and of course mumbai, _ trajectory has. and of course mumbai, the _ trajectory has.inancial- trajectory has. and of course j mumbai, the financial capital of india within the state that has got these restrictions, what sort of reaction is therefore from businesses? do they accept this as necessary or are they very concerned? they are concerned, and it's a fine balance that the government really has to make to ensure that businesses continue to stay afloat at a time when india was limping back to some sort of normalcy. mumbai and itself also recording more than 11,000 cases in the last 2a hours so thatis cases in the last 2a hours so that is another huge cause for concern. on the weekends the government has also enforced lockdowns, a curfew, rather, not a complete lockdown, and in the evenings from eight in the evening to seven in the morning, no—one will be allowed on the streets of mumbai. that is another decision that has been taken so very strict restrictions for a city like mumbai, the financial capital, more restrictions are being put in place in terms of contac

rishaad: mumbai's to work from home.et to the moon by bureau chief with more -- mumbai bureau chief with more. what's the atmosphere like on the streets? >> rish, the authorities have been warning of another lockdown in mumbai for about a week now. and that's because of the sudden surge in infections. india has been seeing a massive surge in recent weeks. today, 100,000 new cases. and the indian state that houses mumbai accounts for almost half of fresh infections and deaths. that's really pushed authorities to impose a lockdown. as the mood on the streets, it takes effect 8:00 p.m. tonight. they learned their lesson from last time around, where people were asked to prepare for a loughton. -- lockdown. they've been given 24 hours to prepare this time. security guards are more conscious. the police are on the road. you can see a sense of the city getting ready to lock itself down this time. haslinda: give us a sense of the possible impact from this lockdown. >> that's a very good question because this time, the lockdown i

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if you look at the trains from last year the city of the state of modest on the city of mumbai where that was affected initially and then the rest of the country followed suit but so did the recovery about so based on the recovery back then is that i'm seeing in mumbai and in the state of modest ah you know there is reason to be optimistic that within the next 2 or 3 days hopefully the rest of the country can follow as well dr pinto a lot of thought that we are seeing coventry have been prevented with better preparation. i think mistakes were made all around i think in hindsight lots of people probably figured it a lot of things that they did in terms of slowing down in terms of gatherings that that occurred which which possibly should not have happened given the fact that we nor over the last one you know that gatherings of people enclosed spaces and crowded spaces and close contact it's all a bunch of individuals is the most efficient we have spread so in hindsight i do think that we could have done a better job in preventing. the spread of the mosque level at an individual level a

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nearly half of e tests are comi from the home of the largest city, mumbai.ter reporting from the area. reporter: as the sun sets on the city of mumbai, the police force people to go home. financial capital and the whole states have now entered a second lock down. more than 60,000 of the coronavirus cases in india are from the state capital. on february 10, there were 35,000 active cases, but by the end of march, that had increased tenfold. experts in the government's task force put the surge down to people not following public health guidance. when the national lockdown was imposed in march of last year, millions of india's migrant liberals had to travel home from the big cities without any money. this person remembers it well. >> [speaking non-english language] >> we were out of business for over six months during the first wave. we spent everything we had at that time. i went to my home village. i had to take out a loan i have not paid back. if lockdown is imposed, we will not be able to survive. reporter: he runs a small tea store, also feeling that the p

need to buy their reporting from mumbai thank you.the pace of vaccination here in germany is accelerating bot the country is still far from the 70 percent mark that said to provide her immunity in the meantime other measures must fill the gap including test and companies are now required to offer their employer he said least to cull the 19 tests a week a move that's not going down well with businesses also expected to fall to the bill for those tests. employees of automotive supplier a.t.m. already get free tests twice a week at the start of their shift something most are glad about. it. i think it's good because it offers a bit of security that you can feel safe at work and it makes dealing with each other here much more relaxed. as if it is that's one of the advantages that you get some certainty as to whether you're positive or not that offers a bit of security for the family at home as well. but employers associations aren't happy about the prospect of being forced to offer tests for their stuff while shouldering the cost for them

