Patients receive treatment inside a Covid-19 ward in a hospital, in Bangalore, India, April 30, 2021. - Xinhua
BEIJING (Global Times): The double mutant variant that is wrecking havoc in India is feared to be spilling into neighbouring countries and is starting to affect Southeast Asia.
Experts warned that without strict border controls and anti-virus measures, countries in South and Southeast Asia would fall into a grave situation, given their weak medical systems and lack of vaccines, and they suggested anti-virus cooperation with China may be helpful.
India has continued to show a Covid-19 surge with the country hitting a new record of 412,262 new cases and 3,980 deaths on Thursday. The country has reported a death toll of more than 230,000 and an infection tally of 21 million, according to the Times of India.
Is India s COVID-19 crisis spilling into Asian neighbors?
Liu Xin and Wan Lin Published: May 06, 2021 09:48 PM
Patients receive treatment inside a COVID-19 ward in a hospital, in Bangalore, India, April 30, 2021. India s COVID-19 tally reached 19,164,969 on Saturday, with a single day spike of 401,993 cases, the health ministry said. This is the first time when over 400,000 new cases were recorded in India in 24 hours, and a record number of 3,523 deaths since Friday morning took the total death toll to 211,853. (Str/Xinhua)
The double mutant variant that is wrecking havoc in India is feared to be spilling into neighboring countries and is starting to affect Southeast Asia. Experts warned that without strict border controls and anti-virus measures, countries in South and Southeast Asia would fall into a grave situation, given their weak medical systems and lack of vaccines, and they suggested anti-virus cooperation with China may be helpful.
US makes U-turn on aiding India, motivation questioned
Liu Xin Published: Apr 27, 2021 12:33 AM
A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, inside an auto rickshaw parked under a tent along the roadside amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on Monday. Photo: VCG
Under tremendous pressure, the US, which has remained silent in face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in India, an important partner to Washington s Indo-Pacific strategy, over the weekend, finally responded positively, pledging medical aid such as raw materials for vaccines and oxygen concentrators. Such a U-turn in attitude is largely driven by geopolitical interests, in addition to countries actual concerns about the epidemic crisis, and displays how this so-called political alliance failed to address India s major concerns, experts said.
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By GT staff reporters Published: Apr 22, 2021 08:43 PM
A man rides a bicycle on an empty bridge during a weekend lockdown imposed by the government as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 epidemic in Allahabad, India, on Sunday. India recorded a new high of more than 261,000 daily coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the country s health ministry said Sunday. Photo: AFP
A recent surge of COVID-19 cases in India, which media reports said could possibly get out of control, will be another major hit to the nation s economy and could also discourage foreign investment, experts said on Thursday.
India marked a new milestone in the raging epidemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally, according to a Reuters report on Thursday.
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