Highlights: Delhi reports 1063 new Covid-19 cases, 1120 recoveries, 37 deaths

The Tamil Nadu government has said that it has prepared the priority list of those who would be first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. 21,000 personnel were being trained and 46,000 centres were identified in the state for the rollout.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the each frontline worker would be given two doses, and therefore 1.02 crore doses would be required in the first phase of vaccination. He also said that the govt currently has the capacity to store 74 lakh doses but that would be increased to 1.15 crore within a week.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that his government was prepared to receive, store and provide vaccines to the priority category persons in the city. He stated that there were 51 lakh people including healthcare & frontline workers who would get vaccine in the first phase.

The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has put up an advertisement asking volunteers to enroll for Phase-3 clinical trial of indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin. The last date of enrollment is December 31, 2020.

Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas. More than 1,300 new cases have been linked to the seafood market outbreak.

Ukraine's coronavirus caseload crossed the one million mark on Thursday. The country has a death toll of 17,395 and the total number of recoveries is 631,435.

The Meghalaya government has announced that tourists coming from the UK would be denied entry into the state in view of the highly infectious that has been recently discovered in the UK.

Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain said that the national capital reported less than 1000 cases for the past three days and that the infection was below 2%. He termed the situation 'mellow'.

A 28-year-old Nagpur man who had returned from the UK 15 days ago has tested positive for coronavirus. His swab samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune.

The Delhi Health Department has asked the Lok Nayak Hospital to set up a separate isolation unit for patients who have tested positive for coronavirus after returning from the UK.

South Korea has signed deals with Pfizer Inc and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen to import coronavirus vaccines to cover up to 16 million people, as it grapples with the third wave of infections, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a televised briefing on Thursday.

Telangana reported 574 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to over 2.83 lakh including 6,815 active cases. Death toll after two new fatalities stands at 1,524.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will chair a meeting of the health minister and the health secretary today to review preparation for the coronavirus vaccine.

India recorded 24,712 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's tally to 10,123,778 including 2,83,849 active cases. The death toll rose to 1,46,756 after 312 new fatalities while total number of discharges rose to 96,93,173 after 29,791 new ones.

Jharkhand reported 202 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 1,13,609 including 1,633 active cases.