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Passengers on this flight had to undergo and return a negative result on two tests before they could get on the plane

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 160.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.34 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Adnan Abidi/Reuters After nearly a year of Covid-triggered slump, ride-hailing companies in India had finally started recovering in early 2021. But the onset of the second wave of the pandemic could hit the breaks on recovery. Companies like Ola and Uber were nearly completely out of business during April 2020 and May 2020 as India was under lockdown. Between June and December 2020, these apps saw “gradual recovery”, according to market research firm RedSeer Consulting. The recovery aft...

REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo The vaccine prince. May 8, 2021 India’s “vaccine prince” Adar Poonawalla rose to fame in 2020 when he became the only Indian billionaire to put his weight behind an international Covid-19 vaccine. But since then, he has made headlines for statements that are at times confusing and contradictory. Poonawalla, CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturing firm Serum Institute of India (SII), last year struck a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a...

Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effect PTI Updated : May 6, 2021, 1:01 pm IST Several countries like UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as well as other South Asian countries   The Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday said that travellers from India will not be allowed to disembark in Sri Lanka. (AFP) Colombo: Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that all arrivals from India will be banned with immediate effect due to the recor...

SRCC Children’s Hospital diagnoses around 15-20 children with Covid-19 every day, these days. In the last wave in 2020, “children were hardly contracting the disease; the caseload was 10%-15% of what it is today”, she told IndiaSpend. The youngest patient she has treated was four months old. Nearly 11.5% of the 56 lakh Covid-19 cases reported between January 1 and April 21 were in the age group zero to 20 years, government data show. This is just under the 12% of cases in this age group...

It’s not just India. Fierce new Covid-19 waves are enveloping other developing countries across the world, placing severe strain on their health-care systems and prompting appeals for help. Nations ranging from Laos to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and those bordering India such as Bhutan and Nepal, have been reporting significant surges in infections in the past few weeks. The increase is mainly because of more contagious virus variants, though complacency and lack of resources to contain th...

cryogenicoxygen containers from Frankfurt in Germany to Hindon airbase in Delhi including 450 oxygen cylinders from Brize Norton in the UK to the Chennai airbase in Tamil Nadu India on Monday received shipment of oxygen production plant and twenty ventilators from Italy amid the pandemic in the country which has hit the country hard with the shortage of oxygen equipment in the country. Watch: "We value the support from our important EU partner, Italy. Will help augment our oxygen capacities,"...

Coronavirus: Delhi’s Batra Hospital says doctor among those dead due to oxygen shortage Coronavirus: Delhi’s Batra Hospital says doctor among those dead due to oxygen shortage India recorded 4,01,993 cases, the highest ever since the pandemic began last year, setting a new global record of single-day infections. Workers refill cylinders with medical oxygen for supply to hospitals. | PTI Batra Hospital in Delhi on Saturday informed the High Court that a doctor ...

Cargo planes are under plan for medical supplies "Chinese medical suppliers are working overtime on orders from India, at least 25000 orders for oxygen concentrators in recent days. Cargo planes are under plan for medical supplies. Chinese customs will facilitate relevant process," Sun Weidong, the Chinese Ambassador to India, tweeted. Earlier this week, it was reported that Chinas state-run Sichuan Airlines had suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days. Twitter Post You can view the...