Covid-19 Pandemic In India -- News Updates May 16, 2021

VOA: India Reports Slower Rise in COVID-19 Cases but Warns of Surge in Rural Areas

India reported its smallest daily gain in COVID-19 cases in nearly three weeks Saturday, continuing a trend that began last week as the government warned of an overwhelming surge sweeping across rural areas.

India’s health ministry reported 326,098 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24-hour period and 3,890 COVID deaths.

Federal health officials in India said at a briefing the overall rate of infections had fallen to 19.8% this week from 21.9% the week before. But the virus is continuing to spread aggressively to rural areas, where two-thirds of the country’s 1.4 billion people live.

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Covid-19 Pandemic In India -- News Updates May 16, 2021

India promises more vaccines as daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000 -- Reuters

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India’s coronavirus crisis spreads to its villages, where health care is hard to find -- Washington Post

Police beat Covid rule breakers in India as villagers are urged not to bury their dead in rivers after scores of bodies washed up on the shore of the Ganges -- Daily Mail

Hundreds of bodies found buried along Indian riverbanks -- AP

India: More corpses found washed up on Ganges River banks -- DW

UK Health Secretary says Indian variant of Covid-19 could ‘spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated’ -- RT

What threat does Indian Covid variant pose and do vaccines work against it? -- The Guardian

India's Covid crisis hits Covax vaccine-sharing scheme -- BBC

Why India’s Second Covid-19 Surge Is Much Worse Than Its First -- WSJ