Watch | What is happening in India s crematoriums?
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A video on the strain on India s crematoriums and burial grounds during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
In early March 2021, health bulletins across India started showing an upward trend of COVID-19 cases. Social media was filled with posts asking for help in arranging hospital beds or oxygen cylinders. Now they are asking for cremation spaces.
Due to a lack of resources, the country has witnessed the number of COVID-19 deaths soaring. There are reports of several bodies of COVID-19 victims being stuffed in one ambulance while being taken to crematoriums due to a shortage in ambulances.