India's health ministry said on Wednesday that if an individual is infected after the first dose of the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/covid-19-indian-army-establishes-covid-hospital-near-line-of-control-in-uri-385976">coronavirus</a> vaccine then the "second dose should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery from the virus."

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"An individual can donate blood after 14 days of either receiving vaccine or testing RT-PCR negative if suffering from <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/covid-19-india-records-highest-single-day-coronavirus-in-the-world-385958">COVID-19</a>," the ministry added.

India's&nbsp;health ministry officials recommended vaccination for lactating women while adding that there was no need for screening of vaccine recipients by rapid antigen test prior to vaccination.

The new recommendations by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) have been communicated to various states and Union Territories in India.

Meanwhile, the virus second wave continues with Kerala reporting 32,762 new coronavirus cases including 112 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death toll due to the virus in the state has now risen to 6,724 along with the 18,94,518, according to the state government.

India's national capital reported 3,846 new virus cases including 235 deaths on Wednesday amid the lockdown. The death toll due to the virus since last year has climbed to 22,346 in Delhi with 14,06,719 reported COVID-19 cases.

Meanwhile, &nbsp;Karnataka deputy chief minister Ashwathnarayan said that 2 crore <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-civil-rights-leader-to-ask-biden-to-give-india-60-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-385928">vaccine </a>doses have been placed with the Serum Institute of India(SII) and 1 crore with Bharat Biotech.&nbsp;

"We are requesting them to scale up the supply," Karnataka deputy chief minister said, adding, "by August, we will have huge vaccine availability. Probably by end of December, we can expect the entire population to have at least a single dose."

Ashwathnarayan said that testing has also been ramped up with results coming in &nbsp;24 hours at most of the places instead of &nbsp;5-7 days earlier.

According to the government, a total of 5,86,29,000 doses will be provided free of cost from May 1 to June 15 with a total of 4,87,55,000 doses to be made available till end of June for direct procurement by states and Union Territories.

India's health ministry said on Wednesday that if an individual is infected after the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine then the "second dose should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery from the virus.

India's health ministry said on Wednesday that if an individual is infected after the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine then the "second dose should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery from the virus." Watch: "An individual can donate blood after 14 days of either receiving vaccine or testing RT-PCR negative if suffering from COVID-19," the ministry added. India's health ministry officials recommended vaccination for lactating women while adding that there was no need for screening of vaccine recipients by rapid antigen test prior to vaccination. The new recommendations by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) have been communicated to various states and Union Territories in India. Meanwhile, the virus second wave continues with Kerala reporting 32,762 new coronavirus cases including 112 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death toll due to the virus in the state has now risen to 6,724 along with the 18,94,518, according to the state government. India's national capital reported 3,846 new virus cases including 235 deaths on Wednesday amid the lockdown. The death toll due to the virus since last year has climbed to 22,346 in Delhi with 14,06,719 reported COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, Karnataka deputy chief minister Ashwathnarayan said that 2 crore vaccine doses have been placed with the Serum Institute of India(SII) and 1 crore with Bharat Biotech. "We are requesting them to scale up the supply," Karnataka deputy chief minister said, adding, "by August, we will have huge vaccine availability. Probably by end of December, we can expect the entire population to have at least a single dose." Ashwathnarayan said that testing has also been ramped up with results coming in 24 hours at most of the places instead of 5-7 days earlier. According to the government, a total of 5,86,29,000 doses will be provided free of cost from May 1 to June 15 with a total of 4,87,55,000 doses to be made available till end of June for direct procurement by states and Union Territories.

Second dose to be deferred by three months after recovery from virus: India health ministry

The Isreal health ministry has said that more&nbsp;people under the age of 40 were diagnosed with the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/new-zealand-confirms-first-case-of-uk-variant-amid-auckland-lockdown-363640">virus</a> than those above 60 showing that the virus has been spreading rapidly among young people in the country.

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Isreal this month had begun exiting from its third coronavirus lockdown after large scale vaccination drive. The country has been conducting one of the most successful vaccine drives in the world ever since it received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine with 3.4 million jabs administered in December which is the world's fastest per-capita vaccine campaign. &nbsp;

However, despite the jabs, Israel has been registering daily average of 6,500 coronavirus cases with 1,000 coronavirus fatalities recorded in January which was the deadliest month since the outbreak took hold in the country.

Israel's health ministry informed that 39 per cent serious COVID-19 comprised of those aged less than 60 last week which was an all-time high. Authorities said that the UK variant has become the dominant strain in the country.

The country has decided to keep its international airport closed until February 20 despite the fall in number of cases. Fights into Israel have been suspended since January 24 even as reports claimed the county has been under pressure from the United States to allow United Airlines and Delta to carry passengers from the US.

In a country of over 9 million population, the government has targeted vaccinating everyone over the age of 16 by the end of March. &nbsp;

Israel has registered over 687,000 COVID-19 cases including over 5,000 fatalities.

The Isreal health ministry has said that more people under the age of 40 were diagnosed with the virus than those above 60 showing that the virus has been spreading rapidly among young people in the country.

The Isreal health ministry has said that more people under the age of 40 were diagnosed with the virus than those above 60 showing that the virus has been spreading rapidly among young people in the country. Watch: Isreal this month had begun exiting from its third coronavirus lockdown after large scale vaccination drive. The country has been conducting one of the most successful vaccine drives in the world ever since it received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine with 3.4 million jabs administered in December which is the world's fastest per-capita vaccine campaign. However, despite the jabs, Israel has been registering daily average of 6,500 coronavirus cases with 1,000 coronavirus fatalities recorded in January which was the deadliest month since the outbreak took hold in the country. Israel's health ministry informed that 39 per cent serious COVID-19 comprised of those aged less than 60 last week which was an all-time high. Authorities said that the UK variant has become the dominant strain in the country. The country has decided to keep its international airport closed until February 20 despite the fall in number of cases. Fights into Israel have been suspended since January 24 even as reports claimed the county has been under pressure from the United States to allow United Airlines and Delta to carry passengers from the US. In a country of over 9 million population, the government has targeted vaccinating everyone over the age of 16 by the end of March. Israel has registered over 687,000 COVID-19 cases including over 5,000 fatalities.

Coronavirus spreading rapidly among under 40s in Israel: Government data

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Second dose to be deferred by three months after recovery from virus: India health ministry

Coronavirus spreading rapidly among under 40s in Israel: Government data