the 2 are the worst hit countries the epicenter has been maharashtra when new restrictions are coming into effect the western states includes the financial capital one by and accounts for around a quarter of all new infections there's a problem and joins us now live from new delhi tough new restrictions being brought into maharashtra straight state want to they mean because authorities stopping short of calling as a lockdown. laureus from wednesday evening in the state of mind no one will be allowed to go out other than to go out for work or to get essential supplies and only essential services will be open that until the end of the month that follows continuing to be the worst affected state continue to add more cases accounting for at least a quarter of. all the cases in the country sometimes as many as a 3rd sometimes as many as half of all the cases the chief minister of maharashtra has also announced financial aid for the state's many daily wage because while more and more restrictions have been announced over the past month actually in maharashtra it began with the weekend not d

minister called maharashtra mishandling of the crisis as well as vaccine shortages we have pressure on the central government from different states including maharashtra again but also delhi the capital and the indian medical association which is asking the central government to lower the to remove actually the lower age limit which is 45 years old to be eligible for vaccines so that any adult who wants to get vaccinated while cases rise as they are can do so and none of this bodes well either domestically or internationally because india is. has been the biggest contributor to the un's kovacs program it's shipped more than 60000000 vaccines but it had to considerably slow down vaccine exports 2 weeks ago and because of the increasing demand here in india these escalating numbers that we've been seeing what's actually driving that. well we've had both promise of that in morty and health officials saying for the past 2 months that we've seen these numbers go up say that that's because people haven't been following closely 1000 protocols like we are in markets like social distancing a

it this update from the state of maharashtra.— this update from the state of maharashtra. , . , , maharashtra. it is a very, very grim icture maharashtra. it is a very, very grim picture across _ maharashtra. it is a very, very grim picture across the _ maharashtra. it is a very, very grim picture across the country. - maharashtra. it is a very, very grim picture across the country. if- maharashtra. it is a very, very grim picture across the country. if you i picture across the country. if you look at the tally for the last three days, india is now atjust under a million fresh new infections that we have been seeing, 340,000 plus in the last 24 hours with more than 2600 people dying and this is the third straight day of a global records of sort that india has set. the oxygen situation the country is particularly worrying and we have heard from a hospital in delhi which lost about 20 patients overnight and they have said that they have 215 patients currently being operated with oxygen supplies, at least in the morning, withjust about with oxygen supplies, at least in the morning, with just abo

worst affected cities name closed down 2 different districts in maharashtra stopped vaccinating people on wednesday and the capital city mumbai's mayor has said that they're going to run out of vaccinations 2 in the next couple of days we're hearing some of the reports from a number of other states including on the. now the central government has denied this and they're blaming what they called maharashtra's mishandling of the crisis they said that model sure is trying to shift the blame from its own mishandling of the crisis but even as we have these reports of vaccine shortages we the government is under pressure from from maharashtra from delhi even from the indian medical association to remove the lower age limit which is currently $45.00 full vaccinations for that any adult can get vaccinated and of course all of this doesn't bode well. domestically or internationally because india is the biggest contributor to the un's kovacs program it had shipped more than 60000000 doses of vaccines overseas already but it did have to slow that down around 2 weeks ago because of the increasing

today and that is why the importance of maharashtra has imposed. a lot of restrictions in the state including that my curfew from 8 pm to 7 o'clock in the morning a complete weekend lockdown all morals and restaurants are closed there's a restriction on more than 5 people gathering but we have been looking at pictures from a busy vegetable market in mumbai from monday morning and the crowds a still there and as well as mumbai the rest of the state hospitals are reporting that they are running out of beds and they having a really difficult time with the number of patients that they're having to deal with as well as maharashtra receiving more and more states asking for code negative certificates from people entering from other states the state of mother predation closed its border with maharashtra so we're seeing restrictions and problems to that in the more he spoke about the 5 fold strategy off testing tracing treatment of vaccinations and also called appropriate behavior and so that's why all over the country from sunday all public hospitals publi

