Sunday, April 25, 2021

Crew declared dead as lost Indonesian submarine found broken into pieces

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Indonesia's military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead and that search teams had located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/indonesia-navy-submarine-crew-dead-1.6001581?cmp=rss

India's crematoriums overwhelmed as COVID-19 patients scramble for medical help

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With oxygen continuing to be in short supply, many family members in India are left on their own to ferry COVID-19 patients from hospital to hospital in search of treatment, and crematoriums are expanding capacity amid a devastating new surge of infections.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-covid19-patients-creamatorium-1.6001536?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday

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Canada's chief public health officer says the health-care system is under increasing strain with a more than 20 per cent increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and intensive care unit patients over a one-week stretch.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-april25-2021-1.6001466?cmp=rss

Fire kills 82 at Baghdad hospital, including COVID-19 patients in ICU

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Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/baghdad-hospital-fire-icu-covid-patients-1.6001467?cmp=rss