that's because mumbai went into a 15 day lockdown on wouldn't stay after coronavirus numbers exploded. india has recorded more than 2000 infections per day and that has serious consequences for its hospitals. there has been nationwide criticism that the week's long religious festival has not been cancelled millions of hindu pilgrims have been taking part many disregarding coronavirus restrictions. of course were afraid of the virus but happens only once every 12 years and we've taken time off for it. less than 10 percent of india's 1400000000 people have been vaccinated to date 2 vaccines are being produced in india and facilities exist. to produce even more but the pharma companies have so far refused to sign patent waivers saying there's no evidence that would boost production and a new struggle lies ahead ever more aggressive mutations. it's proving too much for. and millions of others who find work in the big cities they are forced to look elsewhere during the lockdown. has been completely used up i don't even have anything for the trip home i hope to at least earn a few rupees in

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and that struggling on our desire to mumbai market is fed up. not even one rupees worth of fish was sold today i came at 8 30 in the morning and i still haven't earned a thing look can you see any customers really were. the city is the capital of one of india's richest and most industrialized states and leader of the country's exploding corporate 19 result. now a tight lockdown has been extended to weekend some say it's choking businesses and livelihoods. that india's largest 1000000000 market has already suffered a loss of the point $1000000000.00 in the last 10 months and if the government over imposes weekend locked on then we will suffer a huge loss in the festive season. brought on should be done in such a way that the common man is not affected economically people have children and families that they need to feed the impact on the broader economy has been considerable too industrial output contracts fell 3.6 percent in february faster than expected and giving fuel to concerns that the economy is slowing. other states in india haven't imple

the entire state is now on lockdown, they are in the state's biggest city, mumbai. >> mumbai has the number of coronavirus cases in india. bbc journalist went through this with his father. >> when the hospital ran out of oxygen, i thought -- i bought two cylinders from a nearby center. we saw a van with oxygen cylinders on the road, thankfully the driver of the van gave theun. -- gave us some. >> last week was horrible. many patients need more oxygen because of the new mutated strain of the virus. such a demand was not expected. i know for ofive patients who died because oxygen is not available. >> the situation at oxygen plants is also critical. this plant is working around-the-clock, yet they are not able to meet the demand. in normal times we supply 100 to 150 cylinders a day. we work 6-7 hou, but now sales are banned in the government asking us to produce 700 cylinders every day for hospitals. that is a huge task. >> this oxygen crisis has become political. accuse neighboring states the holy supplies -- the matter yesterday went to delhi's highest or where the geor's under -- ord

in another incident in mumbai, another hospital caught fire, leaving 11 people dead.ovid crisis, everything is in short supply — from beds to oxygen, to medicine. the entire system is stretched out at a time when india needs all the help it can get. 0ur international viewers will be seeing a focus on india and its coronavirus crisis throughout the coming day, and there will be a special programme on the surge in cases, which will include first—hand reporting from our teams of correspondents. that's on bbc world news at 1500 gmt. the upper house of the brazillian congress has opened an inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that could prove politically damaging for presidentjair bolsonaro, as he seeks re—election next year. brazil has recorded the world's second—highest number of deaths fom the pandemic. but the president has attempted to stop state governors from imposing lockdowns and mandating the use of masks. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in sao paulo and sent us this update. well, president bolsonaro was sounding very bullis

here, we're 80 km away from mumbai.e 24 people died because of an oxygen leak. for half an hour, there is no oxygen, leaving covid patients gasping for air. two days after the leak, the hospital on the outskirts of mumbai caught fire, leaving 13 people dead. in another incident in mumbai, another hospital caught fire, leaving 11 people dead. as india struggles with its growing covid crisis, everything is in short supply — from beds to oxygen, to medicine. the entire system is stretched out at a time when india needs all the help he can get. -- all —— all the help it can get. i'm joined now by bhramar mukherjee, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the university of michigan. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let us start on the statistical question — how difficult and why has it been to measure the impact of covid—i9 in terms of both infections and deaths in india? thank you for that question. so, reporting of deaths over covid—i9 has been death to make a challenge to some extent in every coun

