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MUMBAI — India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Saturday.Total cases reached nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States, which has reported more than 32 million infections.India's deaths from COVID-19 rose by 1,341 to reach a total of 175,649, the data showed.South Korea says virus battle at inflection pointIn Seoul, South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for the second straight day Friday as the country's virus fight is at a critical juncture of bracing for another wave of the pandemic, Yonhap reported.The country reported 673 more COVID-19 cases, including 652 local infections, raising the total caseload to 112,789, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention...
April 17, 2021
India reports 234,692 new COVID-19 cases, total at 14.5 million
April 17, 2021
IAEA confirms Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity
April 17, 2021
Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
April 17, 2021
COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
GENEVA — With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and epidemiologically self-defeating, the head of the UN health agency told a special ministerial meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday.The summit — held in virtual format on the theme, “A Vaccine for All” — brought together senior officials from the UN, government, business, the scientific community and civil society, who explored ways to guarantee equal access to the vaccine as a global public good, and to strengthen countries' readiness for its distribution.“Vaccine equity is the challenge of our...
April 17, 2021
Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares
April 17, 2021
UNSC backs Libya ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces, mercenaries
YANGON — The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is “not working”, and the world is not buying the military leadership’s “propaganda” that it is exercising restraint against protesters, the UN independent human rights expert on the country has said, in an in-depth interview with UN News.Over 700 people are reported to have been killed in the brutal response by the security forces since the military overthrew the democratically elected government on Feb. 1. Thousands more have been injured — many of them seriously, and over 3,000 people are in detention.That includes at least 71 journalists, more than half of whom are still detained, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
April 17, 2021
Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out: UN expert
April 17, 2021
Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
April 17, 2021
Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development
April 17, 2021
Al-Asoumi: Saudi efforts in Yemen affirm its key role in establishing security and stability
