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Doctors in Nepal warn of major crisis as virus cases surge

Doctors in Nepal warn of major crisis as virus cases surge

AP 2021-05-07 20:21:28

Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen. Nepal...

China says its rocket debris highly unlikely to cause any harm

China says its rocket debris highly unlikely to cause any harm

REUTERS 2021-05-07 19:21:26

Most debris from a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend will be burned up on reentry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm, Chinese foreign ministry spok...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan in Saudi Arabia to discuss relations

Pakistan PM Imran Khan in Saudi Arabia to discuss relations

-- 2021-05-07 18:16:48

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan begins a two-day visit on Friday to Saudi Arabia, a traditionally close ally but with whom relations have been strained for months. Khan, invited by Saudi Arabian...

Rahul Gandhi warns 'explosive' COVID wave threatens India, world

Rahul Gandhi warns 'explosive' COVID wave threatens India, world

REUTERS 2021-05-07 17:38:58

India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was brought under control it would decimate India as well as threaten the...

Unused Covid vaccines piling up in Japan

Unused Covid vaccines piling up in Japan

-- 2021-05-07 15:56:18

Unused Covid-19 vaccines in Japan are set to reach tens of millions of doses, as the country is poised to approve two more shots in coming weeks and the pace of its inoculation campaign remains slow d...

Maldives ex-president Nasheed hurt in blast

Maldives ex-president Nasheed hurt in blast

-- 2021-05-07 12:57:15

Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed was undergoing surgery on Friday after he was hit by shrapnel from a bomb blast outside his home, his party said. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for...

India logs 1.5m new Covid-19 cases in a week

India logs 1.5m new Covid-19 cases in a week

Reuters 2021-05-07 12:34:38

India reported another record daily rise in coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing total new cases for the week to 1.57 million, as the country's vaccination rate falls dramatically due to a lack of su...

Russia authorises single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine for use

Russia authorises single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine for use

Reuters 2021-05-07 10:42:23

Russia has authorised the one-shot Sputnik Light version of its Covid-19 vaccine for use, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Thursday, a move that could help vaccine supplies go further...

Delhi's popular autorickshaws become COVID-19 ambulances

Delhi's popular autorickshaws become COVID-19 ambulances

-- 2021-05-06 20:48:20

It's not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city's ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambu...

Indonesia begins its Eid-ul-Fitr travel ban as some try to skirt rules

Indonesia begins its Eid-ul-Fitr travel ban as some try to skirt rules

REUTERS 2021-05-06 19:27:28

Indonesia began imposing a previously announced ban on domestic travel on Thursday as it sought to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, when millions normally tra...

India sees record daily rises in Covid-19 infections, deaths

India sees record daily rises in Covid-19 infections, deaths

Reuters 2021-05-06 12:43:30

India reported a record 412,262 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countr...

Scientist warns further Covid waves 'inevitable' in India

Scientist warns further Covid waves 'inevitable' in India

-- 2021-05-06 10:40:43

A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day. W...

Myanmar doctors, students learn how to fire guns at military camps in jungle

Myanmar doctors, students learn how to fire guns at military camps in jungle

CNN 2021-05-05 16:55:08

A dozen armed recruits crawl along a dusty pathway, the cicadas masking any sound of their approach towards their target, a small village in the jungles of Myanmar. The ambush scenario is fabricated...

Turkey, Egypt start talks Wednesday after eight-year rift

Turkey, Egypt start talks Wednesday after eight-year rift

-- 2021-05-05 16:32:06

Turkey and Egypt will try to improve strained ties at talks starting in Cairo on Wednesday after an eight-year rift which led them to back rival factions in Libya's war and put them at odds in a dispu...

Iraq pushes vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, distrust

Iraq pushes vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, distrust

AP 2021-05-05 16:14:50

Iraq’s vaccine roll-out had been faltering for weeks. Apathy, fear and rumors kept many from getting vaccinated despite a serious surge in coronavirus infections and calls by the government for...

Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims for second year

Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims for second year

REUTERS 2021-05-05 16:11:03

Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual Hajj for the second year running as COVID-19 cases rise globally and worries grow about the emergence of new variants, two sources...

India posts record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths

India posts record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths

Reuters 2021-05-05 12:10:26

India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections after the United states....

Myanmar's UN envoy tells US lawmakers tougher sanctions needed

Myanmar's UN envoy tells US lawmakers tougher sanctions needed

Reuters 2021-05-05 11:35:17

Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations told the US Congress on Tuesday that Washington should target the state-run Myanmar oil and gas company and a state-owned bank with sanctions. Ambassador Ky...

India’s massive Covid surge damages Modi’s image of competence

India’s massive Covid surge damages Modi’s image of competence

AP 2021-05-05 11:09:04

India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen, and crematoriums were running near full capacity to handle the dead. Yet des...

8 Asiatic lions in Hyderabad tested SARS-Cov2 positive

8 Asiatic lions in Hyderabad tested SARS-Cov2 positive

-- 2021-05-04 21:04:15

Eight Asiatic lions at Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad have been tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus although they were “recovering well” after treatme...

Desperate for oxygen, Indian hospitals go to court

Desperate for oxygen, Indian hospitals go to court

REUTERS 2021-05-04 17:57:06

A court in India's capital New Delhi has become the last hope for many hospitals struggling to get oxygen for COVID-19 patients as supplies run dangerously short while government officials bicker over...

Nepal appeals for Covid vaccines as infections rise

Nepal appeals for Covid vaccines as infections rise

-- 2021-05-04 15:50:46

Nepal urgently needs at least 1.6 million AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine doses to administer second shots as the Himalayan country is recording a surge in new coronavirus cases. "People who have alre...

India's tally of Covid-19 cases crosses 20 million

India's tally of Covid-19 cases crosses 20 million

Reuters 2021-05-04 12:19:59

India's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, boosted by 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, health ministry data show...

Myanmar parcel bomb blasts leave five dead

Myanmar parcel bomb blasts leave five dead

Reuters 2021-05-04 11:27:43

Blasts from at least one parcel bomb in Myanmar have killed five people, including an ousted lawmaker and three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement opposing military rule, med...

‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as Covid deaths mounting with alarming speed in India

‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as Covid deaths mounting with alarming speed in India

-- 2021-05-04 10:55:33

Covid-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people w...

Myanmar rebels say they downed helicopter, pro-junta official killed

Myanmar rebels say they downed helicopter, pro-junta official killed

REUTERS 2021-05-03 22:44:30

An ethnic rebel group in Myanmar said it had shot down a military helicopter on Monday as fighting in the country's northern and eastern frontier regions intensified following an army coup. Domestic...

Trainee Indian doctors pulled from exams to fight world’s biggest COVID surge

Trainee Indian doctors pulled from exams to fight world’s biggest COVID surge

Reuters 2021-05-03 22:14:14

India postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday, freeing them up to fight the world’s biggest surge in coronavirus infections, as the health system crumbles under the weight of ne...

Impact of devastating Indian virus surge spreads to politics

Impact of devastating Indian virus surge spreads to politics

AP 2021-05-03 19:57:33

As a catastrophic surge of the coronavirus sweeps through India, the leaders of 13 opposition parties urged the government to launch a free vaccination drive and ensure an uninterrupted flow of oxygen...

India's opposition sees hope for future in BJP's state election defeat

India's opposition sees hope for future in BJP's state election defeat

Reuters 2021-05-03 15:48:49

Indian opposition parties and political commentators cheered the election victory of a regional leader over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party in a big battleground state as a sign his populi...

Britain to send another 1,000 ventilators to India

Britain to send another 1,000 ventilators to India

REUTERS 2021-05-03 15:38:17

Britain will send another 1,000 ventilators to India, the government said on Sunday, stepping up its support as India's healthcare system struggles to cope with a huge surge in cases of Covid-19. Ind...