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Covid live blog: India deaths pass 500,000; Canada rules out military response to vaccine protests
Many experts say Indian toll likely to be much higher; Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he is ‘very, very cautious’ about deploying troops
As Omicron peaks, US healthcare system left ‘broken beyond repair’Austria passes vaccine mandate, but questions linger over enforcementWorld faces ‘bumpy, difficult’ Covid transition, says senior scientistBulgaria reported 8,142 new Covid infections yesterday, public broadcaster BNT reports, taking the country’s 7-day average to 8,134 cases a day.
That’s near last week’s peak of over 12,000, as Omicron has jolted infections up to record levels recently. There are 6,124 Covid patients in hospital.
In Missouri, the second worst state in the country for hospitalizations, 79% of the hospitals are under extreme stress. At Mercy hospital in Springfield, in the south-western part of the state, about 28% of their hospitalizations are Covid-19 patients, according to Erik Frederick, the hospital’s chief administrative office. ...
“It creates a lot of stress on the healthcare system,” Frederick said.
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