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Plane goes missing in Nepal’s mountains with 22 people on board

Rescuers zeroed in on a possible location of a passenger plane with 22 people aboard that is feared to have crashed Sunday in cloudy weather in Nepal’s mountains, officials said.

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Delhi-Kathmandu bus services resume today; List of Covid documents passengers must carry

Covid-19 vaccine) and a negative RT-PCR report will be allowed to board the bus.

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Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region endorse health promoting schools, safe school operations during pandemic

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IIT Delhi alumnus scales Mt Everest within seven weeks of recovering from COVID

COVID-19 on the day he was to start from Kathmandu for the Mount Everest but that did not deter the IIT Delhi alumnus who returned to the base camp within weeks of his recovery and ultimately managed to hoist the institution's flag, besides the tricolour, atop the summit.

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China unhappy with Nepal over disclosure of Sinopharm COVID vaccine price

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Nepal President appeals Indian, Chinese counterparts for Covid-19 vaccines

Kathmandu: Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday appealed to Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind for access to COVID-19 vaccines as the Himalayan Nation reels under the second wave of the pandemic.President Bhandari wrote to Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to help Nepal with regard to the supply of "Made in India" COVID-19 vaccines."It has been communicated through diplomatic channels with Indian President requesting access to locally developed and manufactured anti-COVID vaccine.

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COVID-19 outbreak grows at Mount Everest base camp

At least 100 people have contracted COVID-19 at the Mount Everest base camp.

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At least 100 climbers, staff infected with COVID-19 on Mount Everest: guide

Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID-19 cluster on the world’s highest peak.Lukas Furtenbach of Austria, who last week became the only prominent outfitter to halt his Everest expedition due to virus fears, said one of his foreign guides and six Nepali Sherpa guides have tested positive.

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Climbing guide says at least 100 virus cases on Everest

KATHMANDU – An expert climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID-19 cluster on the world’s highest peak.

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Nepal, Bangladesh scramble to secure COVID-19 shots as India curbs exports

KATHMANDU/DHAKA : Nepal and Bangladesh are making frantic diplomatic efforts to secure COVID-19 vaccines to prop up their faltering inoculation drives as their stocks run out and supply prospects have become clouded by a prolonged Indian curb on vaccine exports.Reuters reported on Tuesday that India was unlikely to resume major exports of COVID-19 vaccines until October at the earliest as it diverts shots for domestic use, a longer-than-expected delay set to worsen a shortage of supplies coming through the COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme, designed to help low-income countries.Bangladesh said it urgently needed 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine to provide second doses and it had approached several countries for

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Nepal's ousted prime minister to head minority government

KATHMANDU – Nepal’s ousted prime minister, who lost a vote of confidence in Parliament earlier this week, will stay in office as the leader of a minority government after political parties couldn't agree to a coalition.

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Nepal reports 8,777 new Covid-19 cases; tally reaches 3,94,667

Kathmandu: Nepal reported 8,777 new cases of coronavirus, taking the nationwide tally to 394,667, while the death toll rose to 3,720 with 78 fatalities, health officials said on Sunday.Currently, there are 88,160 active coronavirus cases in the country, health ministry spokesperson Dr Jageshwor Gautam said.While 6,730 patients are admitted in hospitals, 81,430 are in home isolation, he said.As many as 4,022 patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, Gautam said, adding that the recovery rate stands at 76.7%. This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time

KATHMANDU – A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time on Friday, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

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Doctors in Nepal warn of major crisis as virus cases surge

KATHMANDU – Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.

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Nepal to halt all domestic and international flights amid surge in COVID cases

Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said on Monday that the domestic flights would be stopped from midnight while all international flights will suspend operations from Thursday as the country tightened the prohibitory orders amid spike in the coronavirus cases.In an address to the nation on Monday, Oli also appealed to other countries for vaccines, diagnostic equipment, oxygen and other supplies to help combat the pandemic."I would like to request our neighbours, friendly countries, and international organisations to help us with vaccines, diagnostic equipment and kits, oxygen therapy, critical care medicines to support our ongoing efforts to combat the pandemic," he said.Oli said the government has decided to suspend domestic

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Around 1 lakh doses of Made in India Covid vaccines handed over to Nepal Army

NEW DELHI: One hundred thousand doses of Made in India covid-19 vaccines were on Tuesday handed over by India’s ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra to Nepalese Army Chief Puran Chandra Thapa. The vaccines have been gifted by the Indian Army to their Nepalese counterparts, a statement from the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Nepal receives 1 mn Covishield doses bought from India

Nepal received one million Covid-19 vaccines purchased from India, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). The Covishield doses arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Sunday.The Government of Nepal on 15 January approved the use of Covishield for emergency use.

