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Tragic toll: India sets new global record with over 4,500 daily Covid-19 deaths

Posted on May 22, 2021May 22, 2021By Editor

India’s Health Ministry recorded 4,529 deaths on Tuesday, the highest single-day tally of any country in the world, as the infectious Indian strain surges through the nation and continues to overwhelm its medical system. … Read More >Tragic toll: India sets new global record with over 4,500 daily Covid-19 deaths

EU

Hacker attack shuts down IT system of Ireland’s health services, badly affecting one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021By Editor

Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down all of its IT systems due to a “significant ransomware attack,” and one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals is badly affected as most appointments have been canceled. … Read More >Hacker attack shuts down IT system of Ireland’s health services, badly affecting one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals

More people dying at home from Covid-19 in Japan as hospitals struggle to cope

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021By Editor

The Japanese prefecture of Osaka has reported a surge in the number of people dying at home from Covid-19 as hospital bed occupancy rates reach 96% and capacity to care for the seriously ill becomes stretched. … Read More >More people dying at home from Covid-19 in Japan as hospitals struggle to cope

Kabul school attack: Death toll climbs to 68, over 165 hospitalized with many in critical condition

Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021By Editor

Nearly 70 people, primarily female students, have been killed in an attack on a school in Kabul. The death toll is expected to rise, with many of the injured remaining in critical condition and some children missing. … Read More >Kabul school attack: Death toll climbs to 68, over 165 hospitalized with many in critical condition

USA

Small child & two bystanders shot as New York City’s wave of gun crime arrives in Times Square

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021By Editor

A small child and two other people reportedly have been shot in broad daylight in New York’s Times Square, continuing a wave of gun violence across America’s largest city and marring one of the world’s largest tourist attractions. … Read More >Small child & two bystanders shot as New York City’s wave of gun crime arrives in Times Square

Bomb blast puts former Maldives president in hospital, as he undergoes surgery to treat shrapnel wounds

Posted on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021By Editor

Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives and the current speaker of the country’s parliament, is undergoing surgery after suffering shrapnel wounds following a bomb blast outside his home on Thursday night. … Read More >Bomb blast puts former Maldives president in hospital, as he undergoes surgery to treat shrapnel wounds

Covid-19 mortality rate has DOUBLED among young people in Brazil, Pan-American health watchdog warns

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021By Editor

Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people linked to Covid-19 are on the rise across the Americas, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned, adding that the situation in Brazil is particularly alarming. … Read More >Covid-19 mortality rate has DOUBLED among young people in Brazil, Pan-American health watchdog warns

India’s top court gives govt till Thursday morning to provide plan on supplying Delhi hospitals with oxygen amid shortages

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021By Editor

India’s highest court has set a strict deadline for officials to devise a plan for solving the medical oxygen crisis in the capital. A lower court had previously threatened to charge the government with contempt. … Read More >India’s top court gives govt till Thursday morning to provide plan on supplying Delhi hospitals with oxygen amid shortages

Machete-wielding youth kills 3 toddlers, 2 employees at Brazilian nursery school

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021By Editor

A teenager has attacked a nursery school in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, killing three children, a teacher and an educational aide before injuring himself and being arrested at the scene, police have told local media. … Read More >Machete-wielding youth kills 3 toddlers, 2 employees at Brazilian nursery school

Iraq’s health minister resigns in wake of devastating hospital fire caused by exploding oxygen tank

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021By Editor

Iraqi health minister Hassan al-Tamimi has formally resigned from the government over a deadly fire that took the lives of 82 people after an oxygen tank exploded at a Baghdad hospital that was treating Covid patients. … Read More >Iraq’s health minister resigns in wake of devastating hospital fire caused by exploding oxygen tank