Here s the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight.
Asia-Pacific
Australia
The first local infection in southeastern New South Wales since March 31 strengthens prospects for a resumption of social distancing curbs, many of which had been eased as cases dwindled.
Although Australia has largely eradicated COVID-19, a man in his 50s with no known links to hotels used to quarantine people who have arrived from overseas tested positive on Tuesday, the state s health ministry said in a statement.
India
India accounted for nearly half of the COVID-19 cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the country s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3780 during the last 24 hours. Daily infections in the country rose by 382,315 on Wednesday.
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NEW DELHI A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
With hospitals scrabbling for beds and oxygen in response to a deadly second surge in infections, the World Health Organization said in a weekly report that India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week and a quarter of the deaths.
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Human catastrophe as India s Covid surge spreads to Nepal
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published : 5 May 2021 at 16:24
3 A man wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) cremates the body of a coronavirus disease victim at the crematorium in Kathmandu on May 3, as the country recorded the highest daily increase in deaths since the pandemic. (Photo: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
GENEVA: Nepal is being overwhelmed by a Covid-19 surge as India s outbreak spreads across South Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Wednesday. We need to act now and we need to act fast to have any hope of containing this human catastrophe.
A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.