Meanwhile, Covid-19 vaccines of Serum Institue of India and Bharat Biotech have been granted permission for restricted use in an emergency situation.
World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 85,612,751. While 60,568,516 have recovered, 1,853,260 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 21,115,036 cases, and 360,071 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 10,341,291 cases, Brazil (7,733,746), Russia (3,236,787), France (2,655,728) and UK (2,654,779).
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