India Covid Crisis

India Covid Crisis

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Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

India saw a devastating second wave in the past few months resulting in the region battling the world’s fastest-surging Covid outbreak that overwhelmed its hospitals and crematoriums

Members of the State Disaster Response Force patrol in the Ganges river past burning pyres of bodies that washed up on its banks after monsoon rains swelled it and exposed shallow sand graves dug during the peak of the latest Covid-19 wave in Phaphamau on the outskirts of Prayagra

India's Covid death rate hit record in June after calls for better data

A man carrying wood walks past the funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

We still don’t know India’s true Covid-19 death toll

Health workers carry the body of a person, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

India's daily Covid-19 deaths rise by 853, toll crosses 400,000

Sanika, 15, sits during a follow-up consultation inside a hospital as she recovers after losing her eye upon contracting Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, in Mumbai, India, Jun 29, 2021. REUTERS

After Covid-19, 'black fungus' robs some in India of their eyesight

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering before flagging off the "Dandi March", or Salt March, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave

After Covid surge, some signs of internal dissent against India's Modi

India's Cipla gets regulator nod to import Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine - CNBC-TV18

India's Cipla gets regulator nod to import Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine - CNBC-TV18

A man suffering from coronavirus disease (Covid-19) receives oxygen support as he sleeps inside a classroom turned Covid-19 care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

India's Maharashtra state gears up to protect children from looming third wave of Covid-19

A health worker in PPE coveralls collects swab samples for Covid test.Photo: Hindustan Times

Modi urges India to get Covid-19 shots amid Delta variant concerns

A man suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) receives treatment as a Syringe Infusion Pump, donated by France is seen next to his bed, inside the emergency room of Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

India's vaccination not fast enough to foil Covid-19 3rd wave: Report

Healthcare workers carry COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to inoculate villagers during a door-to-door vaccination and testing drive at Uttar Batora Island in Howrah district in West Bengal state, India, June 21, 2021. REUTERS

51,667 fresh Covid-19 cases in India on Friday, 4.4% lower than Thursday

Healthcare workers carry COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to inoculate villagers during a door-to-door vaccination and testing drive at Uttar Batora Island in Howrah district in West Bengal state, India, June 21, 2021. REUTERS

India says new Covid variant is a concern

Health workers carry the body of a person, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Indian experts worry new delta plus variant could trigger third wave