The entrance of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi, where medical facilities have been strained by a mounting numbers of coronavirus cases. AFP
The entrance of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi, where medical facilities have been strained by a mounting numbers of coronavirus cases. AFP
The entrance of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi, where medical facilities have been strained by a mounting numbers of coronavirus cases. AFP
The entrance of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi, where medical facilities have been strained by a mounting numbers of coronavirus cases. AFP

Coronavirus: Delhi to get 500 converted rail coaches for patients


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India on Sunday sent 500 railway coaches converted into hospital wards to help the capital region cope with a flood of coronavirus cases.

The coaches will increase Delhi's capacity by 8,000 beds, federal home minister Amit Shah said on Twitter after a meeting with the capital's region chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal.

With more than 22,000 active cases, Delhi is the third-worst affected region after the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Mr Kejriwal has said the number of cases in the city is expected to cross half a million by the end of July.

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India's coronavirus wards on rails

  • An Indian Railways train carriage converted into a ward for coronavirus patients. All photos courtesy Indian Railways
    An Indian Railways train carriage converted into a ward for coronavirus patients. All photos courtesy Indian Railways
  • The coaches are being converted in preparation for a possible spike in coronavirus cases among India's 1.3 billion people.
    The coaches are being converted in preparation for a possible spike in coronavirus cases among India's 1.3 billion people.
  • India's Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said the carriages serving as isolation wards would be able to accommodate nine patients.
    India's Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said the carriages serving as isolation wards would be able to accommodate nine patients.
  • Besides patient beds, the converted coaches will have cabins for doctors and nurses.
    Besides patient beds, the converted coaches will have cabins for doctors and nurses.
  • The nurses' cabin in a converted railway carriage.
    The nurses' cabin in a converted railway carriage.
  • The carriages also have their own bathrooms.
    The carriages also have their own bathrooms.
  • Indian Railways said it planned to convert at least 5,000 carriages into wards.
    Indian Railways said it planned to convert at least 5,000 carriages into wards.

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Indian media have reported numerous cases of patients being turned away from overburdened Delhi hospitals and dying without treatment. There has also been an outcry over the high cost of beds and coronavirus treatment at private hospitals.

Ashwani Jain, a 45-year-old businessman, succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in.

"It won't matter to them but I have lost my father, he was the world to me," his 20-year-old daughter Kashish told Agence France-Presse.

His brother Abhishek said hospitals refused to admit him even though an app set up by the city government indicated that beds reserved for Covid-19 patients were available.

India began converting railway coaches into hospital wards in March as it halted train services and imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

"These wards will be equipped with necessary facilities for patients, doctors and nurses," Railways Minister Piyush Goyal told The National at the time.

Mr Goyal said his ministry planned to convert at least 5,000 coaches for use in case of a shortage of hospital space in the country.

Mr Shah, the home minister, said on Sunday a committee was looking into providing 60 per cent of private hospital beds in Delhi at low cost for coronavirus patients, and fixing the cost of testing and treatment. A report would be submitted on Monday, he said.

He said the government would also double testing in the city, especially in containment zones, conduct a door-to-door health survey of residents and provide sufficient supplies of oxygen cylinders and ventilators.

Delhi, with about 20 million people, accounts for more than 1,000 of the 9,195 coronavirus deaths among India's 1.3 billion population.

India is currently the fourth-worst affected country in the world with more than 320,000 cases after another record daily increase of nearly 12,000 confirmed infections reported by the health ministry on Sunday.

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Coronavirus around the world

