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Fire in hospital's intensive care kills 18 in India's Gujarat
May 01, 2021 04:54At least 18 people, including two healthcare workers, were killed in a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in the western Indian state of Gujarat late on Friday night, officials said on Saturday, in the country's latest deadly hospital accident.
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Biden set to impose new travel restrictions on India: Official
May 01, 2021 01:45A White House official has said that US President Joe Biden is set to impose new travel restrictions on India starting Tuesday in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country which is second only to the United States in total coronavirus infections.
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India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
Apr 30, 2021 14:21The virus is spreading faster than ever before in India despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection.
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Indian states run out of COVID-19 vaccines, Brazil tops 400,000 fatality mark
Apr 30, 2021 08:19Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines a day prior to a planned broadening of a nationwide vaccination drive amid a surge of new cases in the country to yet another daily record, officials have announced.
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India’s coronavirus deaths exceed 200,000 after record surge in cases
Apr 28, 2021 10:50India’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country’s deadliest day yet, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new infections.
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Iran closes land borders with Pakistan amid COVID surge
Apr 28, 2021 01:05Iran is closing its land borders with Pakistan to passenger travel amid growing fears that a highly infectious variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) found in India could hit the country hard amid a renewed surge in infection cases.
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Why India’s worsening COVID crisis is a dire problem for the world
Apr 27, 2021 14:02The catastrophe unfolding in India appears to be the worst-case scenario that many feared from the COVID-19 pandemic: unable to find sufficient hospital beds, access to tests, medicines or oxygen, the country of 1.4 billion is sinking beneath the weight of infections.
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India besieged with staggering COVID storm
Apr 27, 2021 01:37For the 5th consecutive day India has recorded an overwhelming number of COVID-19 infections. The country logged around 350,000 fresh cases and about 2,700 deaths, raising fears of further devastation and dismay among its citizens.
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India shaken by new coronavirus 'storm': PM Modi
Apr 25, 2021 04:13India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to take COVID-19 vaccines and exercise caution, saying a "storm" of infections had shaken the country.
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Iran voices solidarity with India as its COVID cases spiral
Apr 25, 2021 01:58Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his solidarity with India which has reported record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths amid an alarming shortage of medical oxygen and hospital beds following a brutal wave of COVID-19 pandemic.