Coronavirus live updates: India, World Bank sign $400 million project to support Covid affected people

In its latest report, Check Point Research, a global cyber security firm, has found a stream of posts on the internet from sources claiming to have a range of ‘coronavirus vaccines’ or remedies for sale. The findings come close on the heels of Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, issuing an early warning notification last week. “When a Covid-19 vaccine does become available, it will likely not be available for sale online. However, fraudulent pharmaceutical products advertised as allegedly treating or preventing Covid-19 are already on sale, both offline and online,” the notification reads.

WHO is aware of reports that a new variant of Covid-19 has been identified in the UK, although there is no evidence to suggest that the mutation will impact the effectiveness of vaccines against the disease, an official said. UK health secretary Matt Hancock earlier in the day announced that a new variant of Covid-19 had been identified in the south of England, and was responsible for roughly 1,000 cases.

Ahmedabad Police has collected Rs 18.41 crores as fine from people who were challaned for not wearing face masks in public places amid the Covid-19 outbreak. "Over 3.13 lakh people paid Rs 18.41 crores in fine for not wearing face masks in public places in Ahmedabad, Gujarat since the outbreak of Covid-19, Harshad Patel, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic control), Ahmedabad said.

Moderna Inc said on Monday it was informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) certain documents related to pre-submission talks of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate were unlawfully accessed in a cyberattack on the medicines regulator. The EMA, which assesses medicines and vaccines for the European Union, said earlier this month that it had been targeted in a cyberattack, which also gave hackers access to documents related to the development of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Daily Covid-19 cases in India dropped to a 161-day low, with just 22,273 fresh infections reported in the country on Monday. This was the lowest count of daily cases recorded since July 6 as the pandemic continued to gradually recede across most of India.

Hundreds of critically ill patients admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were left unattended for hours on Monday as the hospital’s nurses went on an indefinite strike at around 3pm to press for their demand to rectify an anomaly in the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendation, among others.