more than half of those were in maharashtra. joining me now is india business correspondent arunoday mukharji. so with these tighter restrictions, what does that mean and?— restrictions, what does that mean and? restrictions, what does that meanand? ,, . , , , mean and? essentially, this is the state of — mean and? essentially, this is the state of maharashtra - mean and? essentially, this is| the state of maharashtra which has imposed restrictions which as you rightly pointed out covers more than half of the coronavirus cases, so the government is essentially saying that from seven in the morning to eight in the evening no more than five people will be able to congregate in a particular area, restaurants and other public areas will be shut, there are restrictions on modes of transport, no more than two individuals on public transport and the buses have similar rules, they are trying to reinforce these fresh restrictions and maintain a balance so that the economy doesn't go off track once again. a lot of the considerations a

yeah absolutely the highest numbers that we've seen since the pandemic began here in india and maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state it's accounting for more than haul the total number of cases it is for a number of reasons including the very high levels of the guys a shot at the state a member of maharashtra's cove in 1000 task force has said it's also because of a number of large gatherings that have been held this year including the local council elections in january because people with the virus on isolating themselves very low levels of testing and tracing and people do not follow uncovered 19 guidelines we've had a similar situation not the kinds of numbers we're seeing in maharashtra but health officials are saying that it is people letting their guard down that seen the rise in cases with a handful of states leading accounting for something like 80 percent of the cases in the country apart from maharashtra those remain have not checked this. and here in the capital region of delhi it's recorded the highest number of cases this year with more than 4000 again we saw a

this plant in central maharashtra is working around the clock. yet they are not able to meet the demand. translation: in normal times we supply 100 to 150 cylinders every day and the same for industrial purposes. we work six to seven hours, but now industrial sales are banned and the government is asking us to produce 700 cylinders every day for hospitals. that is a huge task. maharashtra is sourcing supplies from companies and has called on the indian air force to help but the state government can only do so much. as the other states to clear oxygen emergencies, maharashtra is farfrom alone. we will talk more about covid after two o'clock. while many people are turning to ancestry websites to find out more about their family history, for one french man, those answers came as a message in a bottle which had been foating in the atlantic ocean for more than 100 years. inside was a letter written on board the titanic the day before it sank in 1912. courtney bembridge has the story. a simple letter written by 13—year—old girl, undiscovered for mo

at least 22 patients have died at a public hospital and india's western maharashtra state after their oxygen supply ran out the hospital had been treating coronavirus patients when a leak in the tank occurred while it was being refilled hospitals in india are facing acute oxygen shortages many in the capital new delhi have enough to last 24 hours. on wednesday india recorded 300000 new cases and more than 2000 deaths both record numbers elizabeth for and is live in new delhi is this number of 22 people dying because they are. very. critical developments and there must be similar you know many people in similar situations across new delhi. hello sami so what we have here in the capital and elsewhere in the country patients dying because they don't have enough oxygen supply what's happened in the state of maharashtra unfortunately is the oxygen tank that was supplying a large hospital in the city of nashik while that was being refilled that led to in the which then forced the hospital they were able to stop the leak but it disrupted the supplier to a number of patients in the hospital w

first, here's the view from maharashtra state in the west of the country. india's western maharashtra is the worst affected state by covid—i9 pandemic, along with cities like mumbai and pune. its rural areas like palghar where i am today are also suffering from rise in coronavirus cases. some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise, as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concern as a few districts have already run out. maharashtra is the home of world's biggest vaccine maker, but one in ten indians have managed to receive the covid—i9 jab so far. the north indian state of punjab has the highest death rate in the country and is a major cause of concern. experts say that people are reluctant to get themselves tested for covid—i9. this is a majorfactor contributing to the high death rate. outside the district hospital in mohali, people have told me that covid does not exist. they say it has been created by the authorities to stop protests by farmers who have been gathering in big nu

