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COVID-19 Pandemic News

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• Readout of U.S.-U.K. Joint Contact Group DHS 31 Mar 2022

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Readout of U.S.-U.K. Joint Contact Group DHS 31 Mar 2022
• 23 countries yet to fully reopen schools after COVID-19 closings: UNICEF People's Daily 31 Mar 2022 -- As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries - home to around 405 million schoolchildren - are yet to fully reopen schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, said the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday.

United States

• Department of the Army announces updated COVID-19 vaccination statistics US Army 31 Mar 2022 -- The U.S. Army announced updated COVID-19 vaccination rates and exemption requests as of Mar. 30, 2022.

China

• Shanghai battens down for further lockdowns as city government admits poor planning Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2022 -- China looks set to stay with its controversial zero-COVID policy, as residents of the west bank of Shanghai's Huangpu river flocked to supermarkets ahead of Friday's scheduled lockdown, and patients said they were having trouble getting lifesaving medical treatment due to testing restrictions.
• Shanghai in decisive battle against Omicron, admits being inadequately prepared for latest surge Global Times 31 Mar 2022 -- Shanghai has been beefing up its COVID-19 prevention measures after a 3,000-official meeting on Wednesday night and vowed to adopt a strategy of what it termed "static management of the whole region," citywide nucleic acid testing as its officials admitted being ill prepared for the latest wave of fast-rising infections.
• Shanghai apologizes for not fully preparing for surging COVID-19 infections; 6 special groups established to strengthen efforts Global Times 31 Mar 2022 -- At a press conference on Thursday, Shanghai authorities said they failed to thoroughly prepare for the recent outbreak that's been battering the city. The authorities said previous epidemic prevention and control measures were not fully implemented, and the city has upgraded the directing mechanism and established six special working groups to focus on specific tasks to strengthen efforts.
• Chinese mainland reports 1,803 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Mar 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 1,803 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.
• Shanghai enters static management as cases keep surging; life necessity supplies and medical services for residents stressed: officials Global Times 31 Mar 2022 -- Shanghai municipal government officials announced on Wednesday night to resort to static management of the whole city, carry out city-wide nucleic acid testing, so to round up risk groups and staunch viral infections within community as soon as possible.
• Shanghai to fully mobilize in fighting resurgence as top health authority urges dynamic zero-COVID to be upheld unswervingly Global Times 31 Mar 2022 -- As Shanghai held a 3,000-official meeting on Wednesday night to fully mobilize the citywide resources to fight the highly contagious Omicron variant, China's top public health authority laid out new instructions and stressed why it's important to uphold the dynamic zero-COVID goal unswervingly and why China, unlike some Western countries, can achieve this goal.
• China balancing COVID-19 control, economic growth People's Daily 31 Mar 2022 -- As the Omicron variant has caused COVID-19 resurgences in many parts of China, the country is meeting the challenge with swift and solid action.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 184.06 Cr India PIB 31 Mar 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 184.06 Cr (1,84,06,55,005) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,19,86,205 sessions.
• COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 440 India PIB 31 Mar 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 184 Crore (184,28,88,791) today. More than 20 lakh (20,60,086) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. More than 1.71 Crore (1,71,53,367) vaccine doses have been administered to 12-14 years age group so far. More than 2.31 Crore (2,31,63,264) Precaution Doses for the identified categories of beneficiaries (HCWs, FLWs and Over 60 years) for COVID vaccination have been administered so far. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 31 Mar 2022 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 31 Mar 2022

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 46 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 31 Mar 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 140,204 with 46 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 239 COVID-19 cases, including 87 domestic CNA 31 Mar 2022 -- Taiwan reported 239 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday -- 87 domestically transmitted and 152 that originated abroad -- and no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
• Keelung COVID-19 cluster linked to karaoke bar grows to 91 cases CNA 31 Mar 2022 -- The COVID-19 cluster linked to a karaoke bar in Keelung City increased to 91 cases on Thursday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).