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Kolkata, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher.Tuesday's figures represent a fall in the number of infections for the third consecutive day, after India recorded more than 400,000 cases on Saturday. However, the number of deaths have remained on its upward trend. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: DAILY LIFE IN KOLKATA, INDIA, AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Srinagar, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- After battling needle-phobia and ignoring many vaccination myths, a fearful Shumaila Firdous sat in a chair with Islamic devotional songs blaring on her headphones.She squeezed her eyes tight as a nurse came with a cotton swab and a 0.5 ml AD syringe at a community hall-turned-immunization center in Kashmir as India reels under a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher. (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SRINAGAR IN INDIAN KASHMIR DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.
Jakarata, Jun 30 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesians queued Wednesday outside an oxygen refill shop in Jakarta amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Indonesia has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. According to health officials, the recent rise in coronavirus cases could be due to the highly infectious Delta variant, first detected in India, as the country reported an average of 20,000 new daily cases in the last three days. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO REFILL OXYGEN TANKS IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Mexico City, Jul 20 (EFE).- The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is having its greatest impact among middle-aged people and individuals who have not been vaccinated, the government said Tuesday.Mexico detected 68,637 new infections last week, an increase of more than 36 percent over the previous week that brought the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 2.66 million.Covid-19 has claimed more than 236,000 lives in Mexico, a death toll exceeded by only the United States, Brazil and India. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY, HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, SPEAKS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: 1. The majority of the people hospitalized for Covid at this moment are people under 52 and an enormous majority are people who weren't vaccinated, this is 97 percent.2. We have a society already long tired - fatigued - of having these long months of epidemic. What one can ask of society in terms of reduction of mobility is not the same today as it was in February 2020.
New Delhi (India), Jun 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Idrees Mohammed) .- India registered just over 100,000 coronavirus infections this Monday, the lowest number in 61 days, while the Asian country borders on the 29 million cases since the start of the pandemic and several regions such as New Delhi and western Maharashtra ease restrictions.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF NEW DELHI, INDIA.
New Delhi / Kolkata, Oct 29 (EFE/EPA).- The total caseload of coronavirus infections in India crossed 8 million on Thursday as health concerns deepen amid fears that the virus spread may increase during an upcoming big festival season and winter months just beginning.The second worst-affected country in the world logged nearly 50,000 infections in the last 24 hours from Wednesday, taking the overall tally to 8.04 million, according to the federal health ministry data. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA / PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: INDIAN PEOPLE GET TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN NEW DELHI AND AUTHORITIES DISINFECT RESIDENTIAL AREA IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Bangalore, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- India surpassed the United States on Monday in the total number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered, with more than 323.6 million jabs administered in nearly six months of its national immunization program.According to official data from the Ministry of Health early Monday, India has administered a total of 323,663,297 doses so far.This number exceeds the 323.3 million vaccines in the United States so far, even though the US began its vaccination program a month earlier than India, according to comparative data from the Indian authorities. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE IN BANGALORE, INDIA.