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India Gains Aid Pledges: H.K.-Singapore Bubble: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago The U.S. has joined European countries in offering help to India as the South Asian nation fights to stem the world’s biggest surge in Covid-19 cases. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the U.S. will also consider offering India unused doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine with the Delhi capital area facing a a severe oxygen shortage. The highly anticipated two-way travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will open May 26 while the EU will allow U.S. tourists who have been fully vaccinated...

Ramadan Concerns Climb; New Curbs on Indian Fliers: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Southeast Asia’s biggest predominantly Muslim nations are tightening movement restrictions to avert a possible surge in Covid-19 infections around the Ramadan holidays. Direct flights from India and Pakistan into Canada were suspended, and the U.K. announced a mandatory quarantine for travelers from India, which is recording record Covid cases and deaths. China is expected to approve the BioNTech vaccine for distribution before July and will relax its requireme...

Japan Readies for Emergency; Curbs on India Fliers: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Japan is preparing to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures, in an attempt to control the latest outbreak and preserve the country’s plans for the Summer Olympics. Covid deaths continued to climb in India. Canada to suspend direct flights from the subcontinent, and the U.K. announced a mandatory quarantine for incoming travelers from India. China is expected to approve the BioNTech vaccine for distribution before July and will r...

Even Record Death Toll May Hide Extent of India’s Covid Crisis Bloomberg 1 hr ago Upmanyu Trivedi and Sudhi Ranjan Sen (Bloomberg) -- Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country’s medical system. Several cities across the South Asian nation have reported shocking details of bodies, wrapped in protective gear and identified by hospitals as virus-related deaths, li...

Modi Urges India’s States to Shun Lockdowns as Virus Surges Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Swansy Afonso (Bloomberg) -- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who last year imposed a strict lockdown on short notice, asked states to avoid shutting businesses as the South Asian nation grapples with a new wave of Covid-19 infections that threatens a nascent economic revival. The South Asian nation is now the world’s second-worst hit country, lagging only the U.S., after reporting more than 200,000 daily new infections every day for the last week, and a record daily death toll of 2,02...