May 06, 2021
published at 1:53 AMReuters
Men wearing protective suits stand next to the body of their relative, who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), before her cremation at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, on May 4, 2021.
Reuters
A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday (May 5) the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
With hospitals scrabbling for beds and oxygen in response to a deadly second surge in infections, the World Health Organisation said in a weekly report that India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week and a quarter of the deaths.