Covid-19: No. of Americans taking 1st jab drops to record low

The daily count of people receiving their first shots of a Covid19 vaccine in the US has dropped to a record low since inoculation began in the country in December 2020 according to the latest data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCThe CDC data on Wednesday revealed that the daily count of people getting the first dose has been decreasing since midAugust reaching a record low of 25336 on Tuesday reports Xinhua news agency The average number initiating vaccination each day is down 15 per cent from last weekThe slowdown comes as the ongoing wave of the pandemic is showing no signs of easing New daily Covid19 cases in the US have fallen by nearly 60 per cent nationwide since a peak in midSeptember triggered by the highly transmissible Delta variant But some northeastern states are starting to see new outbreaks and the nation is still averaging nearly 70000 daily cases and more than 1000 deaths per day according to the CDC dataMoscow enters nonworking periodThe Russian capital on Thursday started a nonworking period intended to stem contagion as daily infections and deaths from Covid19 surged to alltime highs The government task force reported 1159 deaths in 24 hours the largest daily tally since the pandemic beganIsrael to cancel curbs on outdoor gatheringsIsraeli ministers have decided to lift the Covidrelated restriction on the size of outdoor gatherings starting from Friday onwards officials said Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz agreed to cancel the restriction on gatherings that has limited events in open places to 5000 peopleTaiwan to relax curbs from Nov 2Taiwanrsquos executive authority said restriction measures imposed to prevent the spread of Covid19 will be relaxed starting from November 2 onwards as the outbreak has been brought under control According to the authority face masks will not be required at karaoke bars and eating and drinking at cinemas or on trains will be allowed reports Xinhua news agencyBrsquodesh to get 200 mn from World BankBangladesh has signed an agreement with the World Bankrsquos International Development Association to receive 200 million to create jobs for the countryrsquos Covidstricken lowincome people Fatima Yasmin secretary of Bangladeshrsquos Economic Relations Division and Mercy Miyang Tembon country director of World Bank signed the loan agreement on behalf of their sides here reports Xinhua news agencyOz travel rules eased booster shots to startgtgt Australians who have been fully vaccinated against Covid19 will be able to travel overseas from November the government saidgtgt Australiarsquos Covid19 vaccine booster programme will start for the adult population on Nov 8 as the country continues to battle the third wave495123No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours245227885Total no of cases worldwide4976325Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever