COVID-19 Surge Rattles Hospitals In India
Experts warn country s health care system is on brink of collapse as daily infections top 200,000. In New Delhi, one sound is conspicuous these days the siren of ambulances. More so outside the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, one of India s largest COVID-19 facilities.
As India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, the hospitals in Delhi and other parts of the country are overflowing with patients, with experts warning the health care system is teetering on the brink of collapse. Two weeks ago, I used to bring one or two patients here…but now I drop 5-6 positive patients every day to the different hospitals. It is very scary, says Sarvesh Pandey, an ambulance driver, outside the Lok Nayak Hospital.
भारत में अब जो कोरोना केस आ रहे हैं उनमें ज्यादातर मामले विदेशी वैरिएंट्स के हैं।
राजधानी में आए दिन कोरोनावायरस के चलते स्थिति खराब होती जा रही है। जहां एक ओर रोज कोरोना संक्रमितों की संख्या बढ़ रही है तो वहीं, अस्पतालों में बेडों की किल्लत नया रूप ले रही है। भले ही दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल (Arvind Kejriwal) दावा करते रहें कि दिल्ली में स्थिति कंट्रोल में है और बेडों क
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Curfews vital to break Germany s third wave
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers on Friday to approve new powers that would allow her to force coronavirus lockdowns and curfews on areas with high infection rates, saying a majority of Germans were in favour of stricter measures. The third wave of the pandemic has our country firmly in its grip, said Merkel, whose speech was interrupted by heckles from lawmakers of the far-right Alternative for Germany party opposed to lockdowns.
‘Double mutation’ Indian variant of Covid-19 discovered in the UK Leah Sinclair Two women self-administer a Covid-19 test at a mobile novel coronavirus testing centre on Clapham Common in south London, on April 13, 2021.
A coronavirus variant with a “double mutation” has been detected in the UK after having first emerged in India.
A total of 77 cases of the variant, known as B.1.617, have been recorded in the UK up to April 14, according to Public Health England (PHE).
Of these cases, 73 were recorded in England and four in Scotland.
It was the first time PHE had reported the variant in the UK and it is currently labelled as “variant under investigation”.