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Published on: Friday, April 23, 2021
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Relatives of a Covid-19 victim (L and C) along with a crematorium worker (R) pay their respects before a cremation at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi.
NEW DELHI: India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections on Thursday as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.
The country’s long-underfunded healthcare system is being stretched to the limit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic blamed on a “double mutant” variant and “super-spreader” mass gatherings.
India hospitals overwhelmed by virus, Japan to declare emergency
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published : 23 Apr 2021 at 17:12
5 Relatives and staff carry the dead body of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India.
NEW DELHI: Hospitals in India launched desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday as the nation s Covid crisis plummeted to horrifying new depths, while Japan readied to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo just three months before it hosts the Olympics.
Covid-19 surges are placing a major strain on healthcare systems across the world, with no end in sight to a pandemic that has killed more than three million people.
India Hospitals Overwhelmed By Virus As Japan Declares Emergency By AFP bureaus
04/23/21 AT 10:59 AM
Hospitals in India launched desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday as the nation s Covid crisis spiralled, while Japan issued a state of emergency in some areas just three months before the Olympics are due to open.
Covid-19 surges are placing a major strain on healthcare systems across the world, with no end in sight to a pandemic that has killed more than three million people. Relatives and staff carry a dead body of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi Photo: AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN