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COVID-19 spreads to rural India, villages ill-equipped to fight it
Published On: May 7, 2021 09:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, May 7: Hopes that India’s rampaging second wave of COVID-19 is peaking were set back on Thursday as record daily infections and deaths were reported and as the virus spread from cities to villages that were poorly equipped to cope.
At least 25 dead during Brazilian police raid in Rio
Published On: May 7, 2021 07:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7: Police targeting drug traffickers raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and at least one officer and two dozen others died after being shot, authorities said.
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths
Published On: May 6, 2021 07:43 PM NPT By: Republica
NEW DELHI, May 6: Hopes that India’s deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus spread from cities to villages across the world’s second-most populous nation.
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths
Published On: May 6, 2021 12:19 PM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, May 6: India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countryside.
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘inevitable’
Published On: May 6, 2021 10:09 AM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, May 6: A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents
Published On: May 6, 2021 05:53 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON DC, May 6: President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.
Eight lions in Indian zoo test positive for COVID-19
Published On: May 5, 2021 09:09 AM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, May 5: Eight Asiatic lions at an Indian zoo have contracted the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday, adding that there was no evidence that animals could transmit the disease to humans.
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Overpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24
Published On: May 5, 2021 08:28 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, May 5: The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway.
Nepal appeals for COVID-19 vaccines as cases rise
Published On: May 4, 2021 02:44 PM NPT By: Gopal Sharma/Reuters
KATHMANDU, May 4: Nepal urgently needs at least 1.6 million AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine doses to administer second shots as the Himalayan country is recording a surge in new coronavirus cases.
India's tally of coronavirus infections crosses 20 million
Published On: May 4, 2021 10:46 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, May 4: India's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, boosted by 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, health ministry data showed.
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