La crise sanitaire fragilise le premier ministre Narendra Modi la-croix.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from la-croix.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
India Scrambles to Supply Oxygen as Covid-19 Patients Gasp for Breath msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Transporting oxygen cylinders to a filling station at a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on Monday.Credit.Amit Dave/Reuters
NEW DELHI A catastrophic second wave of the coronavirus is battering India, which is reporting the world’s highest number of new infections as hospitals and patients beg for fast-diminishing oxygen supplies and other emergency aid.
Canada has joined Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand in barring travelers coming from India. And the U.S. State Department advised people against going to India after the Centers for Disease Control raised the risk level to its highest measure.
Facing a barrage of criticism for his government’s handling of the second wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled plans to travel to West Bengal for a campaign rally as an election takes place in that state.