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Images from a Covid-19 intensive care unit in New Delhi where hospital beds are becoming scarce with the rise in virus cases. Delhi is "bursting beyond its seams", warns a doctor treating patients. India is the second worst-infected nation after the United States with more than 9.1 million virus cases.
Portugal, with 13,482 Covid-19 deaths and 748,858 cases, has had the world's highest seven-day rolling average of new cases and deaths per million people for the past fortnight. The number of people in intensive care units remains worryingly high.
Portugal on Thursday reported twin Covid records with 303 new deaths and 16,432 cases in a 24-hour period, prompting a decision to limit foreign travel to "special cases". Of the total 11,608 deaths recorded so far in the country of some 10 million people, more than 3,000 have come during the last two weeks. FRANCE 24's Sarrah Morris tells us more.
In Barcelona's Hospital del Mar, all the beds in the Covid-19 intensive care unit are occupied by patients. The healthcare workers are struggling to cope with a spike in cases in recent weeks. Over the past fortnight, the number of people going to hospital rose by 82 percent while intensive care admissions increased by 60 percent, prompting some regions, such as Valencia to set up field hospitals.
While the Covid-19 cases in France keep rising, many students say they are weary and demoralized after months of uncertainty about their education. Some took to the streets of Paris to demand their return to classrooms despite the pandemic. Many raised alarm on growing isolation, cases of depression and economic problems.
Les Aires Marines Protégées oeuvrent pour la nature dans le temps. Il est donc nécessaire de les multiplier pour sauver notre planète.
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