India Crisis Worsens; N.Y. Deaths at 5-Month Low: Virus Update
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The number of daily coronavirus cases in India crossed the 400,000 mark for the first time, the highest for any nation, as countries rush supplies of oxygen and medical goods to the world’s second-most populous nation. New Delhi extended its lockdown, and a fire killed 18 patients in a Covid-19 ward in western India.
President Joe Biden banned most travel from India to the U.S., while offering more medical supplies. Australia announced that its nationals in India will face a fine of up to $51,000 and five years in jail if they return home.
India Infections Near Record High; U.S. Sees Drop: Virus Update
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The number of daily coronavirus cases in India slipped slightly on Sunday, a day after becoming the first in the world to cross the 400,000 mark. That offered little respite for the nation’s health care system, which is stretched to its limit and is struggling with shortages of oxygen and medical goods.
President Joe Biden banned most travel from India to the U.S., while offering more medical supplies. Australia announced that its nationals in India will face a fine of up to $51,000 and five years in jail if they return home.
India’s deepening Covid crisis may cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a key election, as initial voting trends show his governing BJP party trailing in West Bengal’s state poll. Modi has been widely criticized for continuing to holdi mass rallies in the state in the run-up to the vote as infections grew.
Daily daily deaths from Covid-19 rose to a new record of 3,689 in India on Sunday, while the number of coronavirus cases slipped slightly a day after becoming the first country in the world to cross the 400,000 mark. That offered little respite for the nation’s health care system, which is stretched to its limit and is struggling with shortages of oxygen and medical goods.
India Covid Cases Slow; Thai Death Toll at Record: Virus Update Bloomberg 5/3/2021
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost a crucial election as India’s Covid crisis deepens, with an official in his Bharatiya Janata Party conceding defeat in the populous state of West Bengal. Modi had been widely criticized for continuing to hold mass rallies in the state as infections rose.
Talks starting this week between the U.S. and the World Trade Organization over expanding access to vaccines will focus on how to get them “widely distributed, more widely licensed, more widely shared,” according to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain. U.S. cases dropped to 45,236, the fewest on a Saturday since late September.