the indian state of maharashtra will see tighter restrictions from monday after a significant rise in coronavirus infections. india has the third highest number of cases in the world, after the us and brazil. tanya dendrinos reports. a crowded market in mumbai. masks are on, but social distancing is virtually impossible, and coronavirus cases are rising rapidly. the warning is stark. translation: the number of covid-19 cases reported | in the past 2a hours is alarming and is a matter of concern. it could turn into a hazardous situation. almost 15 days ago, there were about 23,000 cases, which have increased four times now, which is a very big thing. if the cases increase in this proportion, the impact of the pandemic will be as dreadful as last year. 165,000 people have died of covid—i9 in india, the country recording 12.5 million infections. on sunday, the number of daily cases peaked at its highest level since september, with more than 93,000 recorded. more than half of those were in maharashtra, the state facing tighter restrictions from monday, including a night—time curfew an

there is wishful thinking among the experts and the government and also for the citizens that maharashtra may have hit a plateau and from this week onwards we may decline. this week is very typical, if we see the same constant numbers at the end of this week, then we can say that maharashtra may have come out of the second wave but even if it is a week period, it is a long future for us. period, it is a long future for us, , ., , period, it is a long future for us. , ., , .,, us. sorry to interrupt, iwas iioin us. sorry to interrupt, iwas going to — us. sorry to interrupt, iwas going to say— us. sorry to interrupt, iwas going to say the _ us. sorry to interrupt, i was i going to say the international help is arriving in india. i was seeing an effect that that is happening yet?— is happening yet? yes, it is, the helper— is happening yet? yes, it is, the helper started _ is happening yet? yes, it is, the helper started pouring i the helper started pouring in from europe, britain, america, but the challenge is the distribution. as the help is coming, across the world, as far as oxyge

india's western maharashtra is the worst—affected state by the covid—19 pandemic. along the with cities like mumbai and camille, it's rural areas like where i am today are also suffering from a rise in coronavirus cases. some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise, as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concern as a few districts have already ran out. maharashtra is the home of the world's biggest vaccine maker, but one in ten indians have managed to receive the covid—i9 jab so far. the north indian state of punjab has the highest death rate in the country and is a major cause of concern. experts say that people are reluctant to get themselves tested for covid—19. this is a major factor contributing to the high death rate. outside this district hospital, people have told me that covid does not exist. they say it has been created by the authorities to stop protests by farmers who have been gathering in big numbers since last year. health experts say that people only reach hospitals after d

india's western maharashtra is the worst—affected state by the covid—i9 pandemic. along the with cities like mumbai and pune, it's rural areas like where i am today that are also suffering from a rise in coronavirus cases. some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise, as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concern, as a few districts have already ran out. maharashtra is the home of the world's biggest vaccine maker — but one in ten indians have managed to receive the covid—i9 jab so far. the north indian state of punjab has the highest death rate in the country, and is a major cause of concern. experts say that people are reluctant to get themselves tested for covid—19. this is a major factor contributing to the high death rate. outside the district hospital in mohali, people have told me that covid does not exist. they say it has been created by the authorities to stop protests by farmers who have been gathering in big numbers since last year. health experts say that people only reach h

more than half of those were in maharashtra, the state facing tighter restrictions from monday. that includes a night—time curfew and full lockdown on weekends. translation: this is a very - good decision by the government as coronavirus cases are surging and the chain of transmission of the virus will break, which will be very beneficialfor all of us. stopping the spread of the virus is a mammoth task, tickling in a country with a population of 1.3 billion. —— particularly. despite having the world's largest inoculation drive, so far administering more than 68 million doses, it has not yet been enough to halt transmission. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. aid groups in mozambique say nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated from the northern town of palma, which was recently attacked by islamist militants. the mozambican authorities say thousands are still hiding in the forests surrounding the area, in desperate need of food and water. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize brings us this report from nearby pemba, where many victims have sought refuge. this man hasjust gotten off the rescu