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Nepal kicks off coronavirus inoculations with Indian vaccine

KATHMANDU : The Himalayan nation of Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a gift of one million doses from India.Wearing a traditional black peaked cap and sleeveless red vest, a doctor at a teaching hospital in the capital, Kathmandu, became the first recipient of a dose taken from a bed of ice in a cubical blue cooler and injected by masked and gowned staff."We have a new weapon now and I hope we will be able to defeat the coronavirus soon," said Dinesh Kafle, 50, after he was applauded by those queuing for their turn while he sat in a white-walled room before a poster advertising the campaign.Also Read | How India has become an unequal republic

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Nepal team that scaled K2 receive hero's welcome back home

KATHMANDU – A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season received a hero’s welcome on return home to Nepal on Tuesday.

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India gives 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal

KATHMANDU : India sent 1 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Nepal on Thursday, a gift that is likely to help repair strained ties between the two neighbours.Nepal health minister Hridayesh Tripathi said the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, will be given to health workers and other front-line personnel within a week to 10 days.Also Read | The fear of flying at Mount 50KTripathi said Nepal would like to purchase 4 million more doses, and asked for the Indian government's help.

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Bhutan reports first COVID-19 death

KATHMANDU : The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan reported its first COVID-19 death some 10 months after initially detecting the virus and managing to keep the disease under control by largely sealing off the tourism-dependent country.In a statement issued late on Thursday, Bhutan's health ministry said a 34-year-old man with chronic liver disease and renal failure, who tested positive for COVID-19, had died at a hospital in the capital Thimphu.Bhutan has reported 767 cases of the coronavirus, having conducted a little over 300,000 tests since it detected the first infection in an American tourist last March.Taking swift measures, the country of some 750,000 people closed itself to visitors and imposed a mandatory quarantine for everyone

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Nepal seeks India's help to procure Covid vaccines for 20% of its population: Report

KATHMANDU : Nepal has sought India's help to procure COVID-19 vaccines for around 20% of its population, as the Himalayan nation ramps up its efforts to contain the deadly virus that has killed more than 1,800 people and infected over 260,000 others, a media report said on Wednesday.The Nepal government has written to the Indian government, requesting for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate around 20% of the Nepali population, the Kathmandu Post reported.Nepal will pay for the vaccines it sources through India, the paper added.At least two vaccine candidates including Oxford’s AstraZeneca and domestically developed candidate Bharat Biotech’s vaccine are in the final stages of a third phase trial in India."To get the vaccines at

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Nepal political crisis: PM KP Oli recommends dissolution of parliament, says report

Reuters quoted Bishnu Rijal, a central committee member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, as saying."Instead of seeking a compromise within the party he chose to dissolve parliament," Rijal added."PM Oli was under pressure to withdraw an ordinance related to the Constitutional Council Act that he had issued on Tuesday and got endorsed by President Bidya Devi Bhandari the same day," The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported on Sunday.This comes at a time when the Nepal Prime Minister was under intense pressure from the rival factions of the NCP led by former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda and Madhav Nepal.The leader, whose handling of the coronavirus crisis has been criticised as the economy

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Young protesters force Nepal to better manage virus crisis

KATHMANDU – On a sunny June day in Nepal, hundreds of young people in face masks stood a meter apart behind the barbed-wire barricades and rows of riot police guarding the prime minister's residence, shouting slogans demanding a better government response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a rare show of young people humbling a powerful government to action in Asia, they got one.But not before hundreds of protesters were doused with water cannons, some beaten with police batons and others detained.

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Nepal's only billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests COVID-19 positive

KATHMANDU : Nepal's only billionaire and member of Lower House representing the Nepali Congress Binod Chaudhary has tested COVID-19 positive on Friday, the industrialist confirmed on a micro-blogging site and urged people who were in his recent contact to take precautions.In his tweet, Chaudhary also has mentioned that he is asymptomatic and have isolated himself as per the doctor's advice."Dear friends and well-wishers- I have tested positive for corona as per PCR test this morning! By the grace of God, so far I have no symptoms. However, I have isolated myself as per doctor's advice.

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Covid-19: Three Indian companies start supply of life-saving Remdesivir to Nepal

Kathmandu: Three Indian pharmaceutical companies have started supplying Nepal with life-saving anti-viral Remdesivir to be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients."We have confirmed three companies for supply of Remdesivir. Mylan, Cipla, and Hetero Drugs will be supplying the drugs as per our demands.

