Iran Covid cases hit two million in ‘meteoric’ rise, India suffers vaccine shortages as virus surges
World
April 9, 2021
TEHRAN: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran passed the two-million mark on Thursday, while the daily caseload set a new record high in what a health official warned amounted to a meteoric spike.
As the Islamic republic reached the grim milestone, some health experts called for a lockdown of the capital Tehran to contain the country’s fourth Covid-19 wave. Iran is battling the Middle East’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, and officials have blamed the latest surge on trips made during last month’s Persian New Year holidays.
MUMBAI: More than 700 million people across India were facing coronavirus vaccine shortages on Thursday, local media reported, as infection numbers hit yet another daily record.
Case numbers had eased in India but a second wave of the virus has since returned with a vengeance, with more than 126,000 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, a new record.
Several regions have tightened curbs on activity while Maharashtra, the current epicentre of India’s epidemic and home to megacity Mumbai, is set to enter a lockdown at the weekend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his second shot on Thursday, tweeting that vaccines are “among the few ways we have to defeat the virus”. He urged others to follow his lead by getting vaccinated.
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India Suffers Vaccine Shortages As Virus Surges By Ammu KANNAMPILLY
04/08/21 AT 5:23 AM
More than 700 million people across India were facing coronavirus vaccine shortages Thursday, local media reported, as infection numbers hit yet another daily record.
Case numbers had eased in India but a second wave of the virus has since returned with a vengeance, with more than 126,000 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, a new record.
Several regions have tightened curbs on activity while Maharashtra, the current epicentre of India s epidemic and home to megacity Mumbai, is set to enter a lockdown at the weekend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his second shot on Thursday, tweeting that vaccines are among the few ways we have to defeat the virus . He urged others to follow his lead by getting vaccinated.
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Updated April 8, 2021
People stand in a queue at a Covid-19 vaccination centre amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 8, 2021.
INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP
More than 700 million people across India were facing coronavirus vaccine shortages Thursday, local media reported, as infection numbers hit yet another daily record.
Case numbers had eased in India but a second wave of the virus has since returned with a vengeance, with more than 126,000 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, a new record.
Several regions have tightened curbs on activity while Maharashtra, the current epicentre of India’s epidemic and home to megacity Mumbai, is set to enter a lockdown at the weekend.