recorded its highest number of 57000 cases on sunday and maharashtra along with a handful of states accounted for most of the cases in the country the other states . and. now here in delhi the cases were $4000.00 on sunday that's the highest since last year so prime minister met in the board he held a meeting on sunday to review the situation and he said that the rise was due to what he called the sharp decline in covert appropriate behavior like wearing masks and social distancing due to pandemic fatigue and also what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures he is sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country they over the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. to see why the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in and in india maintain that the variants whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and variants that's been found in indi

because appropriate behavior isn't being followed anywhere and a concerning situation in maharashtra which doesn't have enough health care workers to deal with the current caseload where they don't have enough hospital beds and in these states where they don't have enough ventilators and in some cases ventilators malfunctioning we have maharashtra looking which is the country's 2nd most populous state the wealthiest state and home to the financial capital by now considering a complete lockdown saying it complete lockdown as a likely from wednesday and over the past few days we have started to see pictures of migrant workers india has a very large number of people. work in different states to where they're from starting to leave mumbai and leave because they've either lost jobs already or afraid they're going to lose work and they're afraid that public transport will close as it did last year we have nice curfews in place in many cities delhi announced new restrictions on sunday delhi's chief minister is asking prime minister modi again to remove the age limit for vaccinations which i

more than 60% of the total active coronavirus cases in india are from maharashtra. on the 10th of february, there were 35,000 active cases, but by the end of march, that figure had increased nearly tenfold. experts in the government task force put the surge down to people not following public health guidance. when the national lockdown was imposed in march last year, millions of india's migrant labourers had to travel home from the big cities, often on foot, without any money. this person remembers it well. translation: we were out of business for over six months during the first wave. we spent everything we had at that time. i went to my home village. i had to take out a loan which i have not paid back. now, if lockdown is imposed again, we won't be able to survive. this person runs a small tea stall and also feels that people won't be able to cope with this fresh lockdown. translation: we will suffer a fatal economic blow. we won't be able to feed ourselves. we don't know how long this lockdown will go on. the cases are almost doubled today compared to the first w

we had health experts saying especially those in maharashtra that maharashtra might be the worst affected now but it is only the 1st and the situation is going to spread and it is going to spread to rural areas which don't have the health care infrastructure to deal with this crisis when the most developed richest cities in india when their health care infrastructure is falling apart. a grim situation thanks that lizabeth rahman for covering up. doctors in iraq say at least 27 people have been killed after an explosion inside a baghdad hospital fire burned through a ward worker with 19 patients were being treated it's understood an accident caused a long siege and time to explode the fire is now being a child smaller faulted has more from baghdad. we understand at the time of the incident there were 120 patients admitted. to hospital 30 of them were specifically in the respiratory carrying it because this is a hospital that handles primarily covert 1000 patients and in addition to these 120 patients there were several family members want to prepare a patient minute because this is a peopl

hospital in the hardest hit maharashtra state from new delhi elizabeth prom reports. that. overcome with grief and anger this man and other family members of 14 people were killed in a fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the blaze swept through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. from other for me about unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely engulfed within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank killed 24 covered 19 patients on ventilators after their supply was disrupted many indian states are facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supplies in the capital new delhi distraught family members a struggling to find beds for their loved ones. well i've been running around for a hospital to get my mother admitted since the 21st of april i visited all the hospitals in delhi they all say the same thing the beds and all debatable another patie

