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India’s deepening Covid crisis may cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a key election, as initial voting trends show his governing BJP party trailing in West Bengal’s state poll. Modi has been widely criticized for continuing to holdi mass rallies in the state in the run-up to the vote as infections grew.
Daily daily deaths from Covid-19 rose to a new record of 3,689 in India on Sunday, while the number of coronavirus cases slipped slightly a day after becoming the first country in the world to cross the 400,000 mark. That offered little respite for the nation’s health care system, which is stretched to its limit and is struggling with shortages of oxygen and medical goods.
India Covid Cases Slow; Thai Death Toll at Record: Virus Update Bloomberg 5/3/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost a crucial election as India’s Covid crisis deepens, with an official in his Bharatiya Janata Party conceding defeat in the populous state of West Bengal. Modi had been widely criticized for continuing to hold mass rallies in the state as infections rose. Talks starting this week between the U.S. and the World Trade Organization over expanding access to vaccines will focus on how to get them “widely distributed, more widely licensed, more widely shared,...
India Cases Pass 400,000; Australia’s Jail Threat: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago The number of daily coronavirus cases in India crossed the 400,000 mark for the first time as the nation struggles to contain its latest outbreak. The nation opened up vaccinations to all adults on Saturday. India needs to shut down for a few weeks to control the Covid-19 outbreak, Anthony Fauci, one of the leading global voices on the pandemic, told the Indian Express newspaper in an interview. President Joe Biden banned most travel to the U.S. from India beginning Tuesday as the country struggles to comba...
President Joe Biden banned most travel to the U.S. from India beginning Tuesday as the country struggles to combat the worst surge of coronavirus cases in the world. Passengers on airplanes, buses and other forms mass transportation in the U.S. will have to keep wearing masks.