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India's Modi defends handling of COVID pandemic amid protests

Manoj Kumar and Neha Arora, Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 05:42 PM

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended his government's efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years, saying on Tuesday they led to high economic growth and middling inflation, unlike the situation in some advanced economies. Read more »

India's coronavirus death toll crosses 500,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 05:53 PM

India's official death toll from Covid-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, even as many experts flag underreporting of cases across the country. Read more »

India launches drive to vaccinate children vs COVID

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 06:27 PM

MUMBAI - India started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus on Monday as it expands its inoculation effort to protect the world's largest adolescent population. Read more »

Indians flood markets, tourist spots despite Omicron concerns

Neha Arora and Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 11:23 PM

NEW DELHI - Indians are crowding markets and taking packed flights to holiday destinations again despite calls from authorities urging restraint and caution amid rising cases of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Read more »

Indonesia finds first Omicron case

Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 07:02 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged people to stick to health protocols and ensure they are vaccinated against COVID-19, after the world's fourth most populous country detected its first domestic case of the Omicron variant. Read more »

India opens to tourists after 20 months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 04:21 PM

India on Monday opened to foreign tourists from countries with reciprocal agreements after a 20-month ban because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »

India festival crowds return as COVID horrors fade

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 05:44 PM

India's main religious festival season is back in full swing with huge noisy crowds thronging markets and fairs for the first time in two years. Read more »

India recommends local COVID-19 vaccine for kids

Anuron Kumar Mitra and Leroy Leo, Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 08:51 PM

India on Tuesday recommended emergency use of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 shot in the 2 to 18 age-group. Read more »

India restricts religious festivals over COVID fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 07:45 PM

Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals, warning that a new Covid-19 wave had already begun in Mumbai. Read more »

Indonesian ex-minister jailed in COVID graft case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 06:41 PM

Indonesia's ex-social affairs minister was jailed for 12 years on Monday after being convicted of taking $1.2 million in bribes. Read more »

Indian focuses on children for next COVID wave

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 06:48 PM

'We don't know how the virus will behave, but we cannot afford to be unprepared this time around.' Read more »

Indonesia malls reopen exclusively for vaccinated shoppers

Reuters
Posted at Aug 13 11:46 PM

Indonesia's capital reopened its retail malls this week to an exclusive crowd - shoppers vaccinated against coronavirus. Read more »

Up to two-thirds of Indians have COVID-19 antibodies: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 07:33 PM

Up to two-thirds of India's population may have been infected with Covid-19, a government study suggested on Tuesday. Read more »

India's COVID-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

Neha Arora and Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 09:12 PM

NEW DELHI - A rise in India's COVID-19 infection rate is worrying authorities who are concerned that pilgrimages and tourism could prove to be "superspreader" events in the battle to douse a devastating second wave of infections that has killed thousands. Read more »

Indonesia to give medics vaccine booster jab after deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 08:17 PM

Health workers in coronavirus-hit Indonesia will get a third booster jab using the Moderna vaccine, authorities said Friday, after several fully inoculated medics died from Covid-19.   Read more »

Coronavirus-hit Indonesia orders oxygen for jammed hospitals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 05 09:30 PM

Indonesia on Monday called for the nation's oxygen supplies to be sent to hospitals overflowing with coronavirus patients as fresh cases and deaths hit new records. Read more »

India's death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 03:38 PM

India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the health care system and crematoriums. Read more »

Indonesia health minister leads push for stricter COVID curbs

Tom Allard and Kate Lamb, Reuters
Posted at Jun 28 08:19 PM

JAKARTA- Indonesia's health minister is leading a push for stricter controls as coronavirus cases surge to unprecedented levels, according to sources familiar with government discussions. Read more »

Clashes as Indonesia jails hardline cleric over coronavirus lies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 24 06:30 PM

Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon at supporters of a hardline Muslim cleric jailed Thursday for spreading false information about Covid-19 after he held rallies that drew thousands. Read more »

India submerges unclaimed ashes of 1,200 COVID-19 dead in farewell ritual

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 03 08:54 PM

Wrapped in white cloth and marked only by numbered stickers, dozens of clay pots lay unclaimed at the Sumanahalli crematorium in the suburbs of Bangalore, where the ashes of India's Covid dead have been piling up. Read more »