Beyond India, a growing number of Asian countries are being ravaged by fresh coronavirus waves
AP
As India’s coronavirus catastrophe worsens, new waves of infections are fast engulfing a growing number of nations across South and Southeast Asia with some grappling with their worst outbreaks since the pandemic began.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that India had accounted for nearly half of all global infections and a quarter of deaths reported in the past week.
But cases have also skyrocketed in countries around India, from Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the south. And it’s not just India’s neighbors further away in Southeast Asia, infections are also surging in Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Unaccompanied minors among Australian citizens trapped in India by travel ban
From CNN’s Angus Watson in Sydney
At least 173 unaccompanied minors are among more than 900 vulnerable Australian citizens trapped in India by their government’s ban on arrivals from the country, authorities said.
“In our database we have 173 clients registered as under 18 in India outside a family group, that is they are on their own and are seeking to return to Australia,” Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade official Lynette Wood told a Senate inquiry Friday.
The Australian government currently bars anyone from entering Australia if they have been in India over the past 14 days.
366 doctors in Indonesia have died from Covid-19
From journalist Masrur Jamaluddin in Jakarta
A doctor s hand is seen next to a Covid-19 patient s hand at a general hospital in Bogor, Indonesia, on January 25. Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images
Covid-19 has killed at least 366 doctors in Indonesia since March 2020, according to the latest data the Indonesian Medical Association s Mitigation Team released on May 3.
Sixty-four doctors in Indonesia died in January after contracting coronavirus, making it the deadliest month for doctors during the pandemic.
Indonesia is the world s fourth most-populous nation and has experienced one of the worst Covid outbreaks in Asia. More than 1.6 million cases and 46,000 deaths have been recorded since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Up to 10,000 airline passengers may have been tested for coronavirus with reused nasal swabs in a scam that netted thousands of dollars for the perpetrators, according to Indonesian police.
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