India, on Monday, postponed the exams of trained doctors and nurses to make way for their help in combating the world's largest outbreak of the emerging corona virus, in light of the suffering of the health system under the weight of new cases.
While Europe eased further measures, the European Union suggested opening the borders to protected travelers as summer approaches.
The total number of infections in India rose to nearly 20 million today, after more than 300,000 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded for the twelfth consecutive day.
Medical experts say the real numbers in the country - of 1.35 billion people - may be 5 or 10 times higher than the official toll.
Hospitals are full, oxygen stocks have dwindled, and the situation has exceeded the capacity of morgues and crematoria.
In many cases and places, groups of volunteers began providing assistance and rescue.
Although it is the largest producer of vaccines in the world, India does not have enough to immunize its population, which undermines a plan to intensify and expand the vaccination program from Saturday.
Only about 9% of the population got a single dose of the Corona vaccine.
International aid is pouring in to this country, and the British government said on Sunday it would send 1,000 respirators to India.
The Indian dynasty has now reached at least 17 countries, including Britain, Switzerland and Iran, prompting many governments to close their borders to travelers from India.
On the other hand, the European Commission proposed to allow the entry of travelers from other countries who had received full doses of the vaccine, with the approach of the summer tourism season.
Ambassadors from the 27 member states will consider the proposal next Wednesday, while European governments are easing restrictions while immunizing the elderly and the vulnerable.
An audience of 5,000 people was able to sing and dance on Sunday without masks and without diverging during a music festival in Liverpool, which was organized to test the measures planned to take place from 21 June when most of the health restrictions in the United Kingdom will be lifted.
As for France, on Monday, and a week after the return of young pupils to school, it began to ease its measures in the first of the 4 stages announced by President Emmanuel Macron, with the end of restrictions on movement and the partial return of middle and high school students to schools, against the backdrop of a slow decline in the number of cases. Which requires admission to the hospital.
In Greece, with the start of the tourist season, outdoor patios for restaurants and cafes opened on Monday, after 6 months of closure.
Athena has accelerated the vaccination campaign in recent days, promising that the 30-year-old will soon be due to receive the bait.
More than 3 million people have received the vaccine in the country of 11 million.
As for Russia, it has announced a 10-day public holiday to slow the spread of the epidemic from 1 to 10 May.
Kuwait banned travel outside the country for its citizens, with the exception of those vaccinated against the Corona virus, according to what the Government Communication Center announced on Monday.
The center published a statement on its Twitter account, stating that “citizens and their companions who are first-degree relatives and domestic workers are not allowed to travel outside the country unless they have been immunized from infection with the Coronavirus by receiving the vaccine.” For vaccination. "