U.S. racing to send aid to India as COVID-19 cases soar
A person wearing a protective suit stands next to an ambulance carrying a family member who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi reuters tickers
This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 06:41
April 25, 2021 - 06:41
By Andrea Shalal
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and will race additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday. We are in active conversations at high levels and plan to quickly deploy additional support to the Government of India and Indian health care workers as they battle this latest severe outbreak. We will have more to share very soon, the spokeswoman told Reuters via email.
Thailand sets daily record of COVID-19 deaths for second day
FILE PHOTO: A closed bar is seen on Friday afternoon as the country struggles with a third wave of infections of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19, in Sukhumvit road, in Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 05:36
April 25, 2021 - 05:36
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday set a record for the daily number of COVID-19 deaths for the second consecutive day, just as authorities step up the response to a rapid third wave of infection after about a year of relative success slowing the novel coronavirus spread.
Russia reports 8,780 new COVID-19 cases, 332 deaths
FILE PHOTO: A patient receives medical treatment in a ward at the Krylatskoye Ice Palace, which was converted into a temporary hospital for people suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia, January 20, 2021. Picture taken January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 09:15
April 25, 2021 - 09:15
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 8,780 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 2,526 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 4,762,569 since the start of the pandemic.
The coronavirus crisis centre said 332 more deaths of coronavirus patients had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 108,232.
By Andrea Shalal WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and will race additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday. We are in active conversations at high levels and plan to quickly deploy additional support to the Government of India and Indian health care workers as they battle this latest severe outbreak. We will have more to share very soon, the spokeswoman told Reuters via email. Washington is under increasing pressure to do more to help India, the world s largest democracy and a strategic ally in President Joe Biden s efforts to counter China, as it grapples with a record-setting surge in coronavirus infections. The Indian government has deployed military planes and trains to get urgently needed oxygen to Delhi from other parts of the country and foreign countries, including Singapore. The number of cases across the country surged by a rec
Greece aims to reopen restaurants next month: state minister
FILE PHOTO: A waiter wearing a protective face mask waits for customers in a restaurant, as restaurants reopen following the easing of measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas reuters tickers
This content was published on April 21, 2021 - 08:48
April 21, 2021 - 08:48
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece was to allow restaurants to re-open early next month, state minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday. Our intention is to have a coordinated opening of the restaurants after Easter, the minister told Greek state television ERT.
Greek Orthodox Easter falls on May 2.