World
May 10, 2021
Spain has lifted a state of emergency in place since October to fight the pandemic, allowing Spaniards to travel between regions for the first time in months. It’s like New Year’s, said 28-year-old Oriol Corbella in Barcelona, where the lifting of the curfew was met with shouts, applause and music. We’re getting a bit of normality back, of freedom, but we have to keep in mind that the virus is still around, he added. I was fed up with not being able to get out of Madrid, jewellery designer Blaca Valls told AFP on Saturday, echoing the relief of many in the country over the easing of restrictions.
Citizen Reporter & AFP Only 11 people have died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 54,735. Helen Joseph Hospital is a public hospital in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. It is affiliated to the University of Witwatersrand s Medical School as a teaching hospital. Picture: Gallo Images/Sydney Seshibedi
As of Sunday, 9 May, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1,596,595 with 1,778 new cases identified, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed.
11 more Covid-19 related deaths were reported, with 1 from Eastern Cape, 1 from Free State, 8 from Gauteng, 1 from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), 0 from Limpopo, 0 from Mpumalanga, 0 from North West, 0 from Northern Cape and 0 from Western Cape.
Britain set to ease Covid-19 lockdown, but huge India outbreak persists
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10/05/2021 - 07:40 A rapid vaccination programme has allowed British authorities to ease many coronavirus restrictions Oli SCARFF AFP 4 min
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Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak.
Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging in many countries and concerns are growing about global vaccine inequality.
The pandemic has claimed close to 3.3 million lives worldwide and Britain has the highest death toll in Europe, but its successful vaccination programme has allowed the authorities to start relaxing curbs.
Dozens of bodies wash up on river bank in India
Updated / Monday, 10 May 2021
19:30
Crematorium workers perform the cremation of a person, who died of Covid-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi
Dozens of bodies believed to be Covid-19 victims have washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India, officials have said.
The pandemic has been spreading fast into India s vast rural hinterland, overwhelming local health facilities as well as crematoriums and cemeteries.
Local official Ashok Kumar said that about 40 corpses washed up in Buxar district near the border between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two of India s poorest states.
Britain set to ease Covid-19 lockdown, but huge India outbreak persists
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LONDON, May 10, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak.
Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging in many countries and concerns are growing about global vaccine inequality.
The pandemic has claimed close to 3.3 million lives worldwide and Britain has the highest death toll in Europe, but its successful vaccination programme has allowed the authorities to start relaxing curbs.