“The arrival of the Indian variant is a problem, and we remain on high alert regarding that matter, in cooperation with the British authorities,” Le Drian said in an interview to RTL radio and LCI TV channel. The minister said although the UK will not land on the ‘red’ list …
Read More »6 Indian states declare Covid-linked ‘black fungus’ an epidemic as death toll rises
After the Union Health Ministry called on Indian states to declare an epidemic on Thursday, three states and one territory reportedly did so on the same day. They are Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Gujarat, and the Chandigarh union territory. The states and territories join Telangana and Rajasthan, which had already declared …
Read More »Over 90% of Indian military vaccinated against Covid, ready to help country fight pandemic – army chief of staff
The vaccination of troops continues and the proportion who have received two shots will soon reach 95%, General Manoj Mukund Naravane said in an interview with India Today on Wednesday. India’s military is ready to extend all possible assistance to the civilian population in tackling the spread of the coronavirus, …
Read More »UK Health Secretary says Indian variant of Covid-19 could ‘spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated’
In a Sunday interview with Sky News, Hancock said the Indian variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country,” such as Bolton and Blackburn, but early data gives the government “a degree of confidence that the vaccines work against” it. “We’re in a race between the …
Read More »‘Exercise the greatest caution’: UK PM warns public that Indian Covid variant could disrupt England’s route out of lockdown
“I have to level with you that this new variant could pose a serious disruption to our progress and could make it more difficult to move to step four in June,” Johnson told a news briefing on Friday. Step four of Britain’s lockdown exit plan allows nightclubs to reopen and …
Read More »Smearing yourself in cow dung won’t cure Covid, Indian doctors warn, as country’s seven-day case rate hits new high
On Tuesday, India’s seven-day average case count for Covid-19 reached a record high of 390,995 as the World Health Organization labeled the Indian strain of the virus a “variant of concern.” With hospitals already at breaking point and oxygen supplies being rationed, doctors have reiterated their warning against alternative treatments …
Read More »WHO classes Indian Covid-19 variant as ‘global’ concern, amid worries of vaccine resistance
First identified in India last year, the B.1.617 strain is believed to be behind the wave of infections and deaths in the country in recent months. More than 400,000 cases were recorded on multiple days last week in India, with deaths hitting a record 1,187 on Friday. “We are classifying …
Read More »China says Long March 5B rocket BURNED UP over Indian Ocean near Maldives
The much-covered piece of space junk, which used to be the Long March-5B Y2 rocket that delivered part of China’s space station into orbit on April 29, was expected to come down during the night between Saturday and Sunday. Initial estimates from the China Manned Space Engineering Office, a department …
Read More »Stalin fulfills political destiny, comes to power in Indian state assembly elections
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, 68, born four days before his namesake’s death in 1953, is the son of the late five-time chief minister M. Karunanidhi, the hugely popular president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. After votes were counted on Sunday, it emerged that the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance – …
Read More »Indian ‘double-mutant’ Covid-19 variant adds 55 infections in UK as strain that ‘evades immune system’ reaches Belgium
The latest figure, reported by Public Health England on Thursday, puts the total number of B.1.617 Covid-19 strain cases in the UK to 132, an increase from 77 reported a week ago. Earlier this week, the UK added India to its travel ‘red list’ over the new coronavirus strain, which …
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