India is running out of Covid jabs putting global supplies - including 5m AstraZeneca doses for UK - under threat amid soaring second wave
Five states in India are reporting vaccine shortages and are calling on the government to increase supplies to meet demand
That has raised fears that India could further restrict exports, including to the UK
Britain is still waiting on 5m AstraZeneca doses that were due to arrive this month, with no firm date yet given for their delivery
Comes amid second wave in India with cases and deaths now at record levels
Weekend Shutdown In Delhi As Covid Grips India By Bhuvan Bagga with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata
04/16/21 AT 10:13 PM
New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with more than 200,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds.
Hopes that South Asian countries might have beaten the pandemic have been dashed with India seeing over two million new cases this month alone and Bangladesh and Pakistan imposing shutdowns.
India s per-capita rates remain low by international comparison, raising the prospect that infection numbers fuelled possibly by a virulent new double mutant may explode further.
Saturday, 17 Apr 2021 10:57 AM MYT
People carry the body of a man, who died from the coronavirus disease, from an ambulance for burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2021. Reuters pic
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NEW DELHI, Apr 17 New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown today as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with more than 200,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds.
Hopes that South Asian countries might have beaten the pandemic have been dashed with India seeing over two million new cases this month alone and Bangladesh and Pakistan imposing shutdowns.