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From CNN’s Tatiana Arias and Jennifer Hauser in Atlanta
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Spain will donate between 5% and 10% of its Covid-19 shots to the global vaccine sharing scheme once 50% of its population is inoculated, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday. Spain will set aside 7.5 million doses through the multilateral mechanism, COVAX, for Latin America and the Caribbean and this translates into a donation of 5 to 10% of the total vaccines Spain will receive in 2021, Sanchez said during a press briefing in Andorra, Spain. He said the country will activate the scheme once 50% of the population is vaccinated, which he said would be very soon.
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COVID-19: Delhi crematoriums struggle amid sharp increase in deaths, CM to hold emergency meet
Earlier where 15 cremations use to happen in a single day, the number has now risen to over 30 per day as COVID-19 related deaths continue to rise. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 08:29 AM IST
The fresh surge in COVID-19 cases across the national capital is seeing an increasing number of death cases resulting in crematoriums and burial grounds struggling to manage resources. In Delhi s biggest crematorium Nigambodh Ghat itself is witnessing double the number of cremations per day.
Earlier where 15 cremations use to happen in a single day, the number has now risen to over 30 per day as COVID-19 related deaths in the national capital continue to rise. At the Nigambodh Ghat, the main cremation ground of the city, currently 22 platforms and six CNG-run furnaces are being used exclusively for cremating persons dying due to the virus.
With Covid cases surging, victims being cremated at designated spots at Delhi s crematoriums
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New Delhi: Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits cremate the body of a patient who succumbed to COVID-19 at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on June 12, 2020. (Photo: IANS) Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi: Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits cremate the body of a patient who succumbed to COVID-19 at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on June 12, 2020. (Photo: IANS) Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 13 : Even cremation grounds have begun to feel the impact of the resurgence in Covid-19 cases in the Capital. Till some time ago, people were being cremated at spots especially designated for Covid victims. But now, with the surge in Corona casualties, spots are again being earmarked to cremate Covid-19 victims at Delhi s crematoriums.