The Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus death
LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes teaches her honors biology class via videoconference from Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Fuentes assigned her students to create multilingual online brochures on the science of the coronavirus and vaccinations to help make the information more accessible. (Lorena Fuentes via AP) May 05, 2021 - 7:25 PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand â Soldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital.
Health authorities say they are quarantining 400 patients, doctors, nurses and other staff within the compound until they can determine who had contact with a coronavirus patient who died there.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People Republ : Wang Yi Speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the Phone
05/02/2021 | 01:26am EDT
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Required fields On April 30, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone conversation with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Wang Yi said that China is very concerned about the pandemic situation in India. President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. As a close neighbor and partner, China fully understands the challenges facing India and is willing to provide support and help to the best of its capacity. The Red Cross Society of China, local governments, non-governmental friendship organizations and enterprises have extended assistance to the Indian side. China hopes and believes that the Indian government and its people will surely overcome the pandemic.
The Economics of the China-India-Sri Lanka Triangle Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Sri Lanka’s relationship with China has been a controversial discussion during the last decade, dominating both domestic and international political conversations. The strengthening relationship between the island nation and the emerging global power has been largely economic. Yet it is quite clear that Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour, India, and the United States are diligently monitoring these developments in the China–Sri Lanka relationship.
China has been a major economic partner for Sri Lanka. Beijing’s assistance has been crucial in saving the poorly performing Sri Lankan economy during the last three years. At the same time, Sri Lanka is compelled not to antagonize India, its closest neighbour, with which Sri Lanka’s relationship runs deep and far back. The India–Sri Lanka relationship is vastly different than its ties with China.
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By Global Times Published: May 02, 2021 05:53 PM
Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong
Chinese Ambassador to India’s quick response to India’s Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood’s tweet which alleged that China has blocked anti-epidemic supplies to India by clarifying about China’s persistent support to India’s anti-epidemic efforts has gathered thumbs up from many India netizens, which brought the recent interactions on India’s worsening epidemic situation between the two countries to a new high.
Ambassador Sun Weidong clarified that China is offering its utmost help to India and reassured that China will continue to ensure smooth delivery of anti-epidemic supplies to its neighbor ravaged by the new wave of COVID-19 infections a few hours after India’s Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood tweeted to greenlight medical supplies against COVID-19 India had ordered.