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Unleashing the Mutants
Countries That Let the Virus Run Rampant Are a Danger To Everyone
Highly contagious coronavirus mutants have emerged in India and Brazil that are spreading around the world. If their advance isn t stopped, the virus might evolve – and we could then be facing a new pandemic with vaccine-resistant mutants.
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COVID-19 patients in the emergency department of a New Delhi hospital: India has reported 315,000 new infections in a single day, more than ever before.
Foto: Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
No one knows if Mumtaz Shaikh will survive. He’s 48 years old, not the typical age of someone who dies from COVID-19. But SARS-CoV-2 is raging in India like never before – including in the megacity of Mumbai. The clothing seller is among the many who have been infected.
Residents in Japan urged to stay home in bid to stop rise in Covid cases The Tokyo Olympics is set to take place in July despite the Covid-19 pandemic Associated Press Reporter 28 April, 2021 11:42
People in Japan have been urged to stay home during a string of “golden week” holidays beginning on Thursday in a nationwide effort to curb the rapid resurgence of coronavirus cases less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike warned that the infection rate could explode if people continue to travel, dine out and meet with others during the holidays.
“We are at a crucial turning point,” Ms Koike said. “In order to slow the infections and keep them from becoming explosive, we must reduce the people’s movement.”
The vessel was towed to a maintenance facility in Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor. Washington State Ferries, the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident, Sterling said. No damage estimates were available, but Sterling said investigations by his agency are triggered when damage is thought to be more than $1 million. NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss confirmed that both the Coast Guard and the NTSB are investigating and said that the Coast Guard will lead the inquiry. The NTSB will also complete an analysis and issue a finding of probable cause in the incident, he said. Firefighters were able to contain the fire using “traditional firefighting methods,” and not with a CO2 fire suppression system as initially reported, Sterling said.