Mumbai blackout

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Sunday banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients as demand rocketed due to a record surge in COVID-19 infections, leading to a crippling shortages in many parts. Authorities have blamed the ferocious resurgence of the virus mainly on crowding and a reluctance to wear masks. Still, religious gatherings have continued and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have themselves addressed election campaigns attended by tens of thousands of people, many without masks and hardly any following social distancing. As new COVID-19 cases surged to 152,879 on Sunday, the sixth record rise in seven days, harried relatives of patients made a kilometre-long queue to buy Remdesivir outside a big hospital in the western state of Gujarat, witnesses said. India, known as the pharmacy of the world, has already stalled major exports of coronavirus vaccines though its supply too has run short in some ... » Learn More about India bans Remdesivir exports as coronavirus rages on; rallies continue

India saw record increases of new cases, with more than 100,000 daily on at least four days last week. EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/Asia News Network SINGAPORE — After a period of success in containing Covid-19 infections, some countries in Asia are once again beating back an emergence of Covid-19 that has infected over 130 million people worldwide and killed nearly 3 million. While mass vaccination drives have started for most countries worldwide, Asian nations such as India and the Philippines have found themselves back in lockdown and imposing even stricter measures, as they face an increasing number of new infections daily. India, which is grappling with its second wave of infections, saw record increases of new cases, with more than 100,000 daily on at least five days last week. Total deaths also rose to over 168,000 in the world’s second-most populated nation that has more than 13 million infected. Some districts in India’s hardest-hit state Maharashtra, home to ... » Learn More about Asian nations face new infection waves as COVID-19 variants wreck attempts to stem virus