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A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early Saturday, as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet stepped up a vaccination drive for all adults even as some states said they don't have enough jabs.

India on Saturday set yet another daily global record with 401,993 new cases, taking its tally to more than 19.1 million. Another 3,523 people died in the past 24 hours, raising the overall fatalities to 211,853, according to the Health Ministry. Experts believe both figures are an undercount.

The fire broke out in a COVID-19 ward on the ground floor of the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch, a town in Gujarat state, and was extinguished within an hour, police said. The cause is being investigated.

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Thirty-one other patients were rescued from the blaze by hospital workers and firefighters and their condition was stable, said police officer B.M Parmar. Late last month, a fire in an intensive care unit killed 13 COVID-19 patients in the Virar area on the outskirts of Mumbai.

India's government on Saturday shifted its faltering vaccination campaign into high gear by saying all adults 18 and over could get shots. Since January, nearly 10 per cent of Indians have received one dose, but only around 1.5 per cent have received both, although India is one of the world's biggest producers of vaccines.

Some states have already said they don't have enough doses for everyone, and even the ongoing effort to inoculate people above 45 is sputtering.

The state of Maharashtra has said it won't be able to start the expanded vaccinations on Saturday. The health minister for the capital New Delhi, Satyender Jain, said earlier this week that the city doesn't have enough doses to vaccinate people between the ages of 18 and 44.

India's capital also extended its week-old lockdown by another week to curb the explosive surge in virus cases, tweeted Arvind Kejriwal, a top elected official.

All shops and factories will remain closed until May 9, except for those that provide essential services such as grocery stores. People are not supposed to leave their homes, except for a handful of reasons like seeking medical care or going to the airport or railroad stations. Daily wage earners and small businesses are expected to suffer a further blow to their livelihoods.

Separately, eight COVID-19 patients, including a doctor, died Saturday at a hospital in New Delhi after it ran short of oxygen supplies, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. There was no confirmation by hospital officials.

The New Delhi television news channel also said an attorney for the Batra hospital told a New Delhi court that the hospital ran out of its oxygen supply for 80 minutes before the tank was replenished.

Hospitals in the Indian capital have been complaining of emergencies caused by irregular oxygen supplies from manufacturers due to the sudden rise in demand caused by the massive spike in infections.

Faced with an unprecedented COVID-19 surge that has filled hospitals and crematoriums, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government described the pandemic as a "once-in-a-century crisis." Modi held a Cabinet meeting Friday that discussed steps to save the country's crumbling health system by adding hospital beds, resolving issues in production, storage and transport of oxygen and tackling the shortage of essential medicines.

In a now-familiar scene, television images showed a woman gasping for breath in her car while her family looked for a hospital bed on the outskirts of New Delhi. The 33-year-old woman couldn't find room at three hospitals and died in the car on Friday, The Times of India newspaper reported.

The US meanwhile joined a growing list of countries restricting travel from India, the White House said, citing the devastating rise in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.

President Joe Biden spoke Monday with Modi about the growing health crisis and pledged to immediately send assistance. This week, the US began delivering therapeutics, rapid virus tests and oxygen to India, along with some materials needed for India to boost its domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines.

Additionally, a CDC team of public health experts was expected to be on the ground soon to help Indian health officials move to slow the spread of the virus.

Other nations have also sent assistance, and the Indian air force airlifted oxygen containers from Singapore, Dubai and Bangkok.

A German military aircraft with 120 ventilators for India departed Saturday morning, and plans were being made for other flights with more supplies. Also on board was a team of 13 that will help prepare to set up a mobile oxygen production unit that will be flown to India next week, German news agency dpa said.

Disneyland swung open its gates to cheering visitors donning sequined Minnie Mouse ears and snapping selfies Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround in a state so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases just four months ago that patients were being treated in outdoor tents.

California's world-famous theme park, which reopened after an unprecedented 13-month closure, is admitting only state residents and operating under a limited capacity for now.

Once inside, guests decked in Disney gear waved excitedly at employees tidying up the park's hallmark Main Street, which was lined with hand sanitising stations and signs reminding people to wear face coverings.

After spending the year mostly teaching her third-grade class from a tent in her backyard, Libby Birmingham was thrilled to be there. The 38-year-old, who attended the park regularly before the pandemic with an annual pass, took the day off work to make the trip down from Pasadena with friends.

"Disneyland is like my happiest place, to be totally honest," she said. "It's one of those places that I can always enjoy, and it lets me be the kid — not always be in charge of the kids."

The reopening highlights a big shift for the nation's most populous state from just months ago when COVID-19 cases were surging, hospitals were running out of ICU beds, and hundreds of people died from the virus each day.

