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Plague cripples healthcare
By Lu Wenao Published: May 05, 2021 05:13 PM
A patient is taken to a COVID-19 ward in a hospital, in Bangalore, India, April 30, 2021. India s federal health ministry said on Friday morning that 386,452 new cases and 3,498 related deaths were registered in the past 24 hours across the country.(Photo: Xinhua)
The coronavirus continues to spread in India as the country s caseload reached the 20-million mark, with doctors calling for a nationwide lockdown to contain new variants of COVID-19 s spread.
Neeraj Ravishankar, a doctor based in Cochin, southern India s Kerala state, told the Global Times that it will take a complete lockdown to overcome the pandemic in India.