India fights virus surge, steps up jabs amid export row
KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated Press
April 1, 2021
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1of20People wait to get their vital signs checked before receiving the COVID- 19 vaccine at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. India is accelerating its vaccination drive by opening it up for everyone above 45 years just as cases spike sharply after several months.Altaf Qadri/APShow MoreShow Less
2of20A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a Government Fever Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. India is accelerating its vaccination drive by opening it up for everyone above 45 years just as cases spike sharply after several months.Mahesh Kumar A/APShow MoreShow Less
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Dialogue with India only way forward, says Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi Thursday, April 01, 2021 By: WION
Dialogue is the only way forward for India and Pakistan, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told WION in an exclusive interview, while appreciating that India s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar didn t mention anything negative about Pakistan in his address to the recently concluded Heart of Asia conference.
Qureshi reiterated that Pakistan would take two steps if India takes one towards peace, while taking note of recent mutual overtures like the exchange of letters between the prime ministers of the two countries and the neighours decision to strictly observe ceasefire along Line of Control (LoC).
India committed to making BIMSTEC stronger, more effective & result-oriented, says Jaishankar
At a virtual meeting, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar says BIMSTEC has emerged as a promising grouping with growing strategic and economic interests.
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New Delhi: India remains committed to further building the momentum of regional cooperation under the framework of BIMSTEC and make it a stronger, vibrant and result-oriented grouping, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.
In an address at a virtual meeting of the regional grouping, he also mentioned that the BIMSTEC convention on cooperation in combating international terrorism, transnational organised crime and illicit drug trafficking has come into force last month.
NEW DELHI There isn t any room at Sion Hospital in India s megacity, Mumbai - approximately all 500 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients are occupied. And with new patients coming in daily, a doctor said the hospital is being forced to add beds every second day. Waiting lists in some hospitals in the city are so unreasonable that numbers can t define the burden on hospitals, said Dr. Om Shrivastava, an infectious diseases expert. Scenes like this were common last year, when India looked set to become the worst affected country with daily cases nearly crossing 100,000. For several months, infections had receded, baffling experts, then since February, cases have climbed faster than before with a seven-day rolling average of 59,000. On Thursday, India reported more than 72,000 cases, its highest spike in six months.