US
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Cases, + 46,032 = 31,484,148
Deaths, + 255 (+ 4,881 – 7 days) = 566,292
Vaccinations
At least one dose, 133 million
Two doses, 86 million
Doses distributed, 264.5 million
Therefore, doses available, 44.4 million
US and India Serum Institute
Global supply chains
India
https://www.dw.com/en/india-covid-surge/a-57263667
B.1.617 seems to be outcompeting UK and Brazil variants
Levels of immune escape seem to be there
Early March, India’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
Country was in the endgame
of the Covid-19 pandemic.
K Srinath Reddy, Public Health Foundation of India
There was a feeling of triumphalism
Some felt we had achieved herd immunity.
Everyone wanted to get back to work.
This narrative fell on many receptive ears, and the few voices of caution were not heeded
Deaths, 180,000
Non-stop cremations
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/20/non-stop-cremations-cast-doubt-on-indias-counting-of-covid-dead
Gujarat, Kamlesh Sailor (Crem manager)
We are working around the clock at 100 percent capacity to cremate bodies on time
Surat, Gujarat
Cremated more than 100 bodies a day over the last week
Surat, deaths in past week = 25
Ramnath Ghela Crematorium
Last month 20 per day
Now 80 per day
India, vaccinations
First dose, 127 million
3.5 million per day
70,000 vaccination centres
UK India variant
9th April
Bangladesh, Pakistan, both red listed
13th April
Bangladesh, had South Africa, not Brazil variant
Pakistan, had neither
India, had both
Now, 20th April
B.1.617, 103 UK cases, mostly linked to travel
Variant under investigation
Public Health England, 25 March and 7 April
3,345 arrivals from India
Of those 161 (4.8%) tested positive for Covid-19
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56813025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56771766
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ef3652ab722df11fcb2ba5d/t/6076f57d3b43fb2db4a7c9c9/1618408831746/India+TF+Policy+Brief+April+2021.pdf
Prof Mark Walport, UK’s former chief scientific adviser
These decisions are almost inevitably taken a bit too late in truth, but what’s absolutely clear is that this variant is more transmissible in India
Becoming the dominant variant in India
so there’s good reasons for wanting to keep it out of the country if at all possible
From 04:00 BST on Friday 23 April
Most people who have travelled from or through India in the last 10 days will be refused entry
Others, Red listed
UK variants, official tracker
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-cases-data
ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26
Prevalence
The percentage of people testing positive for the coronavirus has decreased in all four UK countries
Up to 10 April 2021
England
112,600 people (0.21%) in the community
(3rd April, 161,900)
1 in 480 people
Wales
3,300 people (0.11%)
(3rd April, 3,800)
1 in 920 people
Northern Ireland
2,600 people (0.14%)
(3rd April, 6,100)
1 in 710 people
Scotland
10,500 people (0.20%)
(3rd April, 13,000)
1 in 500 people
UK, now
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Source