The Latest: India sets record of 386,000 daily virus cases
NEW DELHI India has set another global record with 386,452 daily coronavirus cases.
The Health Ministry on Friday also reported 3,498 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 208,330. Experts believe both figures are an undercount, but it’s unclear by how much.
India’s pandemic response has been marred by insufficient data. An online appeal signed by over 350 scientists Friday afternoon asks the government to release data about the sequencing of virus variants, testing, recovered patients and how people were responding to vaccines.
The appeal says the “granular” data on testing was inaccessible to non-government experts and some government experts too.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - A record surge in COVID-19 infections in Costa Rica forced the government to announce new restrictions Thursday that will dial back the country’s economic reopening.
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world Friday
Ontario is seeking to suspend the arrival of international students in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen walking through the rain to a news conference in Ottawa on Friday.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
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A cargo plane arrives with a shipment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the FedEx hub in Toronto, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Cole Burston
Spectators follow the match between United States Shelby Rogers and Ashleigh Barty during the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, April 29, 2021. The white banners covering the seats read Do not sit here. Keep social distance . Bernat Armangue
Government workers wearing a protective suit disinfect a COVID-19 testing site to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Quezon city, Philippines on Thursday, April 29, 2021. The Philippines is extending an already monthlong lockdown by two weeks as the country s worst coronavirus infection spike starts to ease but remains alarming.