from monday morning and the crowds a still there and as well as mumbai the rest of the state hospitals are reporting that they are running out of beds and they having a really difficult time with the number of patients that they're having to deal with as well as maharashtra receiving more and more states asking for code negative certificates from people entering from other states the state of mother predation closed its border with maharashtra so we're seeing restrictions and problems to that in the more he spoke about the 5 fold strategy off testing tracing treatment of vaccinations and also called appropriate behavior and so that's why all over the country from sunday all public hospitals public vaccination centers have to be open 7 days a week to increase the number of vaccinations because india is running behind its own government of vaccination 300000000 people in the 1st 6 months it's inoculated about 79000000 so far q updates with us through the day for the moment elizabeth thank you has been thrown in the force. now jordan's government says it's thwarted what it calls a malicio

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that's because mumbai went into a 15 day lockdown on wouldn't stay after coronavirus numbers exploded. india has recorded more than 2000 infections per day and that has serious consequences for its hospitals. and. there has been nationwide criticism that the week's long religious festival has not been cancelled millions of hindu pilgrims have been taking part many disregarding coronavirus restrictions. of course were afraid of the virus but happens only once every 12 years and we've taken time off. less than 10 percent of india's 1400000000 people have been vaccinated to date 2 vaccines are being produced in india and facilities exist to produce even more but the pharma companies have so far refused to sign patent waivers saying there's no evidence that would boost production and a new struggle lies ahead ever more aggressive mutations. and . sometimes there's not be a 100 different way our previous year. so there are 3 numbers secondly the human behavior. it's proving too much for none and millions of others who find work in the big cities they are forced to look elsewhere during the

we will be live from mumbai next.his is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: good morning, this is "daybreak: europe." india's coronavirus crisis continues to spiral out of control with one of the worst affected regions in the world, patients turned away because of lack of oxygen. support efforts are underway, the u.s. saying it will send roma tires for vaccine and financing eight. -- raw materials for vaccines and financing aid. jeanette, we hope you are keeping safe, thank you for giving us the update. of us the latest on the ground of what is happening with the virus situation. jeanette: thank you for having me. the situation in india remains as grim as last week. india reported 352,000 new infections animal 3000 deaths in the past 24 hours. -- infections and 3000 deaths in the past 24 hours. the government says the peak will probably be next month. hospitals are overwhelmed, there was no let up over the weekend, people pleading for oxygen and something as basic as a hospital bed. on tv, there are extremely grim visuals. there a

as - mumbai,... one of the wealthiest places in the country. as we - mumbai,... _ places in the country. as we know from europe, covid _ places in the country. as we know from europe, covid doesn't - places in the country. as we know from europe, covid doesn't take l from europe, covid doesn't take account of wealth. the graph is rising sharply are actjustly concerning thing. even though we have seen horrific scenes from delhi and mumbai, in smaller cities around the country, medicalfacilities and mumbai, in smaller cities around the country, medical facilities are not as good, and even in the big cities, we are seeing they are being stretched to and beyond the limit. elsewhere in the country things and possibly even worse. we can to and beyond the limit. elsewhere in the country things and possibly even worse. we can't bit on delhi, because this is a good indication of patients in the city at the moment. by patients in the city at the moment. by the 26th of april there were 19,000 covid patientsjust in delhi. the present perspective, that is just short of the wo

a crowded market in mumbai. but social distancing is virtually impossible, and coronavirus cases are rising rapidly. the warning is stark. translation: the number of covid-19 cases reported | in the past 2a hours is alarming and is a matter of concern. it could turn into a hazardous situation. almost 15 days ago, there were about 23,000 cases, which have increased four times now, which is a very big thing. if the cases increase in this proportion, the impact of the pandemic will be as dreadful as last year. 165,000 people have died of covid—19 in india, the country recording 12.5 million infections. on sunday, the number of daily cases peaked at its highest level since september, with more than 93,000 recorded. more than half of those were in maharashtra, the state facing tighter restrictions from monday, including a night—time curfew and full lockdown on weekends. translation: this is a very - good decision by the government as coronavirus cases are surging and the chain of transmission of the virus will break,

