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India logs slimmest rise in COVID-19 cases despite festivals

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 03:35 PM

India reported 7,579 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks, thanks to rising vaccinations and antibodies from prior infections. Read more »

India reports 30,773 new COVID cases as it seeks to welcome back tourists

Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 08:34 PM

NEW DELHI - India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. Read more »

Indian court backs shorter dose gap for those paying for AstraZeneca vaccine

Jose Devasia, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 04:28 PM

An Indian court has ordered the government to offer a choice of a shorter four-week gap between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to those paying for the shots. Read more »

COVID-19 locks out India's poor students

Nivrita Ganguly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 02:57 PM

The pandemic and the heavy blow to the Indian economy -- and to the poor who have suffered most of all -- have only made things worse. Read more »

Global COVID-19 cases top 200 million

Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 05 09:31 AM

The cumulative worldwide total of infections with COVID-19 has surpassed 200 million as the Delta variant continues to rage in many countries. Read more »

India reports 3,998 COVID-19 deaths after state corrects its data

Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 03:20 PM

India reported its highest death toll in a month on Wednesday - at nearly 4,000 - after its richest state reconciled its death count with 3,509 previously unreported fatalities, the health ministry said. Read more »

India's COVID-19 deaths 10 times higher than reported: study

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 08:45 PM

India's coronavirus death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly 415,000 fatalities reported by authorities, likely making it the country's worst humanitarian disaster since independence, a US research group said 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 »

Rural India sinks deeper into debt as COVID-19 wipes out work

Aftab Ahmed and Saurabh Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 01:40 PM

The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to villages in India, and ever higher levels of debt.   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 »

India's famed Taj Mahal reopens for tourists as COVID-19 curbs ease

Uday Sampath Kumar, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 04:28 PM

India's iconic Taj Mahal reopened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift restrictions in a bid to revitalize its economy. Read more »

India records world's highest daily COVID-19 deaths after state revises numbers

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 01:45 PM

India reported on Thursday the highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 in the world, at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. Read more »

How India's most crowded city beat the odds, and the virus

Ammu Kannampilly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:51 PM

When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success. Read more »

India orders unapproved COVID shots as it reels from devastating second wave

Neha Arora and Sethuraman N R, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 08:48 PM

So far, only about 4.7% of the 950 million adult population have been given two vaccine doses as the world's second-most populous country reels from a devastating second wave of infections that killed around 170,000 people in April and May alone.   Read more »

Exhaustion and fear for India's frontline doctors in COVID battle

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 01:30 PM

Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left many doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic surge near breaking point and fearful for their lives.   Read more »

Latest Indian cyclone kills 5, thousands homeless

Dibyangshu Sarkar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 01:34 PM

Thousands of people were homeless Thursday after the latest cyclone to hit COVID-ravaged India left a trail of destruction, although timely evacuations meant the death toll was limited to single figures. Read more »

Indian priests pray for mercy from coronavirus 'Goddess'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 01:17 PM

Hindu priests at an Indian temple are saying daily prayers to 2 coronavirus goddesses in an effort to tame the pandemic as the country battles a new infection surge. Read more »

Cyclone batters eastern India, 1.2 million seek shelter

Dibyangshu Sarkar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 01:40 PM

Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.   Read more »

Indian COVID -19 variant found in at least 53 territories: WHO

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 11:49 AM

The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization report showed Wednesday. Read more »

2 COVID shots effective against India variant - English health body

Reuters
Posted at May 23 09:50 AM

A double dose of COVID-19 vaccines is almost as effective against the fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus first identified in India as it is against Britain's dominant strain, English health officials said on Saturday.   Read more »