India Faces Record Virus Surge As Saudi Restricts Pilgrimages By Bhuvan BAGGA with Nivrita Ganguly in Mumbai and AFP bureaus
04/05/21 AT 2:37 PM
India ramped up its fight against coronavirus on Monday to try to dampen record-breaking daily infection rates, as Saudi Arabia said it would allow only immunised pilgrims into its holiest sites.
The pandemic has not abated despite more than 660 million jabs having been doled out across the world, with vaccine-manufacturing powerhouse India registering more than 100,000 cases in a single day for the first time and infections in Iran hitting a four-month high.
The latest outbreak in India is focused on Maharashtra state, home to financial hub Mumbai, which tightened its overnight curfew and closed restaurants and places of worship on weekends in response.
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