our correspondent to deride joins me now from mumbai and he. give us an idea how critical are these supply shortages right now. as we have just discussed there 40 countries have already sent oxygen and different kind of someplace to india but still the people are still struggling to get the supplies because as you understand it india is a huge show griffey and there is a sheer shortage of medicine socks and soon beds and hospitals so people are still struggling very very hard in fact to do also in the i'm going to new record and so the number of restored it has been huge debts have been huge so yes people are still struggling it will take time. but he was all there that their global corporations that are responding but also many corporations in india. because the oxygen the need of oxygen is 840 increased we were speaking to someone some of the companies and they have told us that the demand is it for increase and it will be one didn't need to mean that it will normally sold therefore didn't need to mean we have to will to this and have demande

india is stepping up its vaccination efforts in iraq reporting from mumbai thank you. optimism that coronavirus vaccines will allow business to return to normal is one of the factors behind iraq of upbeat data in the asia pacific region today the closely watched tank our economic survey by the bank of japan shows growing optimism business conditions in the world's 3rd largest economy improved for the 3rd quarter in the row the news followed u.s. president biden's announcement of a 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan which would also boost the toad's for more economic recovery. or markets man conrad burns and frankfurt has more on this conrad japan has been heavily hit by the pen demick what exactly has investors they're so upbeat. so kristie optimism in japan is really driven by what's going on outside japan the country itself struggled with strict lock downs in the major cities with you know office staff to work from home restaurants closing at 8 pm and of course there's the discussion about the tokyo elim pigs which would merely cancelled and now will only take pla

correspondent joins me from mumbai heidi we've heard a number of reasons there why millionaires might be leaving what is the primary reason as you see it now understand. as everything around the world is being in fact better. primarily at luby's more concerned about how well each and every country is taking care of the situation and india has not exactly done a good job here so definitely people who can afford to keep the country who are going out for. their family and will somewhere and they're losing their options and then obviously it has not been appalling really it has been weakening is the dollar . after that acts of terrorism is also an issue that the government has a hard businessman i understand and and again they're fostered and a lot of business men have been complaining the government comes up with very ugly to policies and the tax operations have been terrorizing them and so basically next right looking a lot on ease of doing business but it has not done a good job there for a lot of businessmen going to what country are doing. that it doesn't really matter if millionaire

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hospital in mumbai thank you very much for the time thank you get hooked. and here are some of the other developments in the pandemic germany's health minister again sponsors there has been a slight reduction in new cases here but the change is not yet significant enough to end current restrictions europe has now recorded more than $50000000.00 coronavirus infections that's about one 3rd of the total number of cases worldwide that according to the world health organization the speed at which the pandemic is spreading is accelerating in many parts of the world w.h.o. officials are calling for equal access to vaccines and vaccine makers medina says it is ramping up global manufacturing new production lines are being brought online in europe and elsewhere aiming to create 3000000000 shots by 2022. china has launched the core module of its 1st permanent space station rocket carrying the module blasted into space on the 1st of 11 missions needed to complete and to crew those station by the end of next year when finished it will rival the only other space station

in another incident in mumbai, another hospital caught fire, leaving 11 people dead.th its growing covid crisis, everything is in short supply — from beds to oxygen, to medicine. the entire system is stretched out at a time when india needs all the help it can get. international viewers will be able to see a focus on india and at the coronavirus crisis. a special programme on this extraordinary surge in cases including first—hand reporting from our teams of correspondence. somalia's president has backed down from his attempt to extend his tenure for two more years and instead has called for new presidential elections. civilians have been protesting in the capital. they have been fears also that is honest militants will exploit the security vacuum. the bbc understands that at least three quarters of the dup and half of that mps have signed a motion of no confidence in their party leader. mrs foster has led the party for more than five years. hong kong's public broadcaster says the territory chief executive carrie lam is to present a programme about recent changes to th

