Tag: India

MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, May 13

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, May 13: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. It added flight schedules may change at any given time, so passengers should consult with their airlines. Allowed foreigners under previous Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases prior to […]

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India Covid deaths soar past 250,000

    NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s coronavirus death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday, official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people. According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours — a new record — taking total fatalities to 254,197. The number of cases rose almost 350,000 to 23.3 million, the second-highest after the United States. While the pandemic is easing in […]

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Indian Covid-19 variant found in 44 countries, all regions: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in more than 4,500 samples uploaded to an open-access database “from 44 countries in all six WHO regions”. “And WHO has received […]

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India doctors warn of deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients

MUMBAI, India (AFP) — A growing number of current and recovered Covid-19 patients in India are contracting a deadly and rare fungal infection, doctors told AFP Monday as the vast nation battles to contain a massive outbreak of virus cases. The world’s second most populous nation on Monday reported nearly 370,000 coronavirus infections to take the overall number of cases to just under 22.7 million, and more than 3,700 new deaths. Experts warn that the […]

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WHO says Covid variant in India ‘of concern’

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A Covid-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being “of concern”, the World Health Organization said Monday. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India last October seemed to be transmitting more easily. “There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of the B.1.617,” Maria Van Kerkhove, […]

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Variant among accelerators of India’s Covid explosion: WHO top scientist

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said Saturday. In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that “the epidemiological features that we see in India today do indicate that it’s an extremely rapidly spreading variant”. India on Saturday for the first time […]

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India hits over 4,000 virus deaths and 401,078 new cases in one day

  by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time and more states imposed lockdowns Saturday in a desperate bid to halt the devastating new surge. The 4,187 new deaths took India’s overall toll to 238,270 since the pandemic started. It added another 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its caseload to nearly 21.9 million — second only […]

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Virus deaths top 4,000 in India as WHO green-lights Chinese vaccine

by Aishwarya Kumar, with AFP Bureaus NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — New Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday as it struggled with one of the world’s worst outbreaks, but the global immunization effort was boosted with WHO approval for Chinese firm Sinopharm’s vaccine. And while many Western countries have started easing restrictions thanks to rapid vaccinations, the head of the World Health Organization warned that more countries could […]

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Australia to end ban on citizens returning from India

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia will not extend a controversial ban on citizens returning from Covid-hit India, the prime minister said Friday following widespread public outrage. Scott Morrison this week barred all travel from India, fearing a large number of Covid-positive arrivals would overwhelm Australia’s already strained quarantine facilities. The move stranded an estimated 9,000 Australian citizens and threatened them with large fines and jail time if they tried to dodge the ban and return […]

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MARINA: Two of 12 COVID-19-positive crew members of ship allowed to dock in Manila from India in critical condition

(Eagle News) — Two of the 12 COVID-19-positive crew members of the ship that was allowed to dock in Manila from India are in critical condition. In a statement, the Maritime Industry Authority said the two from MV Athens Bridge have been safely evacuated and brought to a medical facility for treatment, after assessment by doctors from the Bureau of Quarantine who boarded the vessel. MARINA said the rest of the crew members remain in […]

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India’s neighbours close borders over virus rampage

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka on Thursday became the latest of India’s neighbours to seal its borders with the South Asian giant as it battles a record coronavirus surge. Bangladesh and Nepal have also banned flights and sought to close their borders with India, where a huge rise in numbers in the past three weeks has taken deaths past 230,000 and cases over 21 million. All three countries are fighting their own pandemic […]

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India sees record Covid-19 deaths, new cases in 24 hours

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India saw almost 4,000 Covid-19 deaths and more than 412,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, both new records, official data showed Thursday. Health ministry numbers showed 3,980 deaths, taking the national total to 230,168, and 412,262 new cases, bringing India’s caseload since the pandemic began to 21.1 million. The renewed rise follows several days of falling case numbers that had raised government hopes that the catastrophic recent surge […]

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