Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth has gone into self-isolation after some of his staff tested Covid-19 positive. “Some officers of my office have tested positive for Covid-19. As a precaution, I have isolated myself,” Adityanath tweeted. On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest-ever single-day spike of 18,021 coronavirus cases while 85 fatalities took the death toll in the state to 9,309.

Meanwhile, amid talk of an extended lockdown, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will address the state at 8.30 PM today. Earlier, during an all-party meeting, CM Uddhav Thackeray had hinted at the imposition of an extended lockdown in the state to curb the surge in cases.

In other news, Centre has fast-tracked emergency approval for foreign-produced Covid-19 vaccines that have been granted similar clearances in other countries. The decision came after an expert panel recommended that Covid-19 vaccines which have been developed and are being manufactured in foreign countries and which have been granted emergency approval for restricted use by authorities in the US, Europe, the UK, Japan or which are listed in the WHO Emergency Use Listing may be granted emergency use approval in India.

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