  • Jean Paul Benavente, Governor of Cusco, talks to experts and authorities assessing the new health and distancing protocols in order to reopen the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu (background) to the public on July 1 during a visit to the ruin grounds on June 12, 2020. AFP
    Jean Paul Benavente, Governor of Cusco, talks to experts and authorities assessing the new health and distancing protocols in order to reopen the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu (background) to the public on July 1 during a visit to the ruin grounds on June 12, 2020. AFP
  • Professionals, amateurs and supporters of bullfighting take part in a protest, calling for support of their businesses from the government in Seville, Spain. Getty Images
    Professionals, amateurs and supporters of bullfighting take part in a protest, calling for support of their businesses from the government in Seville, Spain. Getty Images
  • Maestranza bullring, closed during the coronavirus lockdown measures in Seville, Spain. Getty Images
    Maestranza bullring, closed during the coronavirus lockdown measures in Seville, Spain. Getty Images
  • Founder of COVID Thailand Aid, Natalie Bin Narkprasert, left, and Alex Vazquez from Mexican give food to a woman at the railway-side community in Bangkok, Thailand. AP Photo
    Founder of COVID Thailand Aid, Natalie Bin Narkprasert, left, and Alex Vazquez from Mexican give food to a woman at the railway-side community in Bangkok, Thailand. AP Photo
  • The beach is empty where a few tourists spend time on the waters' edge in Cancun, Mexico. AP Photo
    The beach is empty where a few tourists spend time on the waters' edge in Cancun, Mexico. AP Photo
  • Job seekers stand in line to have their temperatures checked before a job test at a school in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    Job seekers stand in line to have their temperatures checked before a job test at a school in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
  • Tourists wait to check in at the airport in Cancun, Mexico. In Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located, tourism is the only industry there is, and Cancun is the only major Mexican resort to reopen so far. AP Photo
    Tourists wait to check in at the airport in Cancun, Mexico. In Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located, tourism is the only industry there is, and Cancun is the only major Mexican resort to reopen so far. AP Photo
  • A vendor wears a face mask as he sells balloons near the Bogor Palace in Bogor, Indonesia. The Indonesian government has imposed a new set of regulations known as 'new normal', which will be implemented in stages, starting in early June for some provinces. EPA
    A vendor wears a face mask as he sells balloons near the Bogor Palace in Bogor, Indonesia. The Indonesian government has imposed a new set of regulations known as 'new normal', which will be implemented in stages, starting in early June for some provinces. EPA
  • Two Muslim women wear face masks near the Bogor Palace in Bogor, Indonesia. EPA
    Two Muslim women wear face masks near the Bogor Palace in Bogor, Indonesia. EPA
  • Participants take part in a Pride Run during the Shanghai Pride festival, in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, China. Reuters
    Participants take part in a Pride Run during the Shanghai Pride festival, in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, China. Reuters
  • People flutter improvised white flags along a road to show their need for food during a mandatory quarantine imposed by the government against the spread of the new coronavirus in San Pedro Perulapan, El Salvador. AFP
    People flutter improvised white flags along a road to show their need for food during a mandatory quarantine imposed by the government against the spread of the new coronavirus in San Pedro Perulapan, El Salvador. AFP
  • Bishop O'Connell High School graduates Michael Gallo, Daniel Cahill and Rafael Ruiz process during a front yard drive-in coronavirus honorary graduation ceremony at a home in Falls Church, Virginia, US. Reuters
    Bishop O'Connell High School graduates Michael Gallo, Daniel Cahill and Rafael Ruiz process during a front yard drive-in coronavirus honorary graduation ceremony at a home in Falls Church, Virginia, US. Reuters
  • People drink outside a bar during the reopening phase following the coronavirus outbreak in the East Village neighbourhood of New York City, New York, US. Reuters
    People drink outside a bar during the reopening phase following the coronavirus outbreak in the East Village neighbourhood of New York City, New York, US. Reuters
  • Nadia Williams, centre, is surprised to see her mother, Anita Turner, left, upon exiting a building at Park Springs elder care facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Workers who agreed to live at Park Springs to keep its residents safe from the coronavirus are back with their loved ones for the first time in nearly three months. AP Photo
    Nadia Williams, centre, is surprised to see her mother, Anita Turner, left, upon exiting a building at Park Springs elder care facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Workers who agreed to live at Park Springs to keep its residents safe from the coronavirus are back with their loved ones for the first time in nearly three months. AP Photo
  • Teisha Roberts, center, a nursing director, is greeted by her family as she prepares to leave Park Springs elder care facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Workers who agreed to live at Park Springs to keep its residents safe from the coronavirus are back with their loved ones for the first time in nearly three months. AP Photo
    Teisha Roberts, center, a nursing director, is greeted by her family as she prepares to leave Park Springs elder care facility in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Workers who agreed to live at Park Springs to keep its residents safe from the coronavirus are back with their loved ones for the first time in nearly three months. AP Photo
  • Elisabete Nagata (top) hugs her 76-year-old sister-in-law Luiza Nagata, through a transparent plastic curtain at a senior nursing home in Sao Paulo, Brazil amid the pandemic. AFP
    Elisabete Nagata (top) hugs her 76-year-old sister-in-law Luiza Nagata, through a transparent plastic curtain at a senior nursing home in Sao Paulo, Brazil amid the pandemic. AFP
  • Danielle Espinoza, right, listens as hairstylist Wendy Newsome, in Portland, Oregon., provides a virtual guided haircut over their computers through Zoom during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. AP Photo
    Danielle Espinoza, right, listens as hairstylist Wendy Newsome, in Portland, Oregon., provides a virtual guided haircut over their computers through Zoom during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. AP Photo
  • A man wearing a pink tutu rides a bicycle past the Coliseum monument as he takes part in a "Rome Pride LGBTI" flashmob in Rome, as the country eases its lockdown. AFP
    A man wearing a pink tutu rides a bicycle past the Coliseum monument as he takes part in a "Rome Pride LGBTI" flashmob in Rome, as the country eases its lockdown. AFP
  • An electic-rickshaw drier rides past a mural painted on a garbage dump after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in New Delhi. AFP
    An electic-rickshaw drier rides past a mural painted on a garbage dump after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in New Delhi. AFP
  • Demonstrators sit on the ground with placards during a coronavirus protest in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
    Demonstrators sit on the ground with placards during a coronavirus protest in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
  • A deserted market during partial lockdown in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
    A deserted market during partial lockdown in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
  • Sri Lankan election officials take part in a mock election in Negombo, Sri Lanka. EPA
    Sri Lankan election officials take part in a mock election in Negombo, Sri Lanka. EPA
SCHEDULE

