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Photos: Delhi’s oxygen supply may start stabilising next week as deliveries grow

Published on Apr 29, 2021 09:40 IST

People waiting for oxygen cylinder refills outside a filling plant in Naraina, New Delhi on April 27. With the procurement of more cryogenic tankers to transport liquid oxygen from the central pool, and the creation of more plants in the city to create medical oxygen from ambient air, the capital’s oxygen situation is likely to stabilise slightly over the week, according to government officials and calculations by HT.

Photos: India surpasses 200,000 Covid-19 deaths

A man in a protective suit digs earth to bury the body of a person who died of Covid-19 in Guwahati on April 25. India's toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on April 28, after what were the country's deadliest 24-hours in terms of deaths from the disease yet.

Published on Apr 28, 2021 10:02 IST

Photos: International aid arrives to assist India’s fight against Covid-19

People waiting to refill empty cylinders with medical oxygen at Talkatora oxygen plant in Lucknow on April 26. India's Covid-19 infection and death rates are growing alarmingly, overwhelming hospitals and health infrastructure in recent weeks.

Published on Apr 27, 2021 10:27 IST

Photos: India adds over 350,000 single day Covid-19 cases

A woman is consoled by her relative after her husband died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outside a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad on April 26. India’s daily count of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) stayed above 300,000 for the fifth consecutive day, the Union ministry of health and family welfare dashboard showed on April 26 morning.

Published on Apr 26, 2021 09:28 IST

Photos: Delhi Covid-19 cases hit 1 million

Relatives move a Covid-19 patient on a stretcher at GTB Hospital, in New Delhi, on April 24. An unprecedented spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi in its fourth wave – the worst so far – pushed the number of total infections in the national capital past the one million mark on April 24.

Published on Apr 25, 2021 10:35 IST

Photos: Covid-19 test positivity in India’s second wave still rising, data shows

A health worker wearing PPE carries a patient suffering from Covid-19, outside the casualty ward at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, in New Delhi on April 24. With daily cases touching new highs, the positivity rate (proportion of cases testing positive) is still rising in every major state in the country despite testing at record levels, according to an HT analysis.

Published on Apr 24, 2021 10:35 IST

Photos: Delhi’s hospitals sound alarm as oxygen supplies run out

A Covid-19 patient on oxygen support waits outside Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) for a bed, in New Delhi on April 22. A problem that came into focus early on April 20, when several hospitals in the Capital said they were on the verge of oxygen supplies running out, recurred on April 21 and April 22, with close to 1,000 critically ill patients being in danger on both days.

Updated on Apr 23, 2021 18:55 IST

Photos: India reports world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak

Social worker Ashok Kurmi, dressed as superhero Spiderman, puts on a PPE at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, amid the sharp spike in coronavirus cases, in Mumbai, on April 21. India recorded 315,909 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on April 21 breaking not only all its previous daily records but also earned the grim distinction of reporting the most single-day infections in any country ever.

Updated on Apr 22, 2021 11:18 IST

Photos: Relief, joy in the US as ex-cop is convicted in George Floyd murder

Local residents Mileesha Smith, Michael Wilson and Alfonzo Williams embrace after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20.

Published on Apr 21, 2021 10:45 IST

Photos: India’s active Covid-19 cases past two million mark

Grieving relatives and family members of a person who died of Covid-19, break down outside the LNJP Hospital mortuary while waiting to collect the body, in New Delhi on April 19. As of April 20, there are a total of 2,031,977 active cases across the country, the highest active caseload ever recorded in India since the start of the outbreak in March last year, according to the health ministry’s update.

Published on Apr 20, 2021 11:54 IST

Photos: China’s “Angel of Nanjing” has helped hundreds back from the brink

Volunteer Chen Si looks out at the Yangtze river from the Nanjing bridge in Jiangsu province, China on April 2. Chen has patrolled the 3.2 km long Nanjing bridge soaring above China's Yangtze river in Nanjing for some 18 years, determined to stop the desperate from jumping into the swirling waters below.

Published on Apr 19, 2021 09:28 IST

Photos: Worldwide Covid-19 deaths top a staggering 3 million

The remains of a woman who died from complications related to Covid-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13. The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people on April 17 amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 11:21 IST

Photos: Delhi’s funeral services stretched thin by rising Covid-19 deaths

A man is consoled by a relative as he sees the body of his father, who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), before his burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on April 16.. Delhi reported 141 deaths on April 16, the city’s highest single-day fatality count since the pandemic began.

Published on Apr 17, 2021 10:24 IST

Photos: Portraits of people caught in the long fog of Covid-19

Susana Matarranz, a 44-year-old primary school teacher, and a blank blackboard at her home in Madrid, Spain on March 8. She got infected on March 1, 2020. At first, there was the loss of smell and taste, but soon afterwards came severe stomach problems and acute joint pain. "My right collar bone is swollen, I can barely lift my arm, I feel like I have aged prematurely," Matarranz said. She returned to work in September, but got infected a second time in November and hasn't been able to teach since.

Published on Apr 16, 2021 10:01 IST

Photos: India reports more than 200,000 single-day Covid-19 cases

Patients sitting on a bed waiting to be shifted to a hospital in Ahmedabad on April 14. India reported over 2 lakh coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on April 15, the highest single-day spike so far in the country since the pandemic broke out.

