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Bangalore, Apr 23 (EFE/EPA).- India Friday reported nearly 330,000 Covid-19 infections, recording the world's highest daily tally for the second day in a row as its fragile healthcare system collapses under the viral catastrophe.(Camera: JAGADEESH NV)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF BANGALORE AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Mumbai (India), Mar 12 (EFE), (Camera: Divyakant Solanki).- India on Friday completed a year after the Covid-19 claimed its first victim in the country that has since become the world's second-worst affected nation due to the pandemic with more than 11.3 million infections and over 158,000 deaths.However, the overall fatality rate is relatively lower than other worst-affected nations considering its population of 1.35 billion and housing some of the world's most densely populated cities in the country.A year ago, on Mar.12, a 76-year-old died man in Kalaburagi of the southern Karnataka state.India was then beginning to get into the grips of coronavirus with barely 80 confirmed cases and only a handful of laboratories capable of testing for the virus.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IN MUMBAI.
The World Health Organization says that Europe and Central Asia could see another half a million deaths by February next year. SOUNDBITE from Director of WHO Europe Hans Kluge
Staff at a vaccine centre in a Bangalore hospital create a colourful floor display to mark India administering its one billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday. About three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have had one shot and 30 percent are fully vaccinated, according to government figures. IMAGES
The NGO Rio de Paz hangs 600 white handkerchiefs in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, symbolising the families of victims of Covid-19, as the country approaches 600,000 deaths. IMAGES
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