Hounslow, London, which has become one of the U.K.’s biggest hotspots for the variant of coronavirus first identified in India, on Thursday 27th May 2021. Tejas Sandhu | MI News | NurPhoto | Getty Images Cases of the Covid-19 variant first identified in India have more than doubled in England within one week, the country’s… Read More »
SINGAPORE — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases are climbing rapidly and have surpassed India’s on one critical measure, according to statistics site Our World in Data. India has been experiencing a devastating second wave since April and has the world’s second largest Covid caseload. The country’s daily case count, while trending downward, has remained elevated at… Read More »
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Health officials have elevated one version of the India virus to a “variant of concern”. BBC News – Health
India is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of drugs and vaccines, but that hasn’t made it immune to COVID-19 supply instability. Now, the government is locking up at least one treatment for itself. As COVID-19 cases mount—and demand for treatments spikes—India has banned exports of Gilead Sciences’ pandemic antiviral remdesivir, Bloomberg reports, citing a statement… Read More »
A boy (C) watches as a health worker (L) collects a nasal swab from his mother during a COVID-19 … [+] coronavirus screening in Mumbai on August 19, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to authorize… Read More »
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 4.5 million Global deaths: At least 307,159 Most cases reported: United States (More than 1.4 million), Russia (262,843), United Kingdom (238,004), Spain (230,183), Italy (223,885). The data above was… Read More »
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Beijing time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 1.77 million Global deaths: At least 108,862 Most cases reported: United States (529,887), Spain (163,027), Italy (152,271), France… Read More »