Iraq’s Interior Ministry says 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in a Baghdad hospital

Iraq’s Independent High Commission for Human Rights reports that 58 people died in a catastrophic fire that broke out in a Baghdad hospital

India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with terrifying speed, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting in line to see doctors

A fire killed 13 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in western India as an extreme surge in coronavirus infections leaves the nation short of medical care and oxygen

After facing criticism for downplaying the virus last year, Iranian authorities have put partial lockdowns and other measures in place to try and slow the coronavirus’ spread

The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis

India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections as a grim coronavirus surge in the world’s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen

Officials say 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilators have died in a hospital in western India when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak in a supply line

New Delhi has imposed a weeklong lockdown to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases