80,000 Volunteers Given COVID-19 Vaccine In India

Russia is first country to register world's first COVID-19 vaccine on August 11. More than 100,000 people in Russia have already been inoculated against coronavirus, said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.?

According to Johns Hopkins University, US has seen a death toll of more than 2,600 on Wednesday. Hospitals stretched beyond 'reasonable limit' as number of COVID-19 patients reaches 100,000 for the first time.

In India, 70,000-80,000 volunteers have been given COVID-19 vaccine. Patients didn't see any side-effects. Data shows that the short term vaccine is safe.

India has reported more COVID-19 recoveries than infections in the last 24 hours. India has reported over 35,500 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the country over 95 lakh.

Globally, over 64.5 million people have been infected by the virus with more than 14 lakh deaths. US continues to be the worst affected country followed by India and Brazil.