Now, California boasts the country's lowest rate of confirmed coronavirus infections and more than half of the population eligible for vaccination has received at least one dose. Children have been returning to in-person classes, shops and restaurants are expanding business, and Gov. Gavin Newsom set June 15 as a target date to further reopen the economy, albeit with some health-related restrictions.

"It has such a symbolic nature to really quantifying that we're finally rolling out of COVID," said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of state tourism promoter Visit California.

Theme parks were among the last California businesses allowed to reopen, in contrast to states with fewer restrictions such as Florida, where Disney World's Magic Kingdom resort has been up and running, though at lower-than-usual capacity, since July. Another major US amusement park, Ohio's Cedar Point, opened last summer and will do so again for the upcoming season — only this time, it won't require masks on rides.

At Disneyland, visitors must wear masks and can remove them to eat only in designated areas. Hugs and handshakes with characters are off limits, and parades and fireworks shows have been shelved to limit crowding.

On Friday, an updated Snow White ride drew throngs of visitors who were methodically spaced out in a winding outdoor line to prevent congestion indoors. Other areas of the park had fewer people. In a section devoted to Star Wars, there was ample space for children to run freely, and visitors waved from a distance to Rey, who flashed a smile and waved from a platform overlooking the park.

Outside a popular boat ride, Allison Sanger and her 4-year-old daughter, Emily, stopped by a cordoned-off patio to chat with a parasol-twirling Mary Poppins and Bert. The 28-year-old said she was glad her daughter could get close enough to see the characters and snap photos even with the new rules.

"We honestly have so many memories here," she said. "We missed our memories and our magic."

There was even a marriage proposal.

Zach Bolger, 35, said he met his girlfriend, Mackenzie Brown, 26, some three years ago at Disneyland trading collectable pins. The couple returned to the park Friday, and Bolger pulled out a ring box near Snow White's wishing well. Brown cried tears of joy.

While California continues to "strongly discourage" anyone from visiting the state as tourists, the travel industry is banking on pent-up demand from its own nearly 40 million residents for a comeback. An advertising campaign encourages Californians to travel within the state, mirroring a pitch made after 9/11.

In a state with so many people shut in for so long, even in-state tourism could be a huge boost. Disney's California parks have long had a loyal local fan base while its Florida locations rely more heavily on international tourists, said Carissa Baker, assistant professor of theme park and attraction management at University of Central Florida's Rosen College of Hospitality Management.

Disneyland is a major economic engine in California, drawing nearly 19 million in attendance the year before the coronavirus struck, according to the Themed Entertainment Association. It and other such attractions were shuttered in March 2020 as Newsom imposed the nation's first statewide shutdown order.

For now, the park and neighbouring Disney California Adventure are restricted to operating at 25 per cent capacity under state health rules. Disney is only taking reservations from state residents, though California also allows fully vaccinated out-of-state visitors to attend theme parks.

The reopening was also welcomed by park employees eager to get back to work and owners of hotels and shops in the surrounding city of Anaheim. The city's convention centre saw more than 300 cancellations since the pandemic and so far has re-booked a quarter of them, said Jay Burress, president of Visit Anaheim.

At an early morning flag ceremony, Disney chief executive Bob Chapek thanked the park's employees, many who greeted each other with fist-bumps and bright-eyes, though their smiles were concealed by constellation face masks. He asked them to "bring the magic back" for visitors who were kept away during the 412-day closure.

"We're not just another theme park," Chapek said. "We're something special, and we're something special because of all of you, because you bring magic to the world."

A Wednesday raid by federal agents of an apartment and office belonging to former New York City mayor and one-time Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has left allies of the former President feeling uneasy about what could come next, according to sources close to Trump.

"This was a show of force that sent a strong message to a lot of people in Trump's world that other things may be coming down the pipeline," one Trump adviser told CNN.

The searches, which Giuliani and his attorney Robert Costello have criticised as unnecessary due to what they claim is his ongoing cooperation with investigators, were linked to a criminal probe of the former mayor's business dealings in Ukraine and resulted in the seizure of several communications devices.

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According to the Trump adviser, the raid ignited a sense of fear inside the former President's orbit that Justice Department officials may be more willing to pursue investigations of the 45th president or his inner circle than many Trump allies had previously believed. Two other people close to the former President, who echoed these sentiments, declined to be quoted for this story.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is currently conducting a civil probe into allegations that the Trump Organisation improperly inflated and deflated the value of its assets for tax purposes. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

"I can't for the life of me think why you would need to send seven FBI agents to go and collect a cellphone and laptop," said the adviser, who also described the Giuliani raid as "overkill."

But the raid has also raised the question of whether Giuliani's seemingly steadfast loyalty to Trump could withstand the weight of potential criminal charges. Giuliani has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.

"Even the most loyal people have their breaking point," said a person close to the former President. The Trump adviser separately added that a potential shift in Giuliani's fealty to his former client "wouldn't shock me at all."

