India G7 Delegation In Covid Scare As Crisis Deepens Back Home By AFP bureaus
05/05/21 AT 9:14 AM
India s foreign minister was forced to abandon face-to-face G7 meetings on the pandemic in London on Wednesday because he may have been exposed to Covid-19, as the crisis deepened back home with his nation s daily death toll hitting a record at almost 3,800.
The coronavirus continues to ravage India but in Europe and the United States mass vaccination programmes have allowed the easing of many restrictions. India is battling one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the world Photo: AFP / DIPTENDU DUTTA
Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was in Britain for talks with counterparts from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies but announced he would hold his meetings virtually after possible exposure to virus cases.
India accounted for 46% of global COVID-19 cases last week, WHO says
India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the country s deaths rose by a new high of 3,780 during the last 24 hours.
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A man carries an oxygen cylinder as he arrives to refill it for a COVID-19 patient at a refilling centre in New Delhi. India is dealing with a major uptick in cases that is overwhelming health systems.(Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)
India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the country s deaths rose by a new high of 3,780 during the last 24 hours.
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NEW DELHI A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
With hospitals scrabbling for beds and oxygen in response to a deadly second surge in infections, the World Health Organization said in a weekly report that India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week and a quarter of the deaths.
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A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves inevitable
By Tanvi Mehta
Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
With hospitals scrabbling for beds and oxygen in response to a deadly second surge in infections, the World Health Organization said in a weekly report that India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week and a quarter of the deaths.
Many people have died in ambulances and car parks waiting for a bed or oxygen, while morgues and crematoriums struggle to deal with a seemingly unstoppable flow of bodies.