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India is reeling from a new coronavirus surge, stretching hospitals to the limit with dire shortages of beds, oxygen and drugs.
With more than 2,000 people dying daily, here are some of the reasons for the vicious new wave and why the health care system is overwhelmed. Herd immunity
While the pandemic raged elsewhere at the start of 2021, in India daily infections slid to under 9,000 with fewer than 80 deaths.
This raised hopes that India, despite having some of the planet s most densely populated cities, had somehow escaped the worst.
Blood surveys suggested that a hefty proportion of the population might have antibodies and that India might have achieved herd immunity .
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There are mixed feelings about Australia’s cutting of flights from India as the country faces a COVID-19 crisis spiralling out of control.
India on Friday reported the world s highest daily tally of infections for the second day running, surpassing 330,000 new cases.
New deaths also jumped to a record 2,263, the health ministry said, while officials across northern and western India warned most hospitals were full and running out of oxygen.
On Thursday, the federal government announced it was cutting repatriation and direct flight arrivals by 30 per cent from India, and people who have been there in the past two weeks would have to test negative for the virus within three days of boarding a flight to Australia.