India’s healthcare system is buckling as a record surge in Covid-19 cases puts pressure on hospital beds and drains oxygen supplies. Families are left pleading for their relatives who are desperately ill, with some patients left untreated for hours. Crematoriums are organising mass funeral pyres. On Friday India reported 332,730 new cases of coronavirus, setting… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 5
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Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 4
The spike in infections is India’s biggest crisis since Modi took office in 2014. It remains to be seen how his handling of it might affect Modi or his party politically. The warning about the new variant in early March was issued by the Indian Sars-CoV-2 genetics consortium, or Insacog. It was conveyed to a… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 4
Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 3
India reported another world record 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 3,523 over the past 24 hours. Experts believe the real figures are far higher. Compounding the misery, a fire broke out in a Covid-19 hospital ward in western India early Saturday, killing 18 patients. The fire, which broke… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 3
Apr 2021. The EU v AstraZeneca
The EU’s legal battle with AstraZeneca will fuel distrust and make the bloc’s jabs shambles even worse, diplomats have reportedly warned. Brussels has launched legal action against what it claims is the company’s “complete failure” to meet delivery and contractual agreements – despite months of its own indecision over vaccine rollout. https://rumble.com/vgsyqt-apr-2021.-the-eu-v-astrazeneca.html [user-submitted-posts]
Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 2
A panel of Indian scientists warned officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, it has emerged. Despite the warning, four of the scientists said the federal government did not seek to impose major restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, Reuters reported… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 2
Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 1
The United States has told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country battles a devastating coronavirus wave. India reported 379,257 new infections on Thursday, the world’s highest single-day total. The US embassy warned that “access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited”. The Level 4 “do not… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 Crisis in India Part 1
Apr 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil
Brazil has the second highest death toll in the world from Covid, and experts are warning that a current surge in cases may not peak for several weeks. The rapid spread of a coronavirus variant first discovered in Brazil has been a major cause for concern around the world. President Jair Bolsonaro has consistently played… Continue reading Apr 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil
Covid 19 Corruption in Ukraine
With police often turning a blind eye to breaches of lockdown restrictions, and a halting vaccine roll-out programme, Ukraine is heading for disaster. President Volodymyr Zelensky has very little time to save his faltering presidency. Almost exactly a year since Ukraine imposed its first Covid-19 lockdown, the capital Kyiv has once again been forced to… Continue reading Covid 19 Corruption in Ukraine
Covid is a Sham
I’m a support worker supporting vulnerable people with mental health issues who live in their own homes, I therefore move around the community going from one service user to the next. I’ve been a supporter of the Government on their efforts to Contain and Defeat Covid-19. I’ve been aware of the Human Rights Activists from… Continue reading Covid is a Sham
Feb 2021. Global Vaccine Rollout
The pressure is on for countries to vaccinate people against the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19: close to fifty million doses have been administered in the month since the first vaccines were approved for use. But with a global population of nearly eight billion, that’s only a small first step. Even in countries that have stocks… Continue reading Feb 2021. Global Vaccine Rollout