New Delhi imposes week-long lockdown amid explosive surge in COVID-19 cases Aijaz Hussain and Aniruddha Ghosal The Associated Press Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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New Delhi imposed a week-long lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases.
In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances catapulted from one hospital to another, trying to find an empty bed over the weekend, while patients lined up outside of medical facilities waiting to be let in. Ambulances also idled outside of crematoriums, carrying half a dozen dead bodies each. In an effort to combat crisis, India announced that it