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May
15
2021
By The African Mirror
India ‘on war footing’ as coronavirus infections pass 24 million

India ‘on war footing’ as coronavirus infections pass 24 million

WORLD
TANYI MEHTA and SHILPA JAMKHANDIKAR PRIME Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 through India's vast countryside on Friday, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day and total infections crossed 24 million. India is in the grip of the highly transmissible B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus, first detected there and now appearing across the globe. Modi said his government was "on a war footing" to try to contain it. "The outbreak is reaching rural areas with great speed," he said, addressing farmers in a virtual conference. "I want to once…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

WORLD
ADNAN ABIDI and SHILPA JAMKHANDIKAR INDIA’S tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the pandemic could peak in the next couple of days. Total infections since the start of the pandemic have reached 19.93 million, swelled by 368,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 3,417 to 218,959, health ministry data show. At least 3.4 million people are currently being treated. But medical experts say actual numbers could be five to 10 times…
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May
03
2021
By The African Mirror
India’s COVID-19 daily cases stay near record, another state imposes lockdown

India’s COVID-19 daily cases stay near record, another state imposes lockdown

WORLD
AFTAB AHMED INDIA’S new coronavirus cases dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths from COVID-19 jumped by a record 3,689, with one more state going into lockdown as the nation's creaky healthcare system is unable to cope with the massive caseload. Authorities reported 392,488 new cases in the previous 24 hours, pushing total cases to 19.56 million. So far, the virus has killed 215,542 people. India reported a record 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. Indian hospitals, morgues and crematoriums have been overwhelmed as the country has reported more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight. Many families…
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Apr
30
2021
By The African Mirror
India’s COVID-19 emergency is wake-up call to Africa -AU health chief

India’s COVID-19 emergency is wake-up call to Africa -AU health chief

NEWS
THE raging state of the COVID-19 pandemic in India is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guards down, the African Union's disease control agency has warned. African nations generally do not have sufficient numbers of health care workers, hospital beds, oxygen supplies, and the continent of 1.3 billion would be even more overwhelmed than India if cases surged in a similar way, said John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. "We are watching with total disbelief...What is happening in India cannot be ignored by our continent," he…
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