Kerala uses tracking of patients and supplies, a network of health care workers and coronavirus “war rooms” to succeed where the national government has fallen short.

Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted on Saturday for the first time in nearly two decades. Lava engulfed a major highway in Goma, home to nearly two million, as residents were evacuated.

The first major global cultural event to be held in person since the coronavirus pandemic hit last year ended in a triumph for Italy’s Maneskin, who won with a hard-rocking song called “Zitti E Buoni.”

The Italian rock band spoke with reporters Saturday night after winning the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with its song “Zitti E Buoni.” It was the first in-person global cultural event to be held since the pandemic hit.

Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t dead, French could be the next global pop language and other takeaways from this year’s contest.

There was no immediate word on any casualties, but witnesses said that lava from Mount Nyiragongo already had engulfed one highway that connects Goma with a nearby city.

Fans gathered outside the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, before the grand final on Saturday. The event is the largest music contest in the world. The 2020 competition was canceled because of the pandemic.

The formation of the subtropical storm makes it the seventh consecutive year that a named storm has developed in the Atlantic before the official start of the season.

The move came just days after Britain reopened its museums and cinemas and resumed allowing indoor service in pubs and restaurants.