what we're seeing, as in maharashtra, case—by—case, state—by—state restrictions being brought in. that was ra'ini restrictions being brought in. that was rajini vaidyanathan in india. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has appeared in court injerusalem for the resumption of his corruption trial. he's accused of misusing his power in seeking to trade favours with media bosses. mr netanyahu denies wrongdoing. the hearing comes as wrangling continues over who should be given the mandate to form the next coalition government. 0ur correspondent injerusalem yolande knell sent this report. it has been called israel's split screen moment. at thisjerusalem court, benjamin netanyahu beginning his corruption trial in earnest. the prosecution accuses him of accepting expensive gifts from businessmen and offering favours for more positive news coverage. charges he denies. meanwhile, across the city at the president's office, talks start on who should be given the first chance to form a new coalition government after last month's election, israel's fourth in two years. he is known

was it's what it was in maharashtra and also in punjab and chuck this guy the medical teams have said that in all of the states that had 19 appropriate behavior isn't being followed that the containment measures on top to mold that testing capacity is overwhelmed that worryingly in maharashtra are there enough health workers to do it with the at least 60000 cases a day that the state has recording that there isn't enough oxygen supply and that ventilation is malfunctioning over the past few days and we have started to see because india has a very large number of people who work in different states to where they're from starting to leave the capital they are also starting to leave india's capital delhi because they're afraid that they're going to lose their jobs and that public transport will close. which is home to more than 125000000 people is considering a complete lockdown there are night to fuse in place and many cities around the country new restrictions here in the capital delhi and at the same time there are shortages reports of vaccine shortages with the delhi health minister

new coronavirus restrictions in india's worst—affected state of maharashtra as the country records the world's highest number of daily infections. aid groups in mozambique say nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated from the northern town of palma — which was recently attacked by islamist militants. authorities say thousands are still hiding in the forests surrounding the area, in desperate need of food and water. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize sent this report from nearby pemba, where many victims have sought refuge. this man hasjust gotten off the rescue ferry at pemba harbour. his tears are for his dead father. his brother is still missing. all morning, they arrived, a steady procession of over 1,000 survivors grateful to be alive, but in shock. they spoke of decapitations, bodies on the streets, and fleeing through dense forest from the gun—wielding insurgents. this distraught woman lost two sons during the attack. translation: it hurts a lot. every day, we saw mothers crying. three, four of their children — they don't know where they are. it's too painful. gunfire. isis—linke

has said that this is because he said coded cases in maharashtra growing at what he called a horrifying pace it does account the daily rise in cases the accounts for about a 3rd of all the cases of the country there are at least $60000.00 cases there on tuesday they try to stem the rise with a weekend lockdown with night curfews but that hasn't made a difference maharashtra is also struggling because of those cases with a lack of hospital beds with a shortage of health care workers and also critically a shortage of oxygen supply we have focused on maharashtra a lot throughout the past year because it's been the worst affected but over the past week we are seeing a similar situation to what's happening in maharashtra woring really being played out now in other parts of the country as well most recently in the state of gujarat have seen videos of a very long line of and we've been since waiting outside a clothing line hospital carrying patients a lot of them who are on oxygen supply waiting for beds reports of the official death toll both in the states of and mother predation not adding u

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that there isn't enough oxygen supply and that ventilation is malfunctioning over the past few days in maharashtra we have started to see migrant workers and the a has a very large number of people who work in different states to where they're from starting to leave the capital moema they're also starting to leave india's capital delhi because they are afraid that they are going to lose their jobs and that public transport will close and maharashtra which is home to more than 125000000 people is considering a complete lockdown there are nights curfews and plays and many cities around the country. well meanwhile a very different situation where life is slowly returning to normal in england with non-essential services reopening across the country pubs restaurants headdresses gyms and shops and a number of other venues have all now reopened this is the 2nd stage of the government's road map of the 3rd nationwide coronavirus struck down the easing of restrictions comes as the u.k. recorded just 7 deaths on sunday that's the lowest total since september roy hallums has more on those are easing restrict