Thursday, December 6
08.00-15.00 Technical scrutineering
15.00-17.00 Extra free practice

Friday, December 7
09.10-09.30 F4 free practice
09.40-10.00 F4 time trials
10.15-11.15 F1 free practice
14.00 F4 race 1
15.30 BRM F1 qualifying

Saturday, December 8
09.10-09.30 F4 free practice
09.40-10.00 F4 time trials
10.15-11.15 F1 free practice
14.00 F4 race 2
15.30 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi

Baftas 2020 winners

BEST FILM

  • 1917 - Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
  • THE IRISHMAN - Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
  • JOKER - Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
  • PARASITE - Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae

DIRECTOR

  • 1917 - Sam Mendes
  • THE IRISHMAN - Martin Scorsese
  • JOKER - Todd Phillips
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Quentin Tarantino
  • PARASITE - Bong Joon-ho

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

  • 1917 - Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
  • BAIT - Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
  • FOR SAMA - Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
  • ROCKETMAN - Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall
  • SORRY WE MISSED YOU  - Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
  • THE TWO POPES - Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • THE FAREWELL - Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia
  • FOR SAMA - Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
  • PAIN AND GLORY - Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
  • PARASITE - Bong Joon-ho
  • PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE - Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur

LEADING ACTRESS

  • JESSIE BUCKLEY - Wild Rose
  • SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Marriage Story
  • SAOIRSE RONAN - Little Women
  • CHARLIZE THERON - Bombshell
  • RENÉE ZELLWEGER - Judy

LEADING ACTOR

  • LEONARDO DICAPRIO - Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
  • ADAM DRIVER - Marriage Story
  • TARON EGERTON - Rocketman
  • JOAQUIN PHOENIX - Joker
  • JONATHAN PRYCE - The Two Popes

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • TOM HANKS - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • ANTHONY HOPKINS - The Two Popes
  • AL PACINO - The Irishman
  • JOE PESCI - The Irishman
  • BRAD PITT - Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • LAURA DERN - Marriage Story
  • SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Jojo Rabbit
  • FLORENCE PUGH - Little Women
  • MARGOT ROBBIE - Bombshell
  • MARGOT ROBBIE - Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • THE IRISHMAN - Steven Zaillian
  • JOJO RABBIT - Taika Waititi
  • JOKER - Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
  • LITTLE WOMEN - Greta Gerwig
  • THE TWO POPES - Anthony McCarten

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • BOOKSMART - Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
  • KNIVES OUT - Rian Johnson
  • MARRIAGE STORY - Noah Baumbach
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Quentin Tarantino
  • PARASITE - Han Jin Won, Bong Joon ho

