Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as India’s Covid-19 infections surge
Criticism mounts over Indian govt’s handling of the health crisis with shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders & vaccines
Reuters
April 17, 2021
People bury the bodies of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW DELHI:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new Covid-19 infections for the third straight day.
India reported 234,692 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States. Deaths in the country from Covid-19 rose by 1,341 to 175,649.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new COVID-19 infections for the third straight day.
MUMBAI (REUTERS) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 17) appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new Covid-19 infections for the third straight day.
India reported 234,692 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States. Deaths in the country from Covid-19 rose by 1,341 to 175,649.
Criticism has mounted over the Indian government s handling of the health crisis, as religious festivals and election rallies continue amid increasing reports of shortage of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and vaccination doses.
After hundreds of thousands of ascetics and devout Hindus gathered for several days along the banks of the Ganges in a northern state for the Kumbh Mela religious festival, Mr Modi on Saturday called for restraint, saying on Twitter the festival should now be kept symbolic .
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As India s coronavirus cases soar, New Delhi faces acute hospital beds shortage
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Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. Reuters/File
India PM Narendra Modi calls for Hindu festival restraint.
Delhi city faces shortage of oxygen, hospital beds: minister.
New cases nationwide above 200,000 for third day.
NEW DELHI: In the last 24 hours, India s capital New Delhi registered 24,000 coronavirus infections and it faces an acute shortage of hospital beds, its chief minister said on Saturday, as the country overall recorded more than 200,000 cases for a third day.