COVID-19 spirals out of control in Nepal: ‘Every…

Just before midnight on Sunday, Anup Bastola—chief consultant for Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, lead doctor at Sukraraj Hospital in Kathmandu, and the man who identified Nepal’s first-ever COVID-19 patient a year ago—felt, for…

India records almost 4,200 Covid deaths in a…

Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world’s worst outbreaks.India reported a national record of 4,187 new deaths on Saturday.New Delhi has struggled to contain…

Calls grow for India lockdown amid worsening COVID…

India’s government is facing growing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown to stem the devastating coronavirus surge that has overwhelmed hospitals and morgues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, widely criticised for allowing religious festivals and…

5 COVID-19 cases in Tan Tock Seng Hospital…

SINGAPORE: Five COVID-19 cases in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster have been found to have an Indian variant of the virus, said the Ministry of Health's (MOH) director of medical services Kenneth Mak on…