we hearfrom a doctor in mumbai. we have to literally manage patients at home with oxygen, and this is not something we are enjoying. in a break from decades of diplomatic language, president biden has described the 1915 massacres of armenians in the ottoman empire as genocide. the indonesian navy says debris has been found after the sinking of a submarine with 53 sailors on board. britain's prime minister is urged to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief adviser. a warm welcome — elon musk s spacex delivers new crew to the international space station — propelled on a recycled rocket. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a huge surge in coronavirus cases in india has created dire shortages in medical supplies, with hospitals running out of oxygen. in the last three days, the country has registered almost i million new infections, and set a grim world record for the highest number of daily cases for three consec

let's get to our mumbai bureau chief. thank you for joining us.ifferent about this wave of the virus? i have seen worlds like parabolic used. >> this seems more virulent. india is reporting more than 250,000 new infections every day. there is speculation we might be battling a new mutant variant. india has not sequenced enough to know, but all indications show india might have a so-called double mutant which is more infectious. annmarie: what does this mean for the government? do they have plans to tackle this wave? >> yes. prime minister narendra modi is under fire across the political spectrum because he has been holding massive election rallies. the health care system is reeling. last night we had a flurry of measures from the government that included allowing states and provinces to secure their own supply of vaccines. anyone over the age of vax -- of 18 can be vaccinated. all of these rules should make it easier for people to get vaccinated. the important caveat is that india is running out of vaccine. we have 70 people we are running out. --

and joining us for more now is a journalist based in mumbai good to have you with us on mumbai of coursenot only be the capital of maharashtra but also india's financial hub house the lockdown going to impact daily life there. right now there's no confusion around the lockdown because the government has a lot of complete lockdown across the country and also in mara sure the line i should go mad has come one thing or. 2 for look but it is not often fusion around a private businesses have been awesome are all good offices i listen and it is required and if they need to open offices they need only quote pleasant up there well of course all the government or all the board offices are welcome but again you have been out there there is really urgent business world view of the police prove each day. the problem here is that the government has asked the restaurants the cinema halls bars. gardens each just to be shut down which is doing little to impact their business because it was just coming out of the 1st big impact and the economy was just sneaking back to normal so again the 2nd wave and th

lance pinto there in mumbai. thank you very much. thanks for talking to us and thank you also for all the work i know you're doing out there. thank you. >> thank you. >> at least 24 people are dead. dozens more injured. after a fire in a baghdad hospital treating covid-19 patients. officials say oxygen tanks exploded causing this massive blaze. videos, i want to share them with you, here on social media show the chaotic scene as firefighters scrambled to get the fire under control. health care workers tried to evacuate patients from the burning building. iraq's prime minister, though, is ordering an immediate investigation into this incident. >>> and london's metropolitan police say eight officers were injured trying to disperse anti-lockdown protesters. several thousand people marched through central london on saturday, calling the coronavirus a hoax and a myth. most, as you can see here, weren't wearing masks. and they were openly defying the ban on mass gatherings. in the past few weeks england has relaxed its lockdown measures. n

along with cities like mumbai and pune.s in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concerns as a few districts have already run out. maharashtra is the home of the world's biggest vaccine maker, but one in ten indians have managed to receive the covid—19 job so far. the north indian state of punjab has the highest death rate in the country and is a major cause of concern. experts say that people are reluctant to get themselves tested for covid—19. this is a major factor contributing to the high death rate. outside the district hospital in mohali, people have told me that covid does not exist. they say it as been created by the authorities to stop protests by farmers who have been gathering in big numbers since last year. health experts say that people only reach hospitals after developing serious complications when it is not easy to save them. here in the state of west bengal elections remain the main focus up until now. i am

