Lockdowns return, clamour for oxygen: India being overrun by massive virus surge
India has been overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of new coronavirus cases daily, bringing pain, fear and agony to many lives as lockdowns have been placed in Delhi and other cities.
A man waits for the cremation of a relative who died of COVID-19, placed near bodies of other victims, in New Delhi, India. (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)
