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The Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus death LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes teaches her honors biology class via videoconference from Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Fuentes assigned her students to create multilingual online brochures on the science of the coronavirus and vaccinations to help make the information more accessible. (Lorena Fuentes via AP) May 05, 2021 - 7:25 PM WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Soldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital. Health aut...

Covid-19: WHO to set up pandemic data hub in Berlin AFP/Geneva WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. — AP The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence is set to analyse data quickly in order to predict, detect, prepare for and respond to risks worldwide The World Health Organisation announced on Wednesday it would set up a global data hub in Berlin to analyse information on emerging pandemic threats, filling the gaps exposed by Covid-19. The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, which will start operating later this year, is set to analyse data quickly and in detail, in orde...

May 4, 2021 at 2:26 pm As around 2 million people a day across the United States receive a dose of one of three COVID-19 vaccines, cases of the disease are once again on the decline thanks in part to rising immunity. But even as COVID-19 cases wane, researchers are scrutinizing ones popping up in a particular group of people: those who are fully vaccinated. Such cases, called breakthrough infections, aren’t unexpected. That’s because the vaccines are not 100 percent effective. “When people hear about breakthrough infections, they automatically think ‘oh, these vaccines are not working...

As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies Experts say it should have come sooner NEW DELHI—The United States has decided to support India with oxygen cylinders, oxygen generation systems, oxygen concentrators, ventilators, therapeutics, personal protective equipment, tests, and other related supplies as India struggles with a huge surge in COVID cases. Critics say the help has been slow in coming. For the past five days, India has set a new world record for a single-day increase in coronavirus cases, with over 300,000 new cases each day and a peak of 352,991 new ca...

Highlights India recorded the highest single-day spike with 3,52,991 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours Google CEO Sundar Pichai extends his support to India Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella comes forward to help India New Delhi: India is facing the second wave of coronavirus and the country is severely affected by the pandemic. The global community has come forward and extended its support to India. In a recent development, leading tech firms Google and Microsoft CEOs Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella have announced help to the country amid the COVID surge. Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted: "...