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The Coronavirus spread threatens Southeast Asia and elsewhere

Tue, 2021-05-11 19:20 — mike kraft

As the virus threatens Southeast Asia, the spread of new variants continues to be a danger everywhere

After a devastating year with wave after wave of coronavirus infections around the world, new cases and deaths are falling in many of the Western nations that were once among the hardest hit. But while the virus recedes in wealthy nations with robust vaccination campaigns, it is pummeling India and threatening to swamp Southeast Asian countries that until now had largely kept the virus at bay.

Taken together, the opposing regional trends add up to a leveling of global daily new cases at “an unacceptably high plateau” that leaves the world in continuing danger, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.

In Southeast Asia, Dr. Tedros noted that “cases and deaths are still increasing rapidly.”

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WHO says India Covid variant of 'global concern'

Tue, 2021-05-11 10:22 — mike kraft

WHO says India Covid variant of 'global concern' The WHO says the B.1.617 mutation spreads more easily than other variants and requires further study. BBC News

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a "variant of global concern".

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Indian government concerned about "black fungus" in COVID-19 patients

Mon, 2021-05-10 10:48 — mike kraft

'Black Fungus' Complication Adds to India's COVID Woes

BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Indian government has told doctors to look out for signs of mucormycosis or "black fungus" in COVID-19 patients as hospitals report a rise in cases of the rare but potentially fatal infection.

The state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said at the weekend that doctors treating COVID-19 patients, diabetics and those with compromised immune systems should watch for early symptoms including sinus pain or nasal blockage on one side of the face, one-sided headache, swelling or numbness, toothache and loosening of teeth.

The disease, which can lead to blackening or discolouration over the nose, blurred or double vision, chest pain, breathing difficulties and coughing blood, is strongly linked to diabetes. And diabetes can in turn be exacerbated by steroids such as dexamethasone, used to treat severe COVID-19.

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India's vaccination campaign falters amid growing number of coronavirus cases.

Sun, 2021-05-09 12:55 — mike kraft

As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters BENGALURU, India (AP) — Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping across the country, the pace of administering the shots has dropped with states saying they only have limited stock to give out... AP NEWS

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'No doubt' US has undercounted COVID-19 deaths--Dr. Fauci

Sun, 2021-05-09 12:08 — mike kraft

Fauci: 'No doubt' US has undercounted COVID-19 deaths Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House COVID-19 response team and President Biden's chief medical adviser, said Sunday that he believes it is likely that the U.S. has undercounted the number of John Bowden TheHill

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Description of how India's major vaccine producer fell short of promises to inoculate the world's poor

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:33 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.

Those promises have fallen apart. India, engulfed in a coronavirus second wave, is laying claim to his vaccines. Other countries and aid groups are now racing to find scarce doses elsewhere.

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India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not available to everyone and scarce in some other countries

Fri, 2021-05-07 20:53 — mike kraft

India’s crisis shows how oxygen is a vital medicine not everyone can access

Oxygen is an essential medical treatment to save human lives. But, in recent weeks, it’s become clear just how vital it is as India reels from a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. Express trains are racing across the country to deliver oxygen from the eastern town of Angul to the capital of Delhi and other regions. Meanwhile, desperate pleas fill social media from people forced to helplessly watch their family members slowly suffocate.

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