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The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 headed closer to 150 million on Thursday, as novelist and political activist Arundhati Roy said the deepening crisis in India is a crime against humanity.
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India added another record of 379,257 new cases on Thursday, according to its health ministry, breaking the record set a day earlier. At least 3,645 Indians died, boosting the country’s death toll to 204,832. India has the second highest case tally in the world after the U.S. at 18.4 million. Those numbers are understood to be understated given the enormous pressure on the healthcare system and a fragmented reporting system.
Britons could be given fortnight s notice of potential green list changes Emma Featherstone, Hugh Morris
Holidaymakers could be given two weeks’ notice if a country is at risk of being removed from the quarantine-free travel “green list”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said today.
Mr Shapps said the Government “would flag perhaps a couple of weeks in advance” if a country could change category under the “traffic light” system for the resumption of overseas travel.
The Transport Secretary, who made the comments while speaking to MPs, also confirmed there would be no relaxation of the requirement to secure a negative PCR test before arriving in the UK, but that the rule would be reviewed in late June.
The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 headed closer to 150 million on Thursday, as novelist and political activist Arundhati Roy said the deepening crisis in India is a crime against humanity.