in due to hospital in mumbai thank you very much for your time thank you good luck meanwhile in mexico the country with the world's 3rd highest covered 19 deaths told the government is not trying to speed up vaccinations only around 5 percent of the population is fully an ocular agent and mexico is appealing for more shots from abroad this month president on the. dog received the shot but mexico is also developing its own vaccine that could be administered in the form of a nasal spray. mexico one of the country's worst affected by the corona virus pandemic and dependent on imported vaccines in short supply globally. to help reduce the country's future dependency mexico is developing its own vaccine named patrika spanish for homeland the company spearheading the drive has already eyeing clinical trials the mexican government hopes the vaccine can be approved for emergency use by the end of the year authorities say it has several advantages if. this is a vaccine that can be administered as a nasal spray. and we've been laying the groundwork for mass production that will help keep costs l

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but it wasn't enough to stop a seven—wicket defeat to the mumbai indians.uth african quinten de kock helped mumbai pass their total with nine balls to spare. now for a quick look at some of the day's other stories and johanna konta has made a good start to her clay court season, beating yulia putintseva in the first round of the madrid open. world number one ashleigh barty is also through. she only dropped 3 games in beating shelby rogers. barty is preparing to defend her french open title next month. england and saracens number eight poppy cleall has been voted this year's women's six nations player of the championship. the award was voted for by the public for the first time. the red roses beat france in the final last weekend to lift the trophy for the third year in a row. geraint thomas has slipped to third overall at the tour de romandie in switzerland. he finished in the main group behind stage two winner sonny colbrelli of italy. the briton remains nine seconds adrift of his ineos grenadiers team—mate and race leader rohan dennis. for american footba

here is the latest with bloomberg's mumbai bureau chief. good afternoon.nk you for joining us yet again on the situation in india. new delhi, a population of some 30 million people, and the hospital counts for the vacant icu beds, 21 only. are we moving at all in the right direction? >> aid is coming in fast from within the country and outside. patients are also rising equally fast if not faster. india today recorded a fresh record of new infections. we have to remember these are probably vastly undercounted. the true figures are probably much higher given india's -- you talked about new delhi, currently the worst to place in india. remember it is not just catering to its own population. because it is a landlocked city, it is catering to adjoining states as well. annmarie: do you have a sense of what is coming into the country? is it oxygen? vaccines? and the timeframe of this to know what difference it will make. >> different countries have pledged to different things. oxygen is coming from the u.k.. planes started coming yesterday. let's get a quick chec

is now in a month long lockdown india has hit another new record number of daily cases new delhi mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing curfews to try to slow the soaring and sections and a top official at the european medicines agency says there is a link between the astra zeneca vaccine and rare blood clots the agency is expected to release a new assessment of the drug later today. the european union's top officials say enhanced ties with turkey remain conditional on the country improving its human rights record their meeting with president baritone on monday was a sign of a recent thaw in relations but differences over rule of law rights and migration remain sticking points. it's the years since the european union's most senior officials last met the turkish president both sides say they want to improve relations which have become increasingly strained but the europeans have serious concerns about turkey's assertive foreign policy and its often heavy handed create command of minorities and political opponents the rule of flu introspect a fundamental rights all true values of

for the mumbai was showing very very high cases and opt out of it 22 weeks pedia now the case number new baby case number of have been steadily coming down for the last 3048 so these are the local the but the patient numbers haven't been going down it could take another 15 days that could you know and then that the situation in the end the back end has about institutes of in the knowledge of many thanks for the time thank you. secular some of the other developments in the pandemic the co-founder of biotech has voiced confidence that their vaccine works against the indian variant of the corona virus he says tests are ongoing the senate in brazil is open an inquiry into whether president jabil sonars government committed criminal negligence or corruption in its handling of the pandemic and south korea hopes to encourage more people to get vaccinated by exempting those who've been inoculated from quarantine measures currently anyone who's been in contact with a confirmed patient or return from overseas travel must undergo 14 days of corn tea . now it was billed as europe's biggest indoo