Published on Apr 15, 2021 10:34 IST

Photos: Delhi adds over 13,000 single day Covid-19 cases, record spike continues

A woman is vaccinated against Covid-19 at a hospital in New Delhi on April 12. For the third day in a row, the national capital reported its highest ever single-day spike in Covid-19 infections, adding 13,468 cases of the disease on April 13, as the virus continues its alarming spread in Delhi.

Published on Apr 14, 2021 11:18 IST

Photos: India overtakes Brazil with second-highest cases of Covid-19

A woman waits for the result of her Covid-19 test at a hospital in Hyderabad, on April 12. India surpassed Brazil to record the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases at 1,35,27,717, after a record 1,68,912 new infections were reported on April 12, PTI reported.

Published on Apr 13, 2021 10:19 IST

Photos: India administers 100mn vaccine doses; Maharashtra leads with 10mn doses

A man receives a Covid-19 vaccine at Polyclinic vaccination centre in Sector-31 near Huda market in Gurugram on April 11. India on April 10 became the third country in the world after the United States and China to have administered 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Published on Apr 12, 2021 10:15 IST

Photos: India records over 1.5 lakh Covid-19 cases in a day

A lottery ticket vendor wearing a mask as a precaution against the coronavirus pedals his bicycle past face masks displayed for sale by a roadside in Kochi on April 11. India recorded 1,52,879 new cases of Covid-19 on April 11 according to the health ministry's update., hitting another record in the daily tally of cases.

Published on Apr 11, 2021 09:49 IST

Photos: Weekend lockdown in Maharashtra as Covid-19 cases surge

A man walks with his bicycle in front of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) building and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) during a weekend lockdown on April 10 in Mumbai. A weekend lockdown in light of rising Covid-19 cases came into effect across Maharashtra from 8pm on April 9 and will be in place till 7am on April 12.

Published on Apr 10, 2021 10:13 IST

Photos: Taking the Covid-19 vaccine to the world's remote regions

Health workers accompanying elderly villagers in a boat as they cross the river Brahmaputra to reach a Covid-19 vaccination center at Bahakajari village in Assam on March 23. Workers recently trekked to this tiny village to start vaccinating its nearly 9,000 residents. The vaccines were first sent to the nearest town, Morigaon, before they were driven the final leg by car.

Published on Apr 9, 2021 11:06 IST

Photos: Brazil’s daily Covid-19 death toll surpasses 4,000 for the first time

Gravediggers lower the coffin of Maria de Lourdes Moreira Cruz, 58, who passed away due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during her burial at Campo Santo cemetery in Porto Alegre on April 6. Brazil has reported a 24-hour tally of Covid-19 deaths exceeding 4,000 for the first time, becoming the third nation to go above that daily threshold, AP reported.

Published on Apr 8, 2021 10:02 IST

Photos: After Maharashtra, Delhi imposes night curfew amid rising Covid-19 cases

Delhi Police manning a checkpost at South Extension after a fresh night curfew was imposed by the Delhi Government on April 6. The Delhi government clamped a curfew on movement and assembly of people between 10pm and 5am every day until April 30, in an attempt to arrest spiking Covid-19 infections, mirroring similar restrictions in other major cities such as Mumbai.

Published on Apr 7, 2021 10:15 IST

Photos: China registers highest daily Covid-19 case jump in over 2 months

People taking photos at a local park at sunset during the Qinming festival holiday on April 4 in Beijing. China reported 32 new Covid-19 cases on April 4, up from 21 a day earlier, marking the highest daily total in more than two months, the national health authority said on April 5.

Published on Apr 6, 2021 11:32 IST

Photos: India records highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases ever

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man during a rapid antigen testing campaign, near Gateway of India, in Mumbai, on April 5. India added 103,796 cases of Covid-19 on April 4, breaching the peak of 99,181 seen in a single day during the first wave of the pandemic in September last year.

Published on Apr 5, 2021 11:36 IST

Photos: Egypt relocates mummies to new museum in Pharaohs’ Golden Parade

A view of the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade in Cairo, involving the transfer of Royal mummies to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, on April 3. The grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the Egyptian capital to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour.

Updated on Apr 4, 2021 10:54 IST

Photos: Cherry Blossoms bloom early in Japan as climate warms

Children play next to a blooming cherry tree at a park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 31. According to the Japanese national weather agency cherry trees in the country are reaching full bloom in record time this year, linking the early sakura season to the world's warming climate, AFP reported.

Published on Apr 3, 2021 10:40 IST

Photos: A 50-year-old Nigerian school pupil shows it's never too late to learn

Shade Ajayi, 50, chats with some of her classmates after class, at Ilorin Grammar school, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria on March 24. Ajayi had never set foot in a classroom until middle age. Now 50, the businesswoman is happily learning to read and write alongside students nearly four decades younger than her.

Published on Apr 2, 2021 10:16 IST

Photos: India extends Covid-19 vaccination for people over 45

A health worker prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at Communiity Centre, in Sector 15 Phase 2, Gurugram, on April 1. India opened up Covid-19 vaccination for all people aged 45 years and above from April 1 based on a recommendation of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration (NEGVAC), PTI reported.

Published on Apr 1, 2021 10:43 IST

Photos: India reports 53,480 new cases of Covid-19

A health worker shows a swab sample collected for Covid-19 test, at New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), on March 30. According to the Union health ministry, India's coronavirus disease tally went up to 12,149,335 on March 31 after 53,480 new cases were reported.

Updated on Mar 31, 2021 11:17 IST

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