The number of coronavirus infections rose to 52,952 in India, up by 3,561 over the previous day, the health ministry said on Thursday (May 7), with no signs of abating despite a strict weeks-long lockdown in the world's second most populous country.
The staff of INHS Asvini hospital wearing
protective gear stand before they were showered with flower petals by Indian
Navy's Chetak helicopter as part of an event to show gratitude towards the
frontline warriors fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in
Mumbai, India, May 3, 2020. (Photo: Reuters)
The death toll was up by 89 to 1783, still low compared with the
United States, United Kingdom and Italy which officials said was because the
government imposed the stay-at-home order on 1.3 billion people much earlier in
the cycle.
The spurt in cases has come
from the densely packed metropolises of Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad which are
also the growth engines of the economy.
Source: NDO
The danger from the COVID-19 pandemic is still latent, threatening people’s health and lives in the context that the immunity provided from the COVID-19 vaccine has decreased. Many other dangerous diseases are also likely to break out when the global vaccination rate slows down, due to inequality in access to health services, vaccine hesitancy, and consequences of economic recession.
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Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), on June 5 had a meeting with UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop during her working visit to New York.
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