Sun 23 May 2021: India registered more than 8,800 cases of infection with life-threatening fungus, known as mucormycosis or black fungus, in the country, Sadananda Gowda, India’s minister of chemicals and fertilizers, reported on Sunday. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing an eye. […]
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Sun 23 May 2021: BOGOTA, Colombia Countries across Latin America reported new COVID-19 infections and fatalities late on Saturday, according to official data. Brazil Over the past day, a total of 1,899 people lost their lives to the novel coronavirus in Brazil, bringing the tally to 448,208, according to figures from the country’s Health Ministry. […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: More than 200 new cases of COVID-19 infection were registered over past 24 hours in Palestine, while seven of the patients died, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila reported on Saturday. “Seven people died, 233 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the Palestinian territories, including 187 cases in the enclave. […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: Faisal Husain,a teenager was allegedly beaten to death by policemen in Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred in Bangarmau in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday. Two constables and a home guard jawan have been booked for murder. The trio had allegedly beaten up Mohammad Faisal Husain, 18, for selling vegetables […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: A ‘Corona Devi’ temple has come up on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The temple has been built by a mutt, the Kamatchipuri Adheenam. This is like the ‘Plague Mariamman Temple’, dedicated by the faithful to the deity Amman seeking […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: The Zimbabwean government has decided to lock down the central city of Kwekwe for two weeks starting from Friday after the detection of a coronavirus variant first identified in India. Various measures have been implemented in the city to curb the spread of the variant, including a curfew, closure of bars […]
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Fri 21 May 2021: The IMF on Friday proposed $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, with a target of vaccinating at least 40 percent of the world’s population by the end of 2021. “Our proposal sets targets, estimates financing requirements and lays out pragmatic action,” said Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary […]
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Fri 21 May 2021: UNICEF on Friday said it urgently requires $164 million in medical support for South Asia amid the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will be used for procuring oxygen and testing supplies, medical equipment, personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control material “to help save lives amid a deadly wave of COVID-19 […]
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Fri 21 May 2021: India has reported 259,551 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths have risen by 4,209 with rising cases of mucormycosis, a fungal disease also known as “black fungus”, further complicating treatment. The South Asian nation’s infection tally stands at 26.03 million, with a death toll of 291,331, health […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: The Council of the European Union recommended on Thursday allowing EU entry for foreign travelers who were fully inoculated against the coronavirus with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 14 days before arrival. “If member states accept proof of […]
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