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COVID-19: Indian Army gifts 10 ventilators to Nepali Army

KATHMANDU : The Indian Army on Sunday gifted 10 ventilators to the Nepali Army to support its efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 75 lives in the Himalayan nation.Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over the ventilators to Nepal Army chief Purna Chnadra Thapa during a ceremony at Nepali Army Headquarters on Sunday, the Indian mission said in a statement.The ventilators are designed for a broad range of applications to include advanced invasive or non-invasive respiratory support.

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Nepal's COVID-19 tally jumps to 20,086

KATHMANDU : Nepal's coronavirus tally crossed over 20,000 as the country on Saturday reported 315 new cases.According to Dr Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, the new cases were detected as 6,993 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests were conducted in various laboratories across the country in the past 24 hours.The country's COVID-19 tally stands at 20,086.So far, 14,492 COVID-19 patients have recovered.There are currently 5,338 active COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at different health facilities across Nepal.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Nepal to resume international flights after long halt due to coronavirus

KATHMANDU : Nepal will allow regular international airline flights from August 17, a minister said on Tuesday, nearly four months after suspending them to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.Wedged between China and India, Nepal enforced a nationwide lockdown, halting scheduled flights, in March, when reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19.So far, Nepal has reported 17,844 infections with 40 deaths from the disease.Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains including Mount Everest, is dependent on tourism including mountain climbing.The decision to restart flights from Nepal’s only international airport in Kathmandu was taken at a cabinet meeting late on Monday.“We’ll prepare the safety regulations which must

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Nepal's coronavirus cases surge to 15,491, death toll reaches 34

KATHMANDU : Nepal on Saturday confirmed two more deaths due to COVID-19, taking the country's death toll to 34, while the number of infections soared to 15,491.The country reported 232 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.The death toll rose to 34 on Saturday after two more COVID-19 patients died, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed.A 44-year-old man from Gorkha district, who earlier tested positive for COVID-19, died in course of treatment at the hospital. He had returned from Qatar on Wednesday and was staying at a quarantine facility in his village.Similarly, another 75-year-old man from Rupandehi died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu Thursday.

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Nepal to reopen its second border point with China for supply of essential goods

Kathmandu: Nepal has decided to reopen its second border point with China after five months for the supply of goods like construction material and equipment necessary for hydropower and airport projects, according to a media report.Nepal on January 29 closed its two border points with China -- Tatopani and Rasuwagadhi -- to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.The Tatopani border point was opened on April 8 to bring medicines and health equipment from China.The two countries have now agreed to resume one-way traffic to Nepal through the Rasuwagadhi border, the Kathmandu Post reported.The exact date to reopen the border has not been finalised, it said.Hari Prasad Pant, chief district officer of Rasuwa, said that reopening the border point

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Joint Press Statement: Stop Stigma and Discrimination, Spread Love

23 June 2020, Kathmandu: Today, the United Nations Country Team in Nepal - together with over thirty national and international organizations - collectively launched the #मायाफैलाऔं #SpreadLove Campaign, calling for an end to stigma and discrimination against people, amidst the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the country.

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Nepal records 535 new coronavirus cases, tally nears 10,000-mark

KATHMANDU : The coronavirus cases in Nepal neared the 10,000-mark with the detection of 535 new infections in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday.The virus has now spread to 76 of the total 77 districts in the country.The confirmation of 535 new cases pushed Nepal's coronavirus infection tally to 9,561, the ministry said."Of the total coronavirus cases, 8,667 are males and 894 females," the ministry spokesperson said.The deadly virus has claimed 23 lives in the country.As many as 370 coronavirus patients, including 32 females, were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,142.The health authorities have so far conducted 1, 81,371 coronavirus tests, including 6,198

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Nepal says 90% of its coronavirus cases are foreign returnees, mostly from India

KATHMANDU : Nepal on Sunday claimed that 90 per cent of its coronavirus cases are migrant workers who returned from abroad, mostly from India, as the country's tally inched closer to the 10,000-mark with 421 new cases.The virus has now spread to 75 of the total 77 districts in the country, the Health Ministry said.The confirmation of 421 new cases pushed Nepal’s coronavirus infection tally to 9,026.Dr Basudev Pandey, director at Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health said 90 per cent of Nepal's coronavirus cases are migrant workers, who returned from abroad, mostly from India, and 98 per cent of the infected people did not show any symptom.Of the 421 new cases, 64 are female while 357 are male, the Health Ministry said at its daily

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India doesn’t rules out talks with Nepal to resolve tensions over new map

NEW DELHI : India has not ruled out talks with Nepal to resolve tensions over a new map of the Himalayan country that incorporates three areas that are part of India’s Uttarakhand state but has put the onus on Kathmandu to create a conducive atmosphere to hold dialogue, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.New Delhi also made it clear that India will not pull back on any efforts that will jeopardise people to people ties between the two countries that people in the know of the matter described as the “bedrock" of bilateral relations.