maharashtra is forcing oxygen supplies from across india, —— maharashtra is sourcing oxygen. and has also called on the indian air force to help. but the state government can only do so much. and as the other states declare oxygen emergencies, maharashtra is far from alone. new figures reveal coronavirus was no longer the leading cause of death in either england or wales last month. of death in england or wales last month for the first time since october. office for national statistics data shows that covid—19 was the third leading cause of death in both countries in march, accounting for 9.2% of all deaths registered in england and 6.3% in wales. scottish labour has launched its manifesto for the holyrood election next month. the party is pledging to increase free childcare to 50 hours a week for every youngster. labour also says it will guarantee a job for every young person in scotland. focusing on the impact of covid, the party's leader anas sarwar called for the country to unite behind a national recovery plan. imagine what we could achieve if we put aside those things that we

india's western maharashtra is the worst affected state by covid—19 pandemic. along with cities like mumbai and pune. its rural areas like bengal, where i am today, are also suffering from a rise in coronavirus cases. some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concerns as a few districts have already run out. maharashtra is the home of the world's biggest vaccine maker, but one in ten indians have managed to receive the covid—19 job so far. the north indian state of punjab has the highest death rate in the country and is a major cause of concern. experts say that people are reluctant to get themselves tested for covid—19. this is a major factor contributing to the high death rate. outside the district hospital in mohali, people have told me that covid does not exist. they say it as been created by the authorities to stop protests by farmers who have been gathering in big numbers since last year. health experts say that people only reach hospital

in the in the earlier phase in february in some of the districts of maharashtra the rest an indian state including the financial capital of mumbai in some of these states that test positive the rate has been as high as 50 percent in fact 50 percent plus that goes on to show. that it is the variance spreading very fast and not though not necessarily afraid to go not necessarily more fit but because they're not transmissible led to a bust of cases which completely outstripped medical services and therefore leading to some excess mortality. just briefly and finally can you offer indians watching our show today some some sort of hold well the the state and the courts have often taken a contrarian position of life versus likelihoods. the supreme court today also took so much of cognizance of that. the government will consider it as a national emergency and we hope that these emergency measures would be predicted put in pretty fast both state and central governments and local bodies have gone back to the drawing boards but it could still take a couple of weeks perhaps to offer some suck up. to

recorded its highest number of 57000 cases on sunday and maharashtra along with a handful of state states accounted for most of the cases in the country the other states. and. now here in delhi the cases were $4000.00 on sunday that's the highest since last year so promised in that in the board he held a meeting on sunday to review the situation and he said that the rise was huge what he called the shop decline enco that appropriate behavior like wearing masks and social distancing pandemic fatigue and also what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures is sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country day of the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. just the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in india maintain that the variants whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and india that those variants entre sponsible for the rise i

news hour in india where at least 22 patients have died in a public hospital in the western state of maharashtra after their oxygen supply routes so the hospital had been treating coronavirus patients when an oxygen tank began leaking while it was being refilled. hospitals in india are facing acute oxygen shortages many patients in the capital new delhi only have enough to last an estimated 24 hours now india's health system is buckling that's as the country reports almost 300000 new cases and more than 2000 deaths in one day both numbers are records. are struggling to cope with demand as the death toll climbs the government is being accused of understating the number of fatal disease was withdrawn and will join us from new delhi as were saying hospitals were already facing a very serious situation and now this latest incident what happens elizabeth. hello daryn so what we're hearing is that this oxygen tank oxygen tank a switch supply the 700 bed code facility in the city of nashville in the worst affected state they were being refilled when a leak occurred authorities immediately stopped the l

more than half of those are in maharashtra. so, huge cause for concern there right now, and that's why they have brought in some restrictions there. so, shops, markets, malls will all be shut. there is going to be an evening curfew as well, and a lockdown at the weekend. now, there won't be a national lockdown. it is unlikely that that will come in, even if cases rise, as they are in other parts of the country as well. because of the economic impact it would have on people here in india. what we're seeing, as we are seeing in maharashtra is a case—by—case, state—by—state restrictions that are being brought in. a two—week—old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car in the west midlands. police say the incident happened on the high street in brownhills near walsall at about 4pm yesterday. the driver fled the scene — but a 34—year—old man was arrested shortly afterwards. he's being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. police divers have been deployed as part of the investigatio

