Watch: Why India is suffering so much from Covid-19 and what the world must learn from it
India’s Covid-19 death toll has exceeded 200,000 after a record number of 3,293 fatalities were reported on Wednesday
28 April 2021 • 2:58pm
India s second wave of coronavirus has devastated the nation, collapsed the health system and the death toll is thought to be up to 20 times higher than official figures.
A new variant, superspreader events and a sense of complacency are thought to be behind the dire situation, explains Jennifer Rigby, The Telegraph s Global Health Security Correspondent.
There are also lessons for the world to learn from India s crisis, she adds.
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