Saturday 15 May, 2021
A peak of the current surge is expected later this month.
The surge has pushed India’s already fragile and underfunded health system to the brink.
Modi stands weakened but faces no threats to staying on as the country’s leader until his term ends in 2024.
India today reported more than 392,000 new cases and nearly 3,700 Covid-19 deaths.
India reported more than 400,000 cases in 24 hours today, another global record that accounts for 40% of the world’s infections.
The World Trade Organization will meet again today to discuss the proposal.
Many experts suspect that the true death toll is higher than this.
India’s death toll is set to pass 200,000 after a massive recent surge in Covid cases.
Indian healthcare workers in Ireland are “sacrificing ever seeing some family again” in order to care for people here amid the pandemic.
Standing up for the rights of pharma companies over human rights is “not tenable”, says O’Gorman.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed the aid package as part of the co-ordinated EU response, as cases in India passed 350,000 a day.
The country has struggled to cope with a huge surge in cases.
India today recorded the world’s highest single-day increase in Covid-19 cases for a fourth day.
The 349,691 confirmed cases over the past day took India’s total to more than 16.9 million, with 192,311 deaths.
Twenty patients died in one night at one New Delhi hospital suffering from oxygen shortages.
The country has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths.
It now has the world’s second-highest level of infections.
The country is experiencing a surge in Covid-19 infections.
New Delhi has reported 25,462 cases and 161 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Experts say that missteps stemming from the belief that the pandemic was “over” are coming back to haunt the country.
India reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases.
Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, recorded nearly 60,000 cases in the last 24 hours.
The military crackdown in Myanmar has forced scores of refugees over the border into India.
There are several theories behind the dipping numbers.
The cause of the disaster is thought to have been a chunk of glacier breaking off.
Most of those missing were working at the two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks.
The hunger strike coincides with the anniversary of the death of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.
Health officials and experts are baffled by how the heavy metals got into the patients’ blood.
Symptoms range from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness.
The Hindu festival is usually celebrated by socialising and exchanging gifts, but the coronavirus has cast a shadow over festivities.
Today’s surge raised the country’s virus tally to more than 5.4 million.
A further 90,000 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, alone.
India has recorded more than 4.2 million Covid-19 infections.
Authorities recorded 86,432 cases in 24 hours in India.
The 84-year-old had recently undergone emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain.
It now has the fastest-growing daily coronavirus caseload of any country in the world.
The accident in the town of Mahad forced three disaster response teams to work through the night.
The building comprised 47 flats, police in the town of Mahad – 120 kilometres south of Mumbai – said.
The Health Ministry reported 1,007 deaths in the past 24 hours, to make a total of 48,040.
Eighteen people were killed and more than 120 injured in the crash in Kerala.
