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4.22am GMT
India recorded 31,521 new coronavirus cases, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday.
The country has a total of 9.77 million infections, the second-highest in the world after the United States, but the daily tally has been slowly dropping since hitting a peak in September.
Deaths rose by 412, with the total now 141,772.
4.01am GMT
South Korean authorities scrambled on Thursday to build hospital beds in shipping containers to ease strains on medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases, Reuters reports.
The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital beds, prompting Seoul city to begin installing container beds for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Health authorities plan to step up testing by launching temporary sites at some 150 locations across the greater Seoul area.
Continue reading…Brazil reports highest cases since mid-August; Spain sees lowest cases since August; vaccine cargo could help ‘restart’ passenger flightsCanada approves Pfizer vaccine and plans to begin rollout next weekNHS says those with ‘significant’ allergies should not get Pfizer vaccineTrump’s health secretary meets Biden team to ease vaccine rollout‘Cruise to nowhere’ ends after passenger tests positive for Covid-19US coronavirus updates – live 4.22am GMTIndia recorded 31,521 new coronavirus cases, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday.The country has a total of 9.77 million infections, the second-highest in the world after the United States, but the daily tally has been slowly dropping since hitting a peak in September.Deaths rose by 412, with the total now 141,772. 4.01am GMTSouth Korean authorities scrambled on Thursday to build hospital beds in shipping containers to ease strains on medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases, Reuters reports. The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital beds, prompting Seoul city to begin installing container beds for the first time since the start of the pandemic.Health authorities plan to step up testing by launching temporary sites at some 150 locations across the greater Seoul area. Continue reading…