there is a stock of $1400000.00 vaccines available in maharashtra and if we vaccinate $500000.00 per day then the stock will last for 3 days i want that immediately this stock should be increased and more vaccine should be kept. diminishing stocks at a time of surging cases india's coded ordeal looks far from over. we have been here chadri from delhi bureau with us near india is one of the world's biggest vaccine manufacturers how can they be running out. well you did aren't used to it which have been raising concerns or a shortage in that sense at length looting my russia which is the worst now in the country now live with what explicit whiling expressed stress production that means they're not able to manufacture introduce any that means as required now either one out of the sea or up student institute of india which is the largest class in many factor so that you really need to base up on an actor to need to be increasing demands and that still has to do it actually needs. the government to be able to do so and the other that in many factors also need to base up their production t

in the last one month, maharashtra jumped five times up, but other states jumped by 25 times in one month! reporter: as cases rise rapidly, many states have also complained of vaccine shortages, which the government denies. >> the indian government is running behind schedule to vaccinate people. with the country clearly in the throes of a second wave of coronavirus, it's drugs and regulatory body is meeting to consider emergency use approval of the russian-made sputnik v vaccine. . anchor: elsewhere, german chancellor angela merkel has warned a current third wave of the pandemic could prove the toughest yet. marco said the covid-19 infection rate in germany was much too high, and it will be sometime until vaccinations started take effect. she also said further development of germany's economy will depend on whether the country can bring its infection rate under control. we have more from berlin. reporter: multiple warnings have been coming out over the last couple of weeks that germany urgently needs a stricter lockdown to fight the increasing number of infections. on the political front,

was what it was in maharashtra and also in punjab and shut this guy the medical teams have said that in all of the states that had 19 appropriate behavior isn't being followed that the containment measures on optimal that testing capacity is overwhelmed that worryingly in maharashtra there aren't enough health workers to do with the at least 60000 cases a day that the state has recording that there isn't enough oxygen supply and that ventilator is malfunctioning over the past few days in maharashtra we have started to see migrant workers as india has a very large number of people who work in different states to where they're from starting to leave the capital they're also starting to leave india's capital delhi because they're afraid that they're going to lose their jobs and that public transport will close and maharashtra which is home to more than 125000000 people is considering a complete lockdown there are night curfews in place and many cities around the country one across the border in bangladesh or authorities are also stepping up restrictions to try to curb the rise in infect

a medicine and then adding to all of this a new development as been a hospital fire in the state of maharashtra which has killed 14 kovac patients from new delhi elizabeth bronner reports now on the multiple crisis facing country. i was. overcome with grief and anger this man and other family members of 14 people were killed in a fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the place where through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. for money or for medicare unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely engulfed within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank a killed 24 car that 19 patients on ventilators after their supply was disrupted many indian states are facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supplies in the capital new delhi distraught family members a struggling to find beds for their loved ones. well i've been running around for a hospital to get my mother admitte

this plant in central maharashtra is working around the clock. yet they're not able to meet the demand. translation: in normaltimes, we supply 100-150 cylinders - every day, and the same for industrial purposes. i we work six to seven hours, - but now industrial sales are banned and the government is asking us to produce 700 cylinders- every day for hospitals. that is a huge task. maharashtra is sourcing supplies from across india and has also called on the indian air force to help, but the state government can only do so much. as the other states to clear oxygen emergencies, as the other states declare oxygen emergencies, maharashtra is far from alone. mayuresh konnur, bbc news, mumbai. the church of england has been told to include at least one candidate from a bma e —— bame pastor. —— background. thank you for being with us. there have been more than 20 reports looking at racism and the church's attitude towards race. why should anyone believe that this report will be implemented and will be different?— be different? well, i think ou

