The information series, which covers topics such as ventilation, vulnerable populations and personal protection equipment, is being issued "to alert decision-makers to try to help them manage the duel challenge of heat and COVID", said Nullis Kapp. The United Nations agency teamed up Tuesday with non-governmental organisations to call for stronger preparations to keep people safe in hot weather while keeping a lid on the pandemic. "COVID-19 amplifies the health risks of hot weather for many people, and it complicates the task of managing it." "We're currently experiencing one of the hottest years on record," WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis Kapp told a virtual briefing in Geneva. The UN's weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization, on Tuesday urged governments to make plans to keep people safe during heatwaves without spreading the virus. India now has the 10th highest number of coronavirus cases globally, climbing above 150,000 on Wednesday with almost 4,500 deaths. Monkeys took to public ponds to escape the heat in Allahabad as India wilted under record high temperatures in some places Last year, Chennai made international headlines when the southern city ran out of water entirely.
Parts of Delhi and elsewhere regularly see scuffles when tankers arrive to deliver water. The country of 1.3 billion people also suffers from severe water shortages with tens of millions lacking running water-to say nothing of air conditioning. There have been fewer fatalities in recent years. No deaths have been reported so far this year, but last year the government said the heat had killed 3,500 people since 2015. The hot spell is projected to scorch northern India for several more days, the Meteorological Department said late Tuesday, "with severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets". Parts of the capital, New Delhi, recorded the hottest May day in 18 years with the mercury hitting 47.6 Celsius. The title was released on the Sony PlayStation 2 by Namco in 2005.
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Scorching weather is a growing menace in the world's second-most populous nation, and the United Nations warned this week that the coronavirus pandemic increased the associated health risks.