India Covid Crisis

Healthcare worker Jankhana Prajapati gives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to villager Amiyaben Dabhi during a door-to-door vaccination drive in Banaskantha district in the western state of Gujarat, India, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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Legal wrangles hold up US vaccine donations to India

The United States has in recent weeks donated millions of vaccine doses to countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan and South Korea

Healthcare worker Jankhana Prajapati gives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to villager Amiyaben Dabhi during a door-to-door vaccination drive in Banaskantha district in the western state of Gujarat, India, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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India says it will meet end-July domestic vaccine supply target

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
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'We may be tired, but virus is not; can't have guard down': Indian government

The Covid-19 active cases in the country have further declined to 4,59,920 and constitute 1.52 per cent of the caseload. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
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India to miss end-July vaccination target as Bharat Biotech lags

People are seen at a market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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India’s economic rebound faces rising risk from virus variants

The Covid-19 active cases in the country have further declined to 4,59,920 and constitute 1.52 per cent of the caseload. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
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Covid: India's AIIMS doctor urges people to be careful for next 1 to 2 years

Policemen direct pedestrians towards a Covid-19 testing booth at a market during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Jammu, India, Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
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India logs 38,949 new Covid-19 cases, 542 fatalities take death toll to 412,531

The Covid-19 active cases in the country have further declined to 4,59,920 and constitute 1.52 per cent of the caseload. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
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Covid-19 third wave in India likely by August-end, will be less severe than second: ICMR

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
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India's Covid-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

A farmer feeds iceberg lettuce to his buffalo during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at Bhuinj village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav/File Photo
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Rising Delta variant cases make Covid-19 third wave real risk for India: Report

Angurbala Kamila, 45, a villager, receives a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, on a boat during "Vaccination on boat" programme in Gosaba Island in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, July 12, 2021. REUTERS
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In India's remote Sundarbans, boats full of vaccines bring hope

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo
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India PM Modi warns against overcrowding at tourist spots

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
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Third Covid wave inevitable and imminent in India, warns IMA