for the mumbai was showing very very high cases and after that it's cheney 2 weeks pedia now the case number new baby case number have been steadily coming down for the last 38 so these are the local the but the patient numbers haven't been going down it could take another 15 days that could you know and then that the situation is the enemy of the bad and it's about this institute of in the knowledge in many senses. thank you. a 2nd look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the co-founder of the biotech pfizer vaccine has voiced confidence that it works against the indian variant of the corona virus he says tests ongoing brazil's senate opens an inquiry into whether the president's job also now is government committed criminal negligence or corruption in its handling of the pandemic and south korea hopes to encourage more people to get vaccinated by exempting those who have been inoculated from quarantine measures currently anyone who's been in contact with a confirmed patient or turn from overseas travel must undergo 14 days of quarantine there are some other stories

able to do that thanks to the local digital currency known as mumbai her welfare benefits are paid out in it. having our benefits paid out and normalcy which is used like a credit card. if you see any of you right now it's difficult to find a job i'm responsible for my grandchildren and i really thank the mayor for increasing the benefit in mumbai during this pandemic and i love people like. you at the moment for. all of this came about thanks to the mumble cutbank its local currency is designed to help the poor strengthen the economy and prevent public money from being drained those who register for it don't just get to use a currency they can also ask for a loan interest free. the city of money seems to be weathering the pandemic quite well in other areas too a new hospital opened here justice of the pandemic began and because it has 116 beds available for corona virus patients in intensive care the city of america has offered to help neighboring communities. almost half of our patients have been brought here from other communities are hospital strategically able to provide for the e

so i'm visiting mumbai. to look for a lot of star and financial capital of india and currently we are in the 2nd phase of the bank david where it is something every day. is turning we have notified almost of people to report a portion of the good descriptions from this team. and this has been for the last almost a what about month going on like that what we see today is. just a beings on who lives work i'm working it is a couple of weeks of happening to be ended or whatever but the way this has been my deploying the last 2 or weeks have been reported and that's what we see it is all good it why do you think that there has been such a dramatic surge in infections considering that india did go in 2 months off lockdown. lockdown is a not a solution to but we're decided to do security. bernard examines a set of white proto white would do a lot on his dog that probably services but it can get you out of their training. the bears are too young but dinner does so basically. and now what has been yours is part of ou

where we're inside a hospital in mumbai as doctors work to contain the surge while we know experts say their problem could be our problem here in america >> announcer: the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith" back in 60 seconds. >>> 200 million shots in the first 100 days in office that was the administration's goal the president announced we with hit the milestone officially tomorrow a week ahead of schedule he called it an incredible achievement. admitted there is still a long way to go. >> the time is now to open up a new phase of the historic vaccination effort to put it simply, if you have been waiting for your turn, wait no longer. now is the time for everyone over 16 years of age to get vaccinated too many younger americans may still think they don't need to get vaccinated >> president biden is urging all u.s. employers to give workers paid time off to get vaccinated. the fed will cover tax credits to offset the cost in the meantime, j&j is still shelved. a panel of cdc advisers expected to meet on friday to review the pause. all of this comes as the fda released a sc

from mumbai.ases in india. hospitals are running out of oxygen and some are telling patients to source their own supply. a bbcjournalist went through this with his father. translation: when the hospital ran out of oxygen, i brought two cylinders from a nearby government covid centre. i tried to get to cylinders from the local municipality. we saw a van carrying oxygen cylinders on the road. we asked them to give us some. thankfully, the driver of the van agreed. hospitals also moved patients after oxygen supplies ran out. but such is the demand some hospitals are refusing to admit new patients. this doctor is caring for 27 covid patients. last week was horrible. many patients need more oxygen support because of the new mutated strain of the virus. even a 20—year—old needs support. such a demand was not expected. the government is stunned. i know four or five patients who died because oxygen was not available. the situation at oxygen refilling plants is also critical. this plant in central maharash

