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Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil.
The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the world.
The surge in reported infections has mostly come from five states.
The rise comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy that lost millions of jobs when the virus hit in March.
For the last seven days India's caseload has galloped, adding more than 75,000 daily infections per day.
More than 60% of the active cases are coming from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Cases have also begun spiking in the capital, Delhi, as well, with more than 3,200 infections recorded on Sunday, the city's highest in more than two months.
An upsurge of Covid-19 in many rural areas has also led to an uptick in numbers.
The virus has struck a remote tribe in India's Andamans islands, with 10 members of the Greater Andamanese testing positive over the past month.
The rise in cases is also partly a reflection of increased testing - the number of daily tests conducted across the country has risen to more than a million.
Read more from source - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-54023509
Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil.
The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the world.
The surge in reported infections has mostly come from five states.
The rise comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy that lost millions of jobs when the virus hit in March.
For the last seven days India's caseload has galloped, adding more than 75,000 daily infections per day.
More than 60% of the active cases are coming from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Cases have also begun spiking in the capital, Delhi, as well, with more than 3,200 infections recorded on Sunday, the city's highest in more than two months.
An upsurge of Covid-19 in many rural areas has also led to an uptick in numbers.
The virus has struck a remote tribe in India's Andamans islands, with 10 members of the Greater Andamanese testing positive over the past month.
The rise in cases is also partly a reflection of increased testing - the number of daily tests conducted across the country has risen to more than a million.
Read more from source - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-54023509
National Security Council discussed closure of Temple Mount to worshipers
Israel's National Security Council is holding discussions on closing the Temple Mount to both Jewish and Muslim worshipers in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a N12 report on Sunday.
The report noted that discussions commenced as Israel grapples with a growing number of coronavirus cases, which has become especially pronounced in areas surrounding the Temple Mount and among Israeli-Arabs and Palestinians in East Jerusalem.The potential closure of the Temple Mount has been discussed previously by Jerusalem's municipal government, occurring three months ago following a rise in the morbidity rate attributed to the virus, the report noted. Given the sensitivity of any closure, discussions are being held in conjunction with the Islamic Waqf, an Islamic religious trust that controls and manages Islamic holy sites, such as the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Thus far, the Waqf has been opposed to any closure. Approximately 18,000 and 22,000 worshipers enter the Temple Mount to pray every Friday, many of whom allegedly do not follow Health Ministry guidelines by praying close to one another without masks and not maintaining social distancing generally.
Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu has previously sought to add Jerusalem's Old City neighborhoods as part of the "red city" hot zones in terms of the amount of cases in these areas, prompting discussions on the closure of other religious sites as well, including the Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Read more from source - https://www.timesofisrael.com/official-mull-temple-mount-closure-among-steps-to-stem-virus-spread/
National Security Council discussed closure of Temple Mount to worshipers
Israel's National Security Council is holding discussions on closing the Temple Mount to both Jewish and Muslim worshipers in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a N12 report on Sunday.
The report noted that discussions commenced as Israel grapples with a growing number of coronavirus cases, which has become especially pronounced in areas surrounding the Temple Mount and among Israeli-Arabs and Palestinians in East Jerusalem.The potential closure of the Temple Mount has been discussed previously by Jerusalem's municipal government, occurring three months ago following a rise in the morbidity rate attributed to the virus, the report noted. Given the sensitivity of any closure, discussions are being held in conjunction with the Islamic Waqf, an Islamic religious trust that controls and manages Islamic holy sites, such as the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Thus far, the Waqf has been opposed to any closure. Approximately 18,000 and 22,000 worshipers enter the Temple Mount to pray every Friday, many of whom allegedly do not follow Health Ministry guidelines by praying close to one another without masks and not maintaining social distancing generally.
Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu has previously sought to add Jerusalem's Old City neighborhoods as part of the "red city" hot zones in terms of the amount of cases in these areas, prompting discussions on the closure of other religious sites as well, including the Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Read more from source - https://www.timesofisrael.com/official-mull-temple-mount-closure-among-steps-to-stem-virus-spread/
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