World joins hands to rescue India from second wave of COVID pandemic
Nations across the world have come forward to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic
| 28 April 2021 2:07 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Nations across the world have come forward to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is extremely virulent and has ravaged the country in the past few weeks.
As per official sources, the US, the UK, France, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE, Kuwait and Russia have assured medical aid to India with much of the support on its way.
Low import duty of 10% made local manufacturing unviable for domestic manufacturers, resulting in a free flow of imports of concentrators, particularly from China. As an emergency measure, Centre removed this duty also 2 days ago to allow un-interrupted i
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2021-04-27 02:05:49 GMT2021-04-27 10:05:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, April 27 (Xinhua) India has, in the past days, witnessed a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, overwhelming the populous country s already crumbled healthcare system.
Here is a timeline of the development of India s epidemic situation over the past week.
April 19: India s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 15 million mark, reaching 15,061,919, according to the country s federal health ministry.
With an increase of 273,810 cases during the past 24 hours, the country had witnessed a daily spike of over 250,000 new cases for three days straight. All persons aged 18 years and above would be eligible to get COVID-19 vaccination with effect from May 1, said India s federal government. This would be the Phase-III of India s COVID-19 vaccination drive.