Published on: Friday, May 07, 2021
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Workers load oxygen cylinders onto a hand cart to be carried inside the COVID-19 wards at a government run hospital in Jammu, India, Friday, May 7, 2021. With coronavirus cases surging to record levels, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid a debate whether restrictions imposed by individual states are enough. (AP photo)
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country’s health system shows no signs of abating.
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Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, said on Wednesday (5 May) he hoped that the summit between leaders of the EU and India would open an “important new chapter” between Brussels and New Delhi, despite the “dramatic scenario” of the pandemic.
The EU-India summit will be hosted on Saturday (8 May) in Porto by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU, one day after an informal meeting of the European Council.
The EU-India summit will bring together the leaders of the 27 EU member states and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will participate by video conference due to the pandemic’s spread in India.
People infected with COVID-19 in villages are being treated in makeshift outdoor clinics, with IV drips hanging from trees.
As deaths soar, crematoriums and burial grounds have been swamped with bodies, and relatives often wait hours to perform the last rites for their loved ones.
Merchants support tougher measures
The situation is so dramatic that among those calling for a strict lockdown are merchants who know their businesses will be affected but see no other way out.
People wear masks as they shop at a vegetable and fruit market in Kochi, India, on Friday.(Arunchandra Bose/AFP/Getty Images) Only if our health is good, will we be able to earn, said Aruna Ramjee, a florist in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. The lockdown will help everyone, and coronavirus spread will also come down.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. â The owner of a Northern California bar was arrested on suspicion of selling made-to-order fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to several undercover state agents for $20 each in what officials said Friday is the first such foiled operation they are aware of nationwide.
The plainclothes agents from Californiaâs Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control were told to write their names and birthdates on Post-it notes. They say bar employees cut the cards, filled out the identifying information and bogus vaccination dates, then laminated the finished product.
Vaccination cards are being used in some places as a pass for people to attend large gatherings. The European Union is considering allowing in tourists who can prove they have been vaccinated.
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