India reopens parliament amid soaring coronavirus figures

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>India has reopened its parliament after more than five months as the country continues to report the highest daily level of new coronavirus infections in the world&comma; with daily virus deaths remaining above 1&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;MPs must wear masks and follow other sanitisation protocols&comma; sit on seats separated by transparent plastic sheets and keep their meetings limited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The normal Question Hour&comma; when MPs hold ministers to account&comma; will not be allowed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;162010" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-162010" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;039E0E9C-3057-42D9-9382-E768AB7A704A&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"399" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-162010" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-162010" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Markings to maintain physical distancing are seen on the ground outside the Parliament building in New Delhi<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Opposition parties have protested over the decision to do away with the Question Hour and are expected to grill the government over its handling of the pandemic&comma; as well as the nosediving economy and simmering tensions with China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>India’s health ministry reported a single-day spike of 92&comma;071 confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday&comma; as well as another 1&comma;136 deaths&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The country has now reported more than 4&period;8 million infections and more than 79&comma;700 deaths since the pandemic began&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; New Zealand will keep its virus restrictions in place for at least another week as the country continues to battle a small outbreak that began in Auckland last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;162011" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-162011" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;120937E5-CF20-4794-9AB4-68FD8F077EC3&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"367" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-162011" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-162011" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Staff board a US Air Force C17 as they prepare to take the season’s first flight to McMurdo Station in Antarctica from Christchurch Airport<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Prime minister Jacinda Ardern said the country had taken a cautious approach to the virus from the beginning&comma; which had helped save lives and allowed the economy to reopen in a sustained way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Ardern said New Zealand will continue its strategy of trying to eliminate the virus&period; Under the restrictions&comma; everybody must wear masks on public transport and planes&comma; and the sizes of most gatherings are limited to 10 in Auckland and 100 elsewhere&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Health authorities announced one more case of the virus on Monday&comma; bringing the number of active cases to 96&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>South Korean officials have reported the country’s lowest daily virus tally in about a month as it began easing tough social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The disease control and prevention agency said the 109 new cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 22&comma;285 with 363 deaths&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is the 12th consecutive day of at least 100 cases for South Korea’s daily total&period; 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