Delta Plus variant detected in three Indian states: characteristics
Covid, the Delta Plus variant, also known as ‘AY.1’, detected in three Indian states: characteristics and expert opinions.
India
India records the world’s highest daily Covid-19 infection
India managed more than 230 million jabs of a Covid vaccine but fewer than four per cent of its 1.4 billion people have been completely vaccinated.
India records the highest daily death toll from Covid-19 in the world
This is the highest in the world, surpassing the US which had recorded 5,444 deaths on 12 February.
Prof Neil Ferguson: Indian variant more transmissible than Kent
Not only that, but scientist also questioned the government decision didn’t transfer India to the red list countries. It needed for limiting the entries into the UK.
People in their 20s to get Covid vaccine soon
In the UK vaccine programme reaches people under-30s, while India faces a surge in Covid infections.
India: covid 300 000 infections and bodies thrown into the Ganges
300 000 new covid infections in India in 24 hours, numbers still very high but down from previous days. New deaths more than 3000.
India: over 21 million cases with variant
In India overcome the 21 million cases with the variant of Covid-19.
Facebook blocked a hashtag against Indian PM Modi
The social media platform claimed the posts with #ResignModi hashtag were temporarily hidden by mistake and then restored them, denying Indian government’s engagement.
India covid: UK donation of ventilators is meaningless at this stage
“Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need,” Joe Biden tweeted.
44-year-olds can now get Covid-19 vaccine
Vaccination programme has been extended to people aged 44 or older, as the UK is now engaged also to help India with a major Covid-19 emergency.
India: fire in a Covid ward in Mumbai: 13 patients dead
Thirteen patients admitted for Covid in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Mumbai (India) have died as a result of a fire.
In This Garbage Cafe in India You Can Get Food for Garbage
Eating a big meal for a pound of plastic. This is possible in India, where the first ‘Garbage Cafe’ has opened. Here people can receive free food in exchange for garbage. This initiative is part of a wider door-to-door waste collection programme already undertaken. The goal, however, is to eliminate all disposable plastic in India by 2022.
