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The delta Covid virus variant first identified in India is on the rise in the U.S. Experts warn there could be outbreaks by the summer in states where vaccination rates are lower.

India set an ambitious target to manufacture more than 2 billion Covid-19 vaccines by December — enough to inoculate most of its 1.3 billion population.

Health ministry data showed 6,148 deaths were recorded over a 24-hour period, as daily reported cases remained below 100,000 for the third consecutive day.

Despite much fanfare over its rapid vaccination program, the U.K. government could be about to delay the lifting of all lockdown measures in England on June 21.

India has so far reported more than 28.5 million cases and over 340,000 deaths.

India continues to battle a devastating second wave of coronavirus outbreak that began in February but accelerated in April and early May.

Asian countries have put new Covid-19 restrictions in place, which could delay a rebound in global oil demand, Energy Aspects analyst Amrita Sen told CNBC.

Users in India would now be able to send money abroad to 44 countries around the world using Wise’s service.

Gross domestic product for the January-March period — India’s fiscal fourth quarter — is due Monday evening local time.

England had almost 7,000 cases of the strain by Wednesday, the country’s health authority said.

The U.S.-China trade war caused businesses to move their supply chains out of China — but China’s fortunes may change as other countries see a Covid resurgence.

The official coronavirus death toll in India has passed 300,000 as a devastating surge of new infections appears to be easing in big cities

Doctors in India are fighting a fatal fungal infection affecting COVID-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease amid a coronavirus surge that has driven the country’s fatalities to nearly 300,000

Vaccinations are ramping up, but coronavirus mutations are spreading. Experts weigh in on whether herd immunity is possible.

The move from Singapore came after unsubstantiated comments from an Indian politician this week sparked a diplomatic incident between the two countries.

Indian navy ships have recovered 26 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as a cyclone blew ashore this week

India has reported more than 25 million cases and over 283,000 deaths so far.

The U.S. has seen progress in controlling Covid-19, but “we have to be alarmed by what we see in India,” said Myron Brilliant of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The unfolding Covid tragedy has laid bare the deep-rooted problems plaguing India’s public health system after decades of neglect and underinvestment. 

Maharashtra officials have been discussing various ways to respond to an impending third wave since April, according to Aaditya Thackeray, a cabinet minister.