India caseload surges as experts warn of virus going airborne | Malay Mail

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NEW DELHI, July 7 — India yesterday became the country with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as a group of scientists said there was now overwhelming evidence that the disease can be airborne — and for far longer than originally thought. With the globe's hardest hit nation,...

A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment carries the body of a person who died of Covid-19 on a handcart at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, July 6, 2020. — Reuters pic

Despite signs of progress in parts of Europe — where the Louvre museum in Paris reopened yesterday — total global infections surged past 11.5 million, with more than 535,000 deaths, since the pandemic first emerged in China late last year. The surge has forced authorities in India to convert hotels, wedding halls, a spiritual centre and even railway coaches to help provide care to coronavirus patients.

The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, reopened with nearly a third of its galleries shut and crowding banned around the Mona Lisa and other masterpieces. They recommended new measures including installing high-grade air filters and preventing overcrowding in buildings and transport systems. “Restaurants are still open. Indoor events can take place no matter the size,” she told ABC. “What we need right now is to do what works, which is a stay-home order.”Military medics

 

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