DOCUMENTARY

  • AMERICAN FACTORY - Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
  • APOLLO 11 - Todd Douglas Miller
  • DIEGO MARADONA - Asif Kapadia
  • FOR SAMA - Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
  • THE GREAT HACK - Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaime

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

  • BAIT - Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
  • FOR SAMA - Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
  • MAIDEN - Alex Holmes (Director)
  • ONLY YOU - Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
  • RETABLO - Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)

ANIMATED FILM

  • FROZEN 2 - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
  • KLAUS - Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
  • A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON - Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley
  • TOY STORY 4 - Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen

CASTING

  • JOKER - Shayna Markowitz
  • MARRIAGE STORY - Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Victoria Thomas
  • THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD - Sarah Crowe
  • THE TWO POPES - Nina Gold

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

  • AWKWAFINA
  • JACK LOWDEN
  • KAITLYN DEVER
  • KELVIN HARRISON JR.
  • MICHEAL WARD

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • 1917 - Roger Deakins
  • THE IRISHMAN - Rodrigo Prieto
  • JOKER - Lawrence Sher
  • LE MANS ’66 - Phedon Papamichael
  • THE LIGHTHOUSE - Jarin Blaschke

EDITING

  • THE IRISHMAN - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • JOJO RABBIT - Tom Eagles
  • JOKER - Jeff Groth
  • LE MANS ’66 - Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Fred Raskin

COSTUME DESIGN

  • THE IRISHMAN - Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
  • JOJO RABBIT - Mayes C. Rubeo
  • JUDY - Jany Temime
  • LITTLE WOMEN - Jacqueline Durran
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Arianne Phillips

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • 1917 - Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
  • THE IRISHMAN - Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
  • JOJO RABBIT - Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
  • JOKER - Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
  • ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD - Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh

SOUND

  • 1917 - Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
  • JOKER - Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
  • LE MANS ’66 - David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
  • ROCKETMAN - Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
  • STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • 1917 - Thomas Newman
  • JOJO RABBIT - Michael Giacchino
  • JOKER - Hildur Guđnadóttir
  • LITTLE WOMEN - Alexandre Desplat
  • STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - John Williams

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • 1917 - Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
  • AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
  • THE IRISHMAN - Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
  • THE LION KING - Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
  • STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy

MAKE UP & HAIR

  • 1917 - Naomi Donne
  • BOMBSHELL - Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
  • JOKER - Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
  • JUDY - Jeremy Woodhead
  • ROCKETMAN - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

BRITISH SHORT FILM

  • AZAAR - Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
  • GOLDFISH - Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
  • KAMALI - Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
  • LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) - Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
  • THE TRAP - Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

  • GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC - Maryam Mohajer
  • IN HER BOOTS - Kathrin Steinbacher
  • THE MAGIC BOAT  - Naaman Azh
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Russia's Muslim Heartlands

Dominic Rubin, Oxford

Cricket World Cup League Two

Teams

Oman, UAE, Namibia

Al Amerat, Muscat

 

Results

Oman beat UAE by five wickets

UAE beat Namibia by eight runs

Namibia beat Oman by 52 runs

UAE beat Namibia by eight wickets

 

Fixtures

Saturday January 11 - UAE v Oman

Sunday January 12 – Oman v Namibia

Dr Amal Khalid Alias revealed a recent case of a woman with daughters, who specifically wanted a boy.

A semen analysis of the father showed abnormal sperm so the couple required IVF.

Out of 21 eggs collected, six were unused leaving 15 suitable for IVF.

A specific procedure was used, called intracytoplasmic sperm injection where a single sperm cell is inserted into the egg.

On day three of the process, 14 embryos were biopsied for gender selection.

The next day, a pre-implantation genetic report revealed four normal male embryos, three female and seven abnormal samples.

Day five of the treatment saw two male embryos transferred to the patient.

The woman recorded a positive pregnancy test two weeks later. 

Total eligible population

About 57.5 million people
51.1 million received a jab
6.4 million have not

Where are the unvaccinated?

England 11%
Scotland 9%
Wales 10%
Northern Ireland 14% 

How to apply for a drone permit
  • Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
  • Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
  • Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
  • Submit their request
What are the regulations?
  • Fly it within visual line of sight
  • Never over populated areas
  • Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
  • Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
  • Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
  • Should have a live feed of the drone flight
  • Drones must weigh 5 kg or less