COVID-19: Indian Prime Minister under pressure to impose lockdown
Published 10 May 2021
Due to the current Covid-19 upsurge in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently under pressure to impose a lockdown in the country.
As of Monday, India recorded 366,161 new cases and according to the country’s ministry of health, this is the first time that India has recorded daily cases below 400,000 since May 6, 2021.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in India, over 22 million cases have been reported and in India, 246,116 total Covid-19 deaths have been recorded, and still counting.
Due to the second wave, over half of the states in India have undergone their own lockdowns.
Malaysia imposes nationwide lockdown during 3rd wave of coronavirus
From CNN s Akanksha Sharma and Pauline Lockwood
A road near Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is near-empty on May 7. Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
Malaysia’s prime minister has declared a nationwide lockdown from Wednesday until June 7 in an effort to contain the rise in coronavirus cases, state media Bernama News Agency reported.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the lockdown, known as the Movement Control Order or MCO, saying Malaysia is facing the third wave of the pandemic which can trigger a national crisis.
The prime minister added that Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases have exceeded 4,000 as of Monday. There are 37,390 active coronavirus cases and the death toll stands at 1,700 as of May 10, he said.
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Vaccination only solution to Covid crisis in India: Fauci
Vaccination only solution to Covid crisis in India: Fauci
Last Updated: Mon, May 10th, 2021, 11:55:12hrs
New Delhi: Getting people vaccinated is the only long-term solution to the current COVID-19 crisis in India, America s top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday as he called for scaling up manufacturing of coronavirus vaccines both domestically and globally to fight the deadly pandemic. The endgame of this all.is going to be to get people vaccinated.India is the largest vaccine-producing country in the world. They ve got to get their resources, not only from within, but also from without, Fauci, who is the Chief Medical Adviser to US President Joe Biden, told the ABC News in an interview.