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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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

India reports record 4,529 daily COVID-19 deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 02:00 PM

India on Wednesday reported a record 4,529 coronavirus deaths in a single day even as the number of new cases in its devastating new wave fell. Read more »

India's COVID-19 tally passes 25 million

Reuters
Posted at May 18 04:24 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. Read more »

India envoy asks China to help stop price surging of COVID-19 supplies

Teddy Ng and Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 12 05:33 PM

New Delhi’s representative in Hong Kong said soaring prices and cargo flight disruptions are slowing arrivals of medical goods. Second wave of pandemic has India scrambling for oxygen concentrators and other basic supplies. Read more »

India COVID-19 cases soar past 20 million: official data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 01:38 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload soared past 20 million on Tuesday, official data showed, as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the country's hospitals. Read more »

Scientists say India government ignored warnings amid coronavirus surge

Devjyot Ghoshal and Krishna N. Das, Reuters
Posted at May 01 01:04 PM

A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who are part of the forum told Reuters. Read more »

Japan to send respirators, oxygen concentrators to virus-hit India

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 30 03:01 PM

The Japanese government said Friday it has decided to send 300 respirators and 300 oxygen concentrators to India, which is battling one of the world's worst coronavirus crises with the rapid spread of the virus, including more contagious variants. Read more »

Australia suspends direct flights from India amid virus surge

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 27 03:58 PM

Australia will temporarily suspend the arrival of direct flights from India until May 15 in the wake of a surge in novel coronavirus cases in the South Asian country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday.   Read more »

India's death toll hits new record as COVID-19 'tsunami' worsens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 08:27 PM

Many patients are dying outside hospitals in the capital because of the lack of beds and oxygen.   Read more »

India hospital fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients

Ammu Kannampilly with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:14 PM

Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a hospital fire on Friday in the latest tragedy to hit India's health-care system as it buckles under a devastating wave of infections. Read more »

Scores test positive for COVID-19 on India flight to Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 03:55 PM

At least 49 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said, as the financial hub introduced an emergency ban on all flights from India in a crackdown over a new wave of cases.   Read more »

India's 161,736 new COVID-19 infections are world's highest

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 13 02:49 PM

India reported 161,736 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, hitting the world's highest daily tally once again, for a total of 13.69 million cases, health ministry data showed.   Read more »

India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months

Krishna N. Das and Rama Venkat, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 04:06 PM

India's second wave of coronavirus infections continued to swell as it reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in just over two months and raising pressure on the government to expand its vaccination campaign.   Read more »

India reports 6-month high of COVID-19 daily infections amid new curbs

Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 03:08 PM

India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest daily number in 6 months, as several states were hit by a second wave of the coronavirus. Read more »