dr trupti gilada is an infectious disease specialist in india's second largest city, mumbai.ppeal in a video to family and friends. it's very, very helpless in that... we have to literally manage patients at home with oxygen, and this is not something we are enjoying. so, i really, really want all of you to follow things that i really am requesting you to follow. speaking to us from mumbai, dr gilada — who works at two hospitals in the south of the city — told us why she felt she had to make that video. there was this mixture of emotions that we all doctors face right now in india. it's an emotion of fear, of frustration, and a fear of helplessness because how much ever we try at some point, we just cannot do our best because there is a lack, shortage of oxygen, shortage of icu beds, and shortage of medicines. and this video was actually made for families and friends to warn them that this is what the scenario is, and it will not take too many things for you to protect yourself from falling prey to this disease. and it had a very clear, simple message and i think it did strik

mumbai and delhi have some of the best health care infrastructure in the country and yet here in the capital we continue to see the entrances to hospitals filled with desperate family members begging for their loved ones their loved ones to be admitted being rejected because hospitals are full and we're hearing reports of people dying outside hospitals dying on the footpath outside hospitals waiting to be admitted to the southern city of bengal luda which is also one of the richest cities in the country it is an i.t. harb it is known for its medical tourism is also now running out of i.c.u. beds and that will give you an idea then of the situation in much poorer areas like the most populous state orthopod their age or like can be hard where it's much more difficult for people to get to hospitals there you know who often have to travel tens of not hundreds of kilometers to actually reach proper hospitals that have the equipment that they need and we are seeing cases rising alarmingly in india's most populous state with the predation cases a more than 30000 a day now and with a predict

we will go to mumbai for the latest. plus, we speak with a texas doctor at baylor university who is working with an indian company to develop a low-cost covid vaccine. and it is earth day. as president biden hosts a virtual international climate summit of about 40 leaders, we will look at the red dea-- an indinous plan to save the plan. >> unapogeticay indenous, the redeal is toivest fr foss fuels and corpote pouters end milary ocpations,obolishhe poce and prisons and give indigenous peoples land back. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. india is in a state of crisis as covid-19 cases surge and hospitals run out of oxygen. india recorded 315,000 new infections on thursday -- the highest daily caseload reported by any country since the start of the pandemic. india also reported its highest daily death toll with 2100 fatalities. hospitals in new delhi and other cities have run out of oxygen. workers at crematoria report they are overwhelmed

medicines the plies are also running low in india's largest city of mumbai. i am really very close to the man we don't be in a farmer's market be as different for your ignorance of a person remember everything everyone aren't so good news of coming to the pharmacy that you don't even really helpless people are going through from an occasion remembering norm. cases of the coronavirus have surged after millions flocked to religious festivals in recent weeks elections and political rallies also attracted large crowds giving the virus free rein to rampage through the population. i'm joined now by day to really correspondent. in telly now i'm a shit we're hearing about this desperate shortage of oxygen and hospital beds how bad is the situation at the moment. what about that situation chile in dire desperate or medical care medically and cross the boundary is understood here as chest specially in what spots like new delhi and mumbai once again to the people is really doubting that all hospitals was out walking wounded trying to get treatment trying to get oxygen t

national public radio's india correspondent lauren frayer joined us from mumbai with more on the growing how significantly different is the situation in india now than it was a few months ago? >> it's night and day. in late january, india was confirming, like, 9,000 covid-19 cases a day. now we're seeing more than 330,000 a day. india had thought that it had put the ndemic behind it, and so, started to open up. and then, while the country was opening up, these new variants were lurking in the background. >> sreenivasan: so, what are the shortages and what are you seeing and hearing from people? what can't they get enough of? >> i mean, basically all the tools that you need to fight a pandemic are in short supply. so, literally hospital bed space. i mean, the hospitals are overcrowded. you can't fit more patients into them. major shortages of medical oxygen. i mean, we're seeing big hospital chains tweeting things like s.o.s. messages like, "we have one hour of oxygen left" at a massive hospital chain that covers dozens of hospitals in e north and west of india. antiviral drugs, black mar

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