Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble delayed again From CNN s Pauline Lockwood in Hong KongÂ
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People are seen walking around the departure hall of Changi International Airport in Singapore on March 15. A much anticipated travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore has been delayed for a second time amid a rise of Covid-19 cases in Singapore. The travel bubble was due to launch on May 26 and would have allowed quarantine-free travel between the two cities. It has
now been delayed till June 13 at least, when Singaporeâs current pandemic measures will end. âIn view of the recent COVID-19 epidemic situation in Singapore, the Governments of the HKSAR and Singapore have decided to defer the target date of the inaugural flights under the bilateral Air Travel Bubble (ATB),â a press release from the Hong Kong government explained Monday.
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Eight people die in an Indian hospital after medical oxygen runs out
From Manveena Suri and Esha Mitra in New Delhi
Eight people, including one doctor, died at a hospital in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Saturday afternoon after the facility ran out of medical oxygen.
Speaking to CNN, Dr. SCL Gupta, the medical director of Batra Hospital, said staff had been messaging government authorities, warning them the hospital only had four to five hours of oxygen left.
At around 1:30 p.m. local time, with minutes left, they were running on oxygen brought in by the families of patients while emergency reserves were used for ICU patients.
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India should consider temporary shutdown to handle its Covid-19 crisis, Fauci says
From CNN s Lauren Mascarenhas
Health workers install oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients at a makeshift hospital in New Delhi on April 30. AP
India should consider a temporary shutdown to handle its devastating Covid-19 surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
“One of the things to be considered is to temporarily shut down – I mean literally lock down – so that you wind up not having more spread,” Fauci said Friday in an interview with The Indian Express.
India reported over 400,000 Covid-19 cases in a single day Friday, breaking a global record.