Coronavirus India Live Updates: Maharashtra accounts for greater than half of 15,510 new instances; Phase II of vaccination begins

Meanwhile, a final-year MBBS pupil from Sion hospital examined optimistic for the novel coronavirus on Saturday, days after receiving the second dose of the vaccine in opposition to Covid-19. Doctors stated even after each doses, it may take a number of days for immunity to construct.
The 21-year-old acquired the Covishield vaccine. Last week, he acquired the second dose. He developed delicate signs of the viral an infection and underwent a check that got here out to be optimistic. He was admitted to Seven Hills hospital on Saturday night time, whereas a number of of his hostel mates, who additionally bought vaccinated, are underneath quarantine.
In different information, days forward of the finances session in Punjab Assembly that begins Monday, state Cabinet Minister for Jails and Cooperation Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (62) was declared Covid-positive by a authorities testing laboratory whereas two subsequent exams — one at a non-public lab and one other at PGIMER Chandigarh — declared him damaging, all inside a span of three days.