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AP Interview: Nepal renews call for talks with India

KATHMANDU – KATHMANDU, NepalNepal’s foreign minister said Tuesday that the country was still waiting for a response from India on holding talks to resolve a border dispute that has strained relations between the South Asian neighbors.Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali told The Associated Press in an interview that requests to talk were made in November and December last year, and again in May.“We have expressed time and again that Nepal wants to sit at the table to resolve this problem,” Gyawali said.“We are waiting for formal negotiations so that these two countries with ...

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A brilliant reason to quit tobacco - COVID-19

An avid smoker of 10 cigarettes a day for 15 years, Ramesh (name changed) has not taken a puff for almost three months now. Common among most smokers, this is not the first time Ramesh has quit smoking. A resident of Kathmandu, Ramesh in the past pulled off a week or two without a cigarette. “The maximum I could stay off cigarettes was a month. Then one day, I would be at another get-together with friends and engrossed in yet another conversation, and before I knew it, I would have lit up a cigarette again?” shares Ramesh. “And you know, you just need some weird reason to resume a bad habit.”

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Nepal records highest single-day spike with 226 new Covid-19 cases

So far eight have succumbed to the deadly virus, including a two-year-old toddler

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Kathmandu should take a step back

The coronavirus has not only devastated lives and economies around the world, but also left several national governments vulnerable. The most recent example is that of Nepal, where Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is under criticism for his government’s handling of the pandemic and his position in the Nepal Communist Party is shaky. He has sought to deflect flak, it seems, by stirring up a border row with India. On Sunday, his government moved a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to modify the Himalayan country’s national emblem; the revised political map that has been issued, however, seems to include 370 sq km of Indian territory.

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Nepal's parliament defers plans to adopt new map which included parts of India

A discussion in the Nepalese parliament to clear a constitutional amendment that would formalize the new map has been postponed, news agency ANI said

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Coronavirus coming from India 'more lethal' than those from China, Italy: KP Sharma Oli

KATHMANDU : Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said the coronavirus coming from India is “more lethal" than those from China and Italy and blamed the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Himalayan nation on those illegally entering the country from India, as the total number of COVID-19 cases jumped to 427 on Wednesday.

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Kathmandu blames India for rising covid-19 cases in Nepal

NEW DELHI: Nepal has blamed India for the rise of novel coronavirus cases in the country, with the country's prime minister KP Sharma Oli saying the virus strain from India looked "more lethal" than those from China and Italy.

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Nepal protesting India's roadwork at someone else's behest: Army chief

Army chief Naravane said there has never been an issue about road at the tri-junction -- India-China-Nepal. Nepal has started protesting after India opened a road till Lipulekh pass on May 8

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Nepal summons Indian ambassador to protest construction of road in Lipulekh

NEW DELHI: Nepal on Monday summoned India’s ambassador to Kathmandu to protest the construction of a road in Lipulekh area that Nepal says runs through its territory.

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Coronavirus: 12 Indians among 14 new COVID-19 cases in Nepal

KATHMANDU : Twelve Indians are among the 14 new coronavirus cases reported in Nepal on Friday, nearly doubling the number of infected persons in the country.

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Coronavirus: 12 Indians test positive for Covid-19 in Nepal

KATHMANDU : Twelve Indian nationals, who participated in the Tabligi Jamaat congregation in Delhi last month, were tested for coronavirus in Nepal on Wednesday after they were found taking shelter in a mosque, according to a media report.

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Volunteers feed hungry animals at Nepal's revered shrine

KATHMANDU – When COVID-19 came to Nepal, attention turned to an unlikely group of victims: hundreds of monkeys, cows and pigeons.

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Clashes erupt between Nepali and Chinese workers at Nepal hydropower project; go back to China, say Nepali workers

KATHMANDU : Chinese nationals working in Nepal clashed with local Nepali people on Tuesday, defying the lockdown in the tiny Himalayan country, which has been put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0