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Lockdowns return, clamour for oxygen: India being overrun by massive virus surge

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Health workers rest in between cremating COVID-19 victims in New Delhi. (Photo | AP)
Health workers rest in between cremating COVID-19 victims in New Delhi. (Photo | AP)
Health worker carry patients to shift them from a dedicated COVID-19 hospital to another hospital to vacate the bed for new patients, at Civil hospital in Ahmedabad.(Photo | AP)
A health worker takes a swab sample to test for COVID-19 as others await their turn at a hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo | AP)
Empty tankers are loaded on a train wagon at the Kalamboli goods yard in Navi Mumbai before they are transported to collect liquid medical oxygen from other states. (Photo | AP)
A worker cleans a newly set up C0VID- 19 hospital at Science Center in Mumbai. (Photo | AP)
A COVID-19 patient waits inside an autorickshaw to be attended to and admitted into a dedicated COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad. (Photo | AP)
Sadhus take holy dips in the Ganges River during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Amid spiralling covid cases, many have blamed politicians for allowing super-spreader events such as mass gatherings to take place. (Photo | AP)
People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus stand in queues to board trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, (Photo | AP)
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