Healthcare tragedy of epic proportions overruns India
A second wave of the pandemic is wreaking havoc in India, exposing a healthcare system and political leadership ill-prepared to deal with the crisis.
Benjamin Parkin
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A second wave of the pandemic in India has resulted in a sharp rise in infections, with more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases each day for the past six days, although health experts believe the tally is probably much higher.
Every night, funeral pyres blaze on the banks of the Ganges, a grim symbol of the ferocious COVID-19 wave sparking a health crisis and human tragedy in India that is far surpassing anything seen last year.