new delhi indias daily covid19 cases continue to witness a downward curve the country on friday reported 46617 new covid cases pushing the total case tally to 30458251 853 people succumbed to the virus and the current death toll stands at 400312 the countrys active caseload meanwhile has declined to 509637 which is 167 per cent of the total cases at present a net dip of 13620 cases has been recorded in the total number of active covid19 cases in a span of 24 hourshere are the latest covid19 related developments across the countrythe second covid wave still not over no one is safe until entire country is safethe government on friday cautioned that the second wave of covid19 is not over yet even though india is seeing a decline in the number of fresh casesthe second wave of covid19 is not over yet and central teams have been sent to problem states we are not safe until the entire nation is safe niti aayog member health dr vk paul saidexpressing his views on the third wave of covid19 dr paul said that is not in our hands we must have all the preparation regarding infrastructure in rural areas arrangement for children icu beds medicines etc but our attempt would be to stall any new outbreak and if we are disciplined then this wave will not comepregnant women in india now eligible for covid vaccinationpregnant women in india are now eligible to get vaccinated against covid with the union health ministry friday giving the approval based on recommendations of the national technical advisory group on immunization ntagithe decision empowers pregnant women to make an informed choice on taking the covid vaccination the ministry said adding these women can now register on cowin or walkin to the nearest covid vaccination centre to get themselves inoculatedthe decision has been communicated to all the states and union territories to implement it under the ongoing national covid vaccination program it said in a statementcentre rushes teams to six states reporting high number of covid19 casesthe centre on friday rushed highlevel teams to six states in view of higher number of covid19 cases being reported by them the twomember multidisciplinary teams have been deployed in kerala arunachal pradesh tripura odisha chhattisgarh and manipur the health ministry said in a statementthe central teams will support the states in tackling the pandemic by effectively carrying out covid measures management these teams will monitor the overall implementation of covid19 measures especially in testing including surveillance and containment operations covidappropriate behaviour logistics including hospital beds ambulances and ventilators in addition they will provide suggestions for remedial actions on public health activities to the respective state governmentsboth doses of vaccine provide around 98 per cent protection from death due to covidthe government on friday citing a study conducted on police personnel in punjab said that both the doses of covid vaccine provide around 98 per cent protection from death due to the disease while one dose gives nearly 92