India warned to brace for new coronavirus waves
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India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday.
Facing critical shortages of hospital beds and oxygen, the warnings came as India reported 3,780 new pandemic deaths, a new daily high, and 382,000 new cases. Experts say the peak may not be reached for weeks.
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May 5, 2021 | 8:08 pm
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THE PHILIPPINES on Wednesday banned travelers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to prevent the spread of a double-mutant coronavirus first discovered in India, according to the presidential palace.
“All passengers coming from or who have been to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines shall be prohibited from entering the country,” according to a copy of a memo issued by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea.
The ban will be for a week starting May 7.
Filipino and foreign passengers merely transiting through these countries won’t be barred from entering Manila as long as they stayed in the airport the whole time.
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Alexander Matheou says coronavirus has no respect for borders, its variants running rampant across Asia
Largest humanitarian network points out alarming situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh with record deaths due to COVID-19
May 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Director for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Alexander Matheou has said that deadly coronavirus has no respect for borders and these variants are running rampant across Asia.
Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries have all experienced recent record death rates due to COVID-19. The world’s largest humanitarian network said that hospitals and intensive care departments remained full or close to capacity in many areas across Pakistan and Bangladesh.
AJK president urges WHO, OIC to take notice of Covid crisis in IIOJK
Pandemic in occupied territory spiked with over 200,000 infections and more than 2,500 deaths, says Masood Khan
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MUZAFFARABAD:
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has expressed deep concern over Covid-19 situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), saying the valley has become a coronavirus hotspot because of occupation authorities’ mismanagement of the pandemic and their discriminatory policy towards Kashmiris.
He said that the coronavirus pandemic in IIOJK has spiked with over 200,000 infections and more than 2,500 deaths. Every day more than 3,500 new cases are being reported and the latest daily cited fatalities have been more than 50.
COVID-19 testing in Kathmandu.
As neighboring India s massive surge continues, health groups warn of a similar situation evolving in Nepal, where the military is adding hospital beds and COVID-19 outbreaks have reached some Mount Everest base camps.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly snapshot of the pandemic that Nepal s cases last week rose by a staggering 137%. Meanwhile, officials warned that parts of the Americas are still in the thick of the pandemic, with severe cases trending younger.
Nepal part of South Asian COVID crisis
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross Societies (IFRC) said today that urgent international support is needed to prevent a worsening humanitarian crisis in South Asian countries.