administration is planning to buy another 100 million doses each from drug makers Pfizer and Moderna  for long term assurance. 

Governors have been taking record of inadequate supplies in order to plan more dosages and supplies they would require. 

Biden’s buoyant pledge of delivering 100 million injections in his first 100 days of office is a promising thing as he could soon achieve his target of providing 1.5 million doses per day.

The administration has asserted that they will hold news briefings three times a week about the outbreak that has killed over 420,000 Americans. 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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