‘Frightening’: Weekend shutdown in Delhi as COVID grips IndiaInternational 2021-04-17, by Editor Comments Off 0
New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with daily cases hitting another record increase of 234,692 nationwide and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds.
The health ministry said the latest number is the eighth record high in the last nine days.
Total cases have gone past 14.5 million, second only to the United States which has reported more than 32 million infections.
India’s deaths from COVID-19 rose by 1,341 to reach a total of 175,649, the data showed.
Frightening : Weekend shutdown in Delhi as COVID grips India | Coronavirus pandemic News aljazeera.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aljazeera.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Doctors now say that under-45s are now vulnerable because they go to work and eat out more
AFP
April 17, 2021
NEW DELHI:
Ajay Singh Yadav only managed a final video call with Raj Karan before his close friend became the latest of an alarming number of young Indians, including children, falling victim to the new coronavirus wave sweeping the country.
Some doctors say the reason that under-45s are now vulnerable is that they go to work and eat out more, but no there is no definitive proof.
They could also be more prone to a new double mutant variant found in 60 percent of samples in Maharashtra, the hardest-hit state.
Bangkok virus spike sparks alcohol ban, venue closures rte.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rte.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published on: Friday, April 16, 2021
By: AFP
Text Size:
Bodies of patients who lost their lives to the coronavirus kept on funeral pyres during a mass cremation at a crematorium in Surat.
NEW DELHI: India’s daily coronavirus caseload has doubled in 10 days, with a record 200,000 new infections logged Thursday as authorities grapple with shortages of vaccines, treatments and hospital beds.
Having let its guard down with mass religious festivals, political rallies and crowds at cricket matches, India is experiencing a vicious second wave, recording almost two million fresh infections this month alone.
This week, it overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of cases worldwide, after the United States.