India Covid cases top 20 million, figure could be 15 times higher , says expert
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04/05/2021 - 16:05 Scores died over the weekend in Indian hospitals hit by shortages that have forced clinics in the capital to send urgent appeals for help on social media TAUSEEF MUSTAFA AFP 5 min India has officially recorded more than 20 million coronavirus cases, with 3,446 new deaths on Tuesday taking the toll over 220,000. But experts say the country s unreliable death registration system and underreporting mean the real figures are much higher. Advertising
India has reported more than 300,000 new infections every day for nearly a fortnight.
But scientists and epidemiological modellers say the official numbers do not come even close to reality.
Several cruise ship companies, including MSC, Costa Cruceros, Royal Caribbean, Carnival (Aida) and TUI won’t be stopping in Palma in the immediate future, they are
diverting their ships to Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Israel instead, according to Alfredo Serrano, Director of the International Association of Cruise Lines.
Serrano says the Spanish Government’s decision not to allow international ships to dock has forced them to reschedule.
Ships can t come to the Balearic Islands and other Spanish destinations and as a result of that the shipping companies have made a decision to sail in the eastern Mediterranean,” he said.
The shipping companies have also created some new routes, including Israel-Cyprus-Greece and Red Sea cruises and
G7 foreign ministers meet to discuss Covid, China, Russia
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04/05/2021 - 16:13 Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are both pushing a firm line on the need for a more unified G7 approach Ben STANSALL POOL/AFP Text by: Jan van der Made with RFI 4 min In preparation for the G7 heads of state meeting in June, the UK this week hosts a gathering of foreign ministers from the seven most industrialised nations. Their counterparts from Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa are also attending. Advertising Read more
The ministers will discuss crises and major issues in the area of international politics , according to a statement from the French Foreign Ministry. A special session will be devoted to the Indo-Pacific region.