Apr 30, 2021, 11:52 AM
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Health workers prepare to cremate people who died of the coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on April 20, 2021.
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India is battling an unprecedented Covid-19 surge that s overwhelming hospitals and crematoriums.
The WHO s Europe head warned that this crisis could happen anywhere.
Hans Kluge said easing restrictions on large gatherings could create a perfect storm.
The World Health Organisation s Europe leader warned that a coronavirus crisis similar to what is happening in India could happen anywhere - especially in countries that are now easing restrictions.
Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe, said: It s very important to realise that the situation in India can happen anywhere. This is still a huge challenge in the countries.
India's CCP virus surge has, as of Wednesday, claimed over 200,000 lives, a grim milestone in a pandemic-ravaged country whose health system has been strained to breaking point.
Dispatch From India, Where COVID Corpses Burn Around The Clock
The raging COVID-19 epidemic, combined with an acute shortage of oxygen, has created a nightmare scenario in places like Nashik, in the northern part of Maharashtra state. 2020-04-27
NASHIK Neeta waits patiently for her number to be called, so that she can bid a final farewell to her father and go back home. It s already been four hours since she came to the Amar Dham crematorium, where there is a backlog of bodies waiting to be cremated. One of those belongs to Neeta s father, Yashwant Koladkar, who died in a hospital in Nashik, due to lack of oxygen, after fighting a severe COVID-19 infection for six days.
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