# States are dealing with the spike in coronavirus cases and in Kerala’s case, the Nipah virus as well. The night curfew and Sunday lockdown in Kerala have been withdrawn , after brainstorming sessionswith national and international experts.
And in Nipah-hit Kohikode, samples of 10 of the high-risk contacts of the deceased have been tested and found to be negative.
# Maharashtra on its part is concerned with people flooding markets across cities and the
# In Tamil Nadu,
# On vaccines, Russia's Sputnik V gets some traction in India . Panacea Biotec has supplied the first batch of the second component of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, for sale in India.
# And finally, addressing vaccine-linked anxiety, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu urged people to take the doses without fear or hesitation .