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 地球，人間煉獄 CVII (107th、107期) ：

The Economist

 

India is suffering a severe second wave, fuelled by new variants of covid-19. Find out how our data team is tracking the virus across South Asia

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彭博商業周刊 / 中文版

 

【政經觀察】印度爆發全球最大疫情危機 莫迪權力掌控受威脅

近期，印度第二波疫情如海嘯般襲來，現在已成全球疫情新「震央」。新德里、孟買已經實施封鎖，只聽得到救護車的響警號，但是對莫迪（Narendra Modi，見圖）政府應對疫情不力的指責聲卻越來越大。「在這關鍵時刻，他在爭取選票而不是抗擊疫情，社區活動家Panchanan Maharana說，他以前支持莫迪的政策，但現在打算支持其他政黨，「他沒能實現目標，他應該停止各種講話，而把精力投入到挽救人們的生命和生計上。」

印度嚴重「缺氧」多國緊急協助抗疫

印度新冠肺炎感染和死亡率創下全球紀錄，疫情告急下，醫用氧氣不足。除了盟友立即伸出援手，對手巴基斯坦也表態提供救濟。 疫情如海嘯德國將向印度提供緊急援助 德國將於下週一施行針對印度的廣泛入境限制。目前，印度每日新增數十萬感染病例，醫療系統面臨崩潰。德國總理默克爾週日表示，將對印度提供緊急援助。

An acute oxygen shortage in India's hospitals has left people begging for air.

Desperate relatives have been pleading for oxygen outside in the street as many coronavirus patients have been turned away by overcrowded hospitals.

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Crematoriums are working around the clock in many Indian cities, including New Delhi and Bangalore, to cope with increasing Covid-19 fatalities, as grieving families wait for hours to cremate their deceased relatives.

Jewel Samad and Money Sharma in Delhi and Manjunath Kiran in Bangalore

新冠方面的消息：美國將與其它國家分享阿斯特捷利康新冠疫苗；吉利德擬向印度捐贈至少45萬瓶瑞德西韋。

• 美國政府官員表示，在經過聯邦安全審查後，美國政府將開始從其阿斯特捷利康新冠疫苗儲備中與世界其他國家分享多達6,000萬劑疫苗。同時，吉利德擬向印度捐贈至少45萬瓶瑞德西韋，以應對該國疫情的兇猛反撲。

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計畫中的旅遊開放：是福是禍

 

WORLD | THAILAND DISPATCH Phuket Was Poised for Tourism Comeback. A Covid Surge Dashed Those Hopes. By Hannah Beech and Adam Dean Phuket, one of Thailand’s top tourist havens, had an ambitious plan to reopen to the world this summer. But with a spike in cases, the island’s desperate situation is unlikely to end anytime soon.

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紐約時報


As Virus Rages Abroad, Biden Promises to Ship Millions of Vaccines


President Biden will send up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to countries pleading for help, so long as the doses clear a safety review.


Here’s what Covid-19 “vaccine passports” look like around the world.

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E.U. Set to Let Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Visit This Summer By Matina Stevis-Gridneff The head of the European Commission said the bloc would switch policy, under certain conditions, after more than a year of mostly banning nonessential travel.