"I think we've seen some more surprising instances of things like that happening, especially with Michael Cohen," the person close to Trump said.

Indeed, longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who once said he would be willing to "take a bullet" for his former boss, became a self-avowed Trump critic in 2018 after he flipped on the then-President following an FBI raid of his own home, office and hotel room. The raid was part of a probe led by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, which later resulted in charges of tax fraud, false statements to a bank and campaign finance violations that Cohen pleaded guilty to.

During an appearance on CNN earlier this week, Cohen himself speculated that Giuliani could "give up Donald in a heartbeat" if faced with an indictment.

"Prior to Donald becoming president, Rudy didn't like Donald and Donald didn't like Rudy," Cohen claimed. "He certainly doesn't want to follow my path down into a 36-month sentence."

A spokesperson for Trump did not respond to CNN's request for comment in time for publication.

In an email to CNN, Costello said the former mayor "has done nothing wrong" and claimed that Giuliani has repeatedly offered "to answer any questions the SDNY might have about anything including crimes, attempted crimes, conspiracy to commit crimes, (or) aiding and abetting crimes."

In a statement released by Costello earlier this week, Giuliani denied any wrongdoing and claimed the search warrants that resulted in raids of his office and apartment indicated a "corrupt double standard" by the Justice Department in its treatment of Trump associates versus Democrats.

"Republicans who are prominent supporters and defenders of President Trump… are subjected to false charges and procedures used in the past, if at all, in cases involving terrorists and organised criminals," read the statement.

The World Health Organization has given the go-ahead for emergency use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.

The mRNA vaccine from the US manufacturer joins vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson in receiving the WHO's emergency use listing.

Similar approvals for China's Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines are expected in the coming days and weeks, WHO has said.

The greenlight for Moderna's vaccine, announced late Friday, took many months because of delays that WHO faced in getting data from the manufacturer.

Many countries without their own advanced medical regulatory and assessment offices rely on the WHO listing to decide whether to use vaccines. UN children's agency UNICEF also uses the listing to deploy vaccines in an emergency like the pandemic.

The announcement, however, wasn't likely to have an immediate impact on supplies of Moderna's vaccine for the developing world. The company struck supply agreements with many rich countries, which will have already received millions of doses.

In a statement Friday, CEO Stephane Bancel said Moderna was "actively participating in discussions with multilateral organisations, such as COVAX, to help protect populations around the world."

He was referring to a UN-backed program to ship COVID-19 vaccines to many low- and middle-income countries, based on need.

Labor leader Rebecca White has conceded defeat in the Tasmanian election tonight.

In conceding defeat during an address to the tally room, White admitted it was "clear tonight that we have fallen short of our goal to win a majority Labor government".

"A short time ago, I rang Peter Gutwein to congratulate him on his re-election and his impressive personal result," the Opposition Leader said in her speech.

"All around the country we have seen incumbent governments rewarded for their management of COVID-19 and there is no doubt that Peter Gutwein and our public health officials kept our community safe and tonight's result reflects that.

"Peter Gutwein did call an early election because he wanted to be about his management of COVID-19 and tonight's outcome is a strong result for the Liberal Party and Peter Gutwein's leadership.

"But this election has also seen the elevation of other issues that matter, so important that the government listens to the concerns that have been raised throughout this campaign. The stories of the left-behind cannot continue to be ignored."

White vowed to keep fighting for Tasmanians going forward and promised to hold the government accountable in their next term.

"I hope this is a wake up call for the Liberals. Tasmanians will not tolerate this from the Liberal government, surgery waiting that are the worse the country, ambulance response rates that are the slowest in the country, Tasmanians dying in the emergency department because they [Liberals] can't acknowledge the healthcare. Tasmanians will not continue to tolerate the endless infrastructure policies never fulfilled.

"Just because we fell short, it doesn't mean we will stop fighting to make Tasmania a better and fairer place."

White, the Member for Lyons, was re-elected to her seat as were the other major political party leaders, including Greens MP Cassy O'Connor.

While a number of seats are still in doubt Gutwein's Liberal party are projected to have 12 candidates elected but need 13 seats for a majority in the lower house.

Labor have a projected seven seats, while the Greens are projected for two, leaving four seats up for grabs in current projections.

However, in his victory speech Gutwein appeared confident of a majority win for the Liberal Party.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what a night. What a night. And while we have won this election convincingly, it appears increasingly likely that we will also govern in majority," he told the tally room to raucous cheers.

"While obviously there is some counting to be done, it would be an absolute honour and privilege to be given that opportunity by the Tasmanian people."

He also praised locals for their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.

