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Daily daily deaths from Covid-19 rose to a new record of 3,689 in India on Sunday, while the number of coronavirus cases slipped slightly a day after becoming the first country in the world to cross the 400,000 mark. That offered little respite for the nation’s health care system, which is stretched to its limit and is struggling with shortages of oxygen and medical goods.

India Covid Cases Slow; Thai Death Toll at Record: Virus Update Bloomberg 5/3/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost a crucial election as India’s Covid crisis deepens, with an official in his Bharatiya Janata Party conceding defeat in the populous state of West Bengal. Modi had been widely criticized for continuing to hold mass rallies in the state as infections rose. Talks starting this week between the U.S. and the World Trade Organization over expanding access to vac...

The number of daily coronavirus cases in India crossed the 400,000 mark for the first time, the highest for any nation, as countries rush supplies of oxygen and medical goods to the world’s second-most populous nation. New Delhi extended its lockdown by a week, and a fire killed 18 patients in a Covid-19 ward in western India.

India Gains Aid Pledges: H.K.-Singapore Bubble: Virus Update Bloomberg 41 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. has joined European countries in offering help to India as the South Asian nation fights to stem the world’s biggest surge in Covid-19 cases. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the U.S. will also consider offering India unused doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine with the Delhi capital area facing a a severe oxygen shortage. The highly anticipated two-way travel bubbl...

Word Count: 2127   With the Delhi capital area facing a severe oxygen shortage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi implored Indians to get vaccinated and to disregard rumors about dangerous side-effects. In Baghdad, more than 80 people were killed when a fire tore through a hospital treating patients, including many with coronavirus. Key Developments Vaccine Tracker: More than 1 billion doses have been given around the world India’s double-digit growth forecast in peril as virus hits hard The e...

India Gains Aid Pledges: H.K.-Singapore Bubble: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago The U.S. has joined European countries in offering help to India as the South Asian nation fights to stem the world’s biggest surge in Covid-19 cases. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the U.S. will also consider offering India unused doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine with the Delhi capital area facing a a severe oxygen shortage. The highly anticipated two-way travel bubble between Hong Kong...

World Pledges Aid for India as Cases Surge: Virus Update Bloomberg 33 mins ago Bloomberg News © Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Healthcare workers wearing protective masks administer doses of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine to senior residents at San Rafael Commons in San Rafael, California. (Bloomberg) -- India’s Covid-19 crisis is worsening, with a million cases added in the past three days. The U.S. will send India raw materials and step up fi...

India Gains Aid Pledges; EU Welcomes U.S. Tourists: Virus Update Bloomberg News, Bloomberg News A health worker walks through at a makeshift Covid-19 quarantine facility set up at a banquet hall in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. India now has the worlds fastest-growing Covid-19 caseload, adding 259,170 new infections and 1,761 deaths on Tuesday, leaving it behind only the U.S. in terms of total numbers. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg)...

Detroit, Baltimore, Phoenix Lead U.S. Cases: Virus Update Bloomberg 3/13/2021 Detroit, Baltimore and Phoenix recorded the biggest recent rate of increases in Covid-19 cases, according to CDC data. Even so, the U.S. as a whole is on course for the fewest weekly infections since early October. Nationwide air travel reached 1.35 million people on Friday, a record during the pandemic. Norway, among the countries that have suspended the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine, said three people who rec...

Detroit, Baltimore, Phoenix Lead U.S. Cases: Virus Update Bloomberg 3/13/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Detroit, Baltimore and Phoenix recorded the biggest recent rate of increases in Covid-19 cases, according to CDC data. Even so, the U.S. as a whole is on course for the fewest weekly infections since early October. Nationwide air travel reached 1.35 million people on Friday, a record during the pandemic. Norway, among the countries that have suspended the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine, said thre...