India Covid-19 ICU chief: What we are seeing is nothing short of an apocalypse
From CNN s Adrienne Vogt
An intensive care unit chief in India said the devastating coronavirus wave in the country is “nothing short of an apocalypse.”
“We ve had patients being rushed in, almost wards getting filled up overnight, 90 patients in less than 12 hours. The problem with this virus is the second wave is extremely contagious, extremely aggressive, and it is affecting the younger population in a significantly different way that we had not expected,” said Dr. Farah Husain, head of the Covid-19 ICU unit at Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi.
Japan reports highest number of Covid-19 cases since late January
From Chie Kobayashi in Tokyo and Eric Cheung in Hong Kong
Pedestrians are seen at Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, Japan, on April 29. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
Japan reported 5,795 Covid-19 cases Thursday, the highest number of cases since late January, according to the country s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Osaka, the second largest city in Japan, reported 44 new deaths, the most deaths in a single day for the area since the beginning of the pandemic, local authorities said.
Up to 98.2% of hospital beds for patients with serious symptoms in Osaka have been occupied, the local government said.
Australia Stops Flights From India Amid CCP Virus Emergency
Australia is cutting off all direct and indirect passenger flights from India as CCP virus cases surge in the country, causing locals to carry out mass open-air cremations to keep up with the number of deaths.
On a single day, on April 25, India reported more than 2,800 deaths and 325,000 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
This has followed a tragic five-day trend where the total infected cases have also surpassed 17 million, and at present, 195,123 people have lost their lives in India. A priest who helps to perform last rites runs while covering his face amid the multiple burning funeral pyres of patients who died of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on April 24, 2021. (Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)