what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country day of the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. just the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in and in india maintain that the variance whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and. india that those variants sponsible for the rise in cases they say it is because of people letting their guard down after the numbers sell as much as they did earlier this year. who's an infectious diseases expert and secretary general of organized medicine academic girl who's joining us from mumbai thank you so much for speaking to us and you are saying that the 2nd wave is stronger than the 1st so why do you say that and what are you basing that on. so i'm visiting mumbai. to look for a lot of star and financial capital of india and currently we are in the 2nd ph

maharashtra has a population of more than 120000000 people it's one of a number of states which has reached out to the 2 vaccine manufacturers in the country to get an assurance that more supplies will be sent but they can't give that assurance because vaccines can only be made so far as the registration the online registration that is necessary was supposed to start a few days ago that it was supposed to start on wednesday now it's been pushed to wednesday afternoon i'm told now it's only those over 45 in the code more the detainees who can't get vaccinated and india has a vaccine shortage now despite being the biggest vaccine manufacturer in the world because it exported 60000000 doses earlier this year before realizing that it was going to have a shortage it's why the u.s. administration has decided to remove the ban which was very contentious between the 2 countries a ban on the export of will materialize needed for manufacturing vaccines the u.s. has removed that ban to send the materials to india so that it can make more walk off the oxford astra zeneca vaccine in the u.s. gov

oxygen and medicine and a fire has killed at least 13 people at a hospital in the hardest hit state of maharashtra and all the headlines thousands of people have attended the funeral of chad's long serving president address debbie he died from injuries sustained last weekend after rebels launched an offensive from libya several foreign leaders attended the funeral including the french president and 9 alack wrong in his tribute not crown said france will not will not let anyone threaten chad. the sort of. people of the region enjoy a peace pact with france we have to make sure the pact lives on him but of liberty and independence france will not let anybody question or threaten today or tomorrow child instability in territorial integrity for us will be year to ensure that the promise which was made will be realized for all parties stability inclusiveness. and democratic transition and this is what we want by your side. hopes are fading fast for the $53.00 crewmembers of the indonesian summer in the went missing on wednesday oxygen supplies on board are now calculated to have run out several nations

hello well india is very much in the throes of a 2nd wave of the corona virus and while the state of maharashtra remains the worst affected worryingly we are seeing numbers the case is rising at an alarming rate in many other states now including here in the capital delhi and india's most populous state with their predation and with that rise there are increasing reports of the shortages of hospital beds of oxygen supply on ventilators long lines of ambulances carrying kovan 1000 patients waiting outside hospitals waiting for a bed and also long lines at crime a toy and at burial grounds now dellys chief minister has asked hospitals to requisition hotels and banquet halls to create more beds for quote the 19 patients states needed that earlier this week we are seeing more and more stadiums being. inverted to quote care facilities again as they were last year more restrictions have come into place in maharashtra which is home to $125000000.00 people as of wednesday night they are not going to be allowed to leave their homes unless it's to go to work or to get essential supplies and as has announc

majority of cases are in the state of maharashtra home to india's financial capital mumbai nearly 60 percent of all of india's new cases were found here in just over the last 2 weeks curfew is now in place with tightened lockdown restrictions and it's being welcomed by some. down is imposed that hadley's people will stay home safe and the current virus will be under control. the government has issued almost 18000000 vaccines it hopes to inoculate 300000000 people by the end of july and last week it opened its vaccine drive to those over 45 years old. but the coronavirus hasn't stopped politicians running for regional elections gatherings continue in several states doctors say not enough is being done to contain that risk and warns that cases may bellew in in the coming weeks if i were. in that group to your behavior which is the one thing for this right so i think the whole country needs to understand and start practicing it from to be don't go out of the house and if necessary avoid close. people collecting in close rooms maintain social distancing and never never step out of your h