KATHMANDU, May 18: The government has accepted 13 million Euro grant assistance to be received from the Finland government for the implementation of a local climate change related program.
The Lancet.
The publication branded the response by Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government inexcusable.
India is currently in the midst of the world s worst COVID-19 outbreak. It reported 403,738 additional cases today, marking the fourth consecutive day it has recorded more than 400,000 cases and bringing the country s total reported infections to more than 22 million.
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Indians wait to refill oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients at a gas supplier facility in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)(AP)
More than 900,000 COVID-19 patients in India are on oxygen support â about a quarter of all active cases â and a further 170,000 are on ventilators, the country s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, said on Saturday.
As COVID-19 cases grow, shortages of oxygen and the vaccine adds to India’s problems
Updated May 09, 2021;
BENGALURU, India Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping across the country, the pace of administering the shots has dropped with states saying they only have limited stock to give out.
Cases meanwhile are still rising at record pace in the world’s second-most populous nation. Alongside a slowdown in vaccinations, states have gone to court over oxygen shortages as hospitals struggle to treat a running line of COVID-19 patients.
On Sunday, India reported 403,738 confirmed cases, including 4,092 deaths. Overall, India has over 22 million confirmed infections and 240,000 deaths. Experts say both figures are undercounts.
2021/05/09 19:17 Family members place a cloth on the body of Rajendra Prasad Mishra, 62, who died due to COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, In. Family members place a cloth on the body of Rajendra Prasad Mishra, 62, who died due to COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Family members pay last respect to their relative who died of COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Family members pay last respect to their relative who died of COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)