Thursday, May 20, 2021

Vaccinations At 2-Month Low, Testing At Record High, Other Top Stories

A seven-day rolling average of vaccinations in India showed an alarming decline for the seventh day on Thursday, as the Health Ministry said only 11.66 lakh people got their jabs a day ago, mounting concern about next waves of infections. However, testing for Covid hit a record high. As Uttar Pradesh has seen an almost miraculous dip in Covid numbers, NDTV did a reality check from Noida, In three days, while there were 17 deaths reported, there were 61 Covid cremations. The Black Fungus infection, or Mucormycosis, is now under the Epidemic Act. Such cases need to be reported to the centre and states. 38 ONGC workers are still missing four days after a barge that was carrying 261 people sank 35 nautical miles off Mumbai as Cyclone Tauktae battered India's west coast. Questions now being asked why the ONGC workers were called back after the cyclone warning.

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