"Tasmanians regardless of religion, of race, of politics, circumstances or background held out their hands to each other in the most extraordinary and extravagantly outstanding displays of humanity that I have ever witnessed and I want to say to Tasmanians thank you for that because in doing so, we turned Tasmania into one of the safest places in this country and, without doubt, one of the safest places on this planet!"

New Zealand's Ministry of Health is pausing the trans-Tasman travel bubble between the country and Western Australia.

Following news earlier today of three new COVID-19 cases in Perth, officials conducted a rapid public health assessment, deciding to pause the quarantine-free travel.

"Scheduled direct flights from Western Australia to New Zealand should be immediately paused while a further assessment is carried out, including a further assessment and information from Australian health officials," a Ministry of Health statement said.

READ MORE: Traveller moved to hotel quarantine after trans-Tasman bubble breach

A flight from Perth due to land in Auckland at 5:50am on Sunday morning has since been cancelled, according to Stuff NZ.

The NZ government is also advising anyone who has arrived into the country from the WA capital in the last four days to check the exposure sites (listed below).

Those who have visited any of these sites will need to self-isolate immediately and get in touch with authorities.

NSW Health is similarly asking any recent arrivals from Perth to check exposure sites and to isolate and get tested if they have been in any of the venues of concern.

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There will be screening teams deployed to Sydney Airport to meet all new arrivals from 5.30am Sunday and all travellers are required to complete an entry declaration if they've been in WA within the 14 days prior to entering NSW.

The changes come after three new COVID-19 cases of community transmission were recorded in WA – a Perth hotel quarantine guard and his two housemates.

The man, who is in his 20s, has had his first vaccine and had previously tested negative to the virus, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan said at a snap press conference this afternoon.

Mr McGowan said the man worked at the Pan Pacific Hotel on April 24 to 26.

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The man underwent mandatory testing as part of his role, and his positive COVID-19 result was detected this morning. He attended a number of locations while potentially infectious.

"On his first day off, Tuesday, 27 April, is the day our health authorities expect he may have become infectious in the community," Mr McGowan said.

"I understand on this day he dropped friends to their workplace and went to a friends house."

The premier said he visited a shopping centre in Stirling, a Coles in Northside and met with friends later.

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"We understand later that evening he developed symptoms which he thought were related to his COVID Pfizer vaccine," Mr McGowan said.

"On Friday morning, that is, yesterday, he visited a mosque for about 30 minutes and then went to a hotel quarantine facility for his weekly PCR test under the requirement we have in place for hotel quarantine workers. Test results came back and were confirmed to be positive."

He was living with seven other people in a share house, including two guests from Canberra, and two of those people have also tested positive.

They are all now in quarantine.

Exposure sites

• Mirrabooka: Mirrabooka Mosque: Masjid Al Taqwa on 30/04 between 1:15pm – 2:00pm
• Balcatta: Coles – Prime West Northlands Shopping Centre on 29/04 between 4:30pm – 5:15pm
• Joondanna: Agha Juice Cafe on 28/04 between 6:50pm – 8:00pm
• Balcatta: Smokemart – Prime West Northlands Shopping Centre on 28/04 between 1:30pm – 3:15pm
• Balcatta: Northlands Fresh – Prime West Northlands Shopping Centre on 28/04 between 1:30pm – 3.15pm
• Stirling: Spudshed on 28/04 between 1:30am – 2:30am
• Victoria Park: Swan Taxi Victoria Park on 27/04 between 1:50pm – 2:45pm

Premier's lockdown plans

Mr McGowan said there is no plan for a lockdown to be implemented in Perth at this stage.

The premier said there were two positive returned travellers on the floor of the hotel the guard worked on, however he said there is not yet a clear link between him and the two cases, but CCTV is being reviewed.

COVID-19 restrictions eased overnight, with masks made mandatory indoors and on public transport in Perth and neighbouring Peel region.

This afternoon, following the announcement of the new cases, Mr McGowan said masks are now being made mandatory outside again.

"What has helped enormously is that, due to the interim restrictions we have had in place since Tuesday, they have significantly reduced movement in the community and everyone has been wearing masks," he said.

"That gives us some confidence that the risk of transmission is significantly lower than it would normally be. These factors and the fact we have picked up this case as early means we can avoid moving into a lockdown at this point. But it is possible this could change by tomorrow or the day after."

Cafes and restaurants will return to "pretty much business as usual" but hospitality venues must comply with either the two-square-metre rule or 75 per cent capacity; nightclubs can reopen but will be forced to comply with the four-square-metre rule.

As a result of the latest COVID-19 cases there have been long queues at COVID drive-thru testing clinics.

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Woman breached trans-Tasman bubble

The news comes after a woman was ordered into Perth's hotel quarantine system after she breached the trans-Tasman bubble.

She originally travelled from the Cook Islands to Auckland but the Western Australia Health Department said she did not quarantine before boarding a flight to Perth.