India’s devastating second coronavirus wave and its ban on exporting vaccines has left the Covax scheme for other nations facing a shortfall of 140 million doses. India is the largest manufacturer for the program, which distributes free vaccines to developing countries, but the country stopped exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March in order to … Read more
India has seen the number of Covid-19 cases drop below 300,000 a day for the first time in three weeks – but as the country grapples with a second wave, it must also contend with a killer cyclone. Cyclone Tauktae bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the nation’s urgent response to its devastating Covid-19 … Read more
The coronavirus vaccines appear to be 97 per cent effective against infection from the new Indian variant, it has been suggested. Studies by laboratories in the UK and India have recorded no deaths among the vaccinated population from the new strain – which has strengthened the case in favour of jabs. Health Secretary Matt Hancock … Read more
‘Scared’ British Airways cabin crew ‘have been failing to show up for flights to India’ amid concern over Covid surge British Airways bosses have written to staff begging them not to stay off flights The airline is still operating seven flights a week to four major cities in India An employee has spoken out to … Read more
Matt Hancock today defended the timing of travel restrictions on India but dodged questions on whether the decision was linked to Downing Street‘s planned trade mission as Labour urged the Government to delay the resumption of global travel tomorrow amid concerns over a third virus surge. Critics have warned that tougher action should have been … Read more
Italy opened its doors to British tourists desperate for a dose of Mediterranean sun today – just as Matt Hancock warned holidaymakers to avoid Europe for the time being. Authorities today lifted a five-day quarantine requirement for visitors from the UK, other EU states and Israel who pass a Covid test as they seek to … Read more
British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more
Police are urging villagers in northern India not to bury their dead in rivers after scores of bodies washed up on the shore of the Ganges amid a second wave of coronavirus. Dozens of bodies were also discovered in shallow sand graves, prompting police to investigate. In jeeps and boats, the police used portable loudspeakers … Read more
A Bengal tiger filmed roaming through a quiet Houston neighborhood last Sunday has finally been found after a six-day search. The big cat, named India, was handed in to cops in the Texas city on Sunday, and is now being cared for by an animal shelter. The nine-month-old cub – which is tame, but has sharp … Read more
A Health Minister has defended the delay in shutting Britain’s borders with India – saying the move was ‘based on evidence’. The government has been blasted for not adding India to the ‘red list’ until April 23, by which time 122 cases of the rapidly-spreading variant had already entered the UK. This is despite its neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh … Read more