An average of 1,247 deaths were recorded over the last seven days, though India's figures on Covid fatalities are believed to be vastly under-reported
* More than 200,000 cases per day recorded on average in the last week, 20 times as many as two months ago
* UK banned travel from India Monday but acted 'weeks too late' as more than 100 in Britain have Indian strain
* Boris Johnson to answer questions tonight over why 900 people per day allowed to flow into UK from India
* New Indian Covid-19 variant has two mutations which scientists fear could enable it to evade vaccines
* This B.1.617 variant is believed to spread more easily and could potentially be more lethal than other strains
* Medics across India say patients are significantly younger than in first wave, with two thirds under-45 in Delhi * Young people experiencing 'increased severity' doctors say, particularly on their lungs, heart and kidneys
* Delhi imposed week-long lockdown as city of 29 million struggles with fewer than 150 beds for critical care
* Across India crematoria have been working around the clock, cracking chimneys and melting iron frames
India's health system is collapsing under the fastest spreading coronavirus surge since the pandemic started, with gravediggers burning piles of bodies and crematorium furnaces melting from round-the-clock use.
Another 259,170 cases were recorded on Tuesday, the world's highest daily rate, and 1,761 deaths, the country's highest ever daily toll, after a new variant of Covid emerged which scientists fear could partly evade vaccines.
Britain added India to its 'red list' on Monday but was accused of acting weeks too late as more than 100 people in the UK have now tested positive for this Indian variant since the end of March, most traced to foreign travel.
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WNU Editor: To say that a disaster is now unfolding in India is an understatement. This new variant in India is raising alarm bells among many health professionals .... What do we know about the Indian coronavirus variant? (The Guardian)
Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In India -- News Updates April 20, 2021
‘No place for you’: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge -- AP
New Delhi announces week-long lockdown amid ‘critical’ Covid-19 situation -- France 24
India suffers worst day for COVID-19 deaths, hospitals overwhelmed -- CNA/Reuters
Covid: Delhi announces lockdown as India's cases surge -- BBC
COVID: Indian hospitals overwhelmed by new virus wave -- DW
India reports over 200,000 daily new cases for the sixth consecutive day -- CNBC
Covid in Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus overwhelms India's most populous state -- BBC
Modi warns of coronavirus ‘storm’ overwhelming India -- Al Jazeera
COVID-19 sweeps through India as doubts raised about reliability of official data -- ABC News (Australia)
Deaths and desperation in India’s capital as COVID cases rise -- Al Jazeera
Indian expansion of Covid vaccine drive may further strain supplies -- The Guardian
India to start vaccinating all adults over 18 amid surge in infections -- BBC
What do we know about the Indian coronavirus variant? -- The Guardian
Covid-19: How India failed to prevent a deadly second wave -- Soutik Biswas, BBC
3 comments:
It's just like the flu.
Let's go to the Cheesecake Factory and then bomb Iran!
I can not believe the fearmongering by the Daily Mail.
"India's health system is collapsing...
Gravediggers burn piles of victims...
crematorium furnaces MELT due to round-the-clock use"
The press needs serious reforming as illustrated by the Daily Mails sickening betrayal of the public trust.
We're boned. This virus is changing faster than we can keep up.
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