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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Details of the global pandemic within the Indian Union Territory}}<br />
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| disease = [[COVID-19]]<br />
| virus_strain = [[SARS-CoV-2]]<br />
| location = [[Lakshadweep|Lakshadweep Islands]], [[India]]<br />
| arrival_date = 18 January 2021<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=01|day1=18|year1=2021|month2=|day2=|year2=}})<br />
| origin = [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], [[China]]<br />
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The first case of [[COVID-19]] on the Union Territory of [[Lakshadweep]] was recorded on 18 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Nearly a year after Covid-19 outbreak in India, Lakshadweep reports its first-ever case| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/lakshadweep-reports-first-ever-coronavirus-covid19-case-1760411-2021-01-19|access-date=22 January 2021|publisher=India Today}}</ref> Lakshadweep Islands, until then, was India's only COVID-free territory (state/UT), and life was fairly normal for the residents of the UT.<ref>{{Cite news| title=What Covid-19? Life is normal is Lakshadweep| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-covid-19-life-is-all-normal-in-lakshadweep/articleshow/79641218.cms|access-date=22 January 2021|newspaper=Times of India| date=9 December 2020}}</ref> As of 13 September 2021, there were 10,297 confirmed cases (5 active) and 51 deaths.<ref name="MOHFW">{{Cite web|title=MoHFW-Home|url=https://www.mohfw.gov.in/|access-date=22 January 2021|website=www.mohfw.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Timeline==<br />
* As on 19 January, total number of cases in Lakshadweep was 21. All of them are active cases.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
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* As on 21 January, total number of cases was 48. All of them are active cases.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
* As on 22 January, total number of cases was 50. All of them are active cases.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
* As on 24 January, total number of cases in the UT was 57. All of them are active cases.<ref name="MOHFW" /> --><br />
* As on 25 January, total number of cases was 67. All of them are active cases.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
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* As on 1 February, total number of cases in Lakshadweep was 99, including 43 active cases and 56 recoveries.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
* As on 2 February, total number of cases was 119, including 56 active cases and 63 recoveries.<ref name="MOHFW" /> --><br />
* As on 3 February, total number of cases was 122, including 61 active cases and 61 recoveries.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
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* As on 8 February, total number of cases was 152, including 78 active cases and 74 recoveries.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
* As on 9 February, total number of cases was 163, including 73 active cases and 90 cures.<ref name="MOHFW" /> --><br />
* As on 10 February, total number of cases was 178, including 63 active cases and 115 recoveries.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
* As of 12 August 2021, there are 40 active cases.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2021-08-13|title=Lakshadweep administration imposes travel restriction to mainland in view of rising COVID-19 cases in Kerala|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lakshadweep-administration-imposes-travel-restriction-to-mainland-in-view-of-rising-covid-19-cases-in-kerala/article35891497.ece|access-date=2021-08-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> jk<br />
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* As of 13 September 2021, total number of cases was 10,297, including 5 active cases and 51 deaths.<ref name="MOHFW" /><br />
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== COVID-19 vaccines with approval for emergency or conditional usage ==<br />
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Two vaccines - [[University of Oxford]]’s [[AZD1222]] (marketed as Covishield in India) and [[BBV152]] (marketed as Covaxin, developed in India by [[Bharat Biotech]] in association with the [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] and [[National Institute of Virology|NIV]]) were approved by the [[Drug Controller General of India]] on 1 and 2 January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=COVID-19 vaccine Covishield gets approval from DCGI's expert panel |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-serum-institute-of-indias-covid-19-vaccine-covishield-likely-to-be-approved-for-emergency-use-in-india/article33472324.ece |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Expert panel recommends Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted emergency use |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/expert-panel-clears-bharat-biotechs-covaxin-amid-uk-virus-strain-what-you-need-to-know-3240500.html |access-date=22 January 2021 |publisher=News18 |date=2 January 2021}}</ref> Both can be stored, transpedorted and handled at normal refrigerated conditions (2-8 degrees [[Celsius]]).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]<br />
*[[COVID-19 pandemic]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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