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That’s it from me for today. Before the pandemic news continues, I’ll leave you with some joy in the form of very large bats:
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New Delhi has sent a team of experts to Kerala in south India to help stem the surge in cases that has persisted for weeks and is now causing alarm. The state registered 22,064 cases on Thursday, almost half the nationwide figure of 44,230 new daily infections.
Kerala was once applauded as a model state in containing the virus. Now, with an active caseload of 140,000, the state accounts for 37.1% of the total active cases in India.
A lockdown is to be imposed over the weekend to control the explosion in cases. The state government’s decision last week to relax Covid restrictions for three days to allow people to celebrate Eid provoked sharp criticism, particularly as other states banned festivals.
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