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As per the health ministry, in the past 24 hours, India reported 14,348 new COVID-19 cases, 13,198 recoveries and 805 deaths. The World Health Organization said Thursday its plan to secure and deploy vaccines, tests, and treatments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months. Cash for the WHO’s Access to Covid Tools Accelerator — aimed at developing, producing, procuring, and distributing tools to tackle the pandemic, would help fight global inequity in the roll-out.

The UN health body stated that delivering on its plan could help prevent at least five million potential additional deaths, AFP reported.

Meanwhile, the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 104 crore on Thursday. More than 66 lakh (66,55,033) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Thursday.

In Australia, the COVID-19 vaccination drive has reached Antarctica’s frozen shores. COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at Australia’s Casey research station in Antarctica, authorities said on Friday, allowing expeditioners to be inoculated before they journey back home to a country reopening to the world. Australia is gradually easing pandemic restrictions as it boosts vaccination levels after its southeast was rocked by a third wave of infections fuelled by the Delta variant.

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