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COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing.

Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk'

12:21pm May 06, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

Dr. Sumit Ray, critical care chief at a New Delhi hospital, is on the front lines of India's growing COVID-19 crisis. "As a system in different parts of the country, we have collapsed," he says.

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A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided at a tent installed at a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, in Ghaziabad, India, on May 2.

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Why Is India Running Out Of Oxygen?

5:59pm May 05, 2021

Hospitals don't have enough oxygen for patients on ventilators. There are delivery bottlenecks. Families are sometimes told to get their own supplies. Health experts say it didn't have to be this way.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a news conference with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on Monday during the G-7 foreign ministers meeting.

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India G-7 Delegation Forced To Self-Isolate After Positive Coronavirus Tests

10:19am May 05, 2021

Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entourage at the gathering in the United Kingdom will attend meetings virtually after two members of the delegation reportedly tested positive.

People wait at an exit gate at the Kolkata Airport Terminal. International air travel to and from India has been restricted as the country battles a catastrophic COVID-19 surge.

Trapped By India Travel Bans: Workers, Expats, Families ... An Aussie Cricket Team

9:18pm May 04, 2021

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Mounting COVID-19 travel restrictions are meant to contain the Indian variant. But citizens and visitors alike are feeling frustrated.

India has reported more than 20 million coronavirus cases, adding more than 2.6 million new cases in the past week alone. Here, women wait to refill empty oxygen cylinders in New Delhi. Oxygen shortages are blamed for deaths at even the best-equipped urba

India Crosses 20 Million COVID-19 Cases As Critical Shortages Worsen

11:46am May 04, 2021

In just the past week, India has seen its COVID-19 cases jump by 2,646,526 — a figure that, if it stood alone, would make India the 14th worst-hit nation in the world.

Victims of COVID-19 are cremated in funeral pyres this week in New Delhi. Scientists says the real death toll and number of infections are likely much higher than what the Indian government is reporting.

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India Is Counting Thousands Of Daily COVID Deaths. How Many Is It Missing?

9:13pm April 30, 2021

Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many times more than the reported figures.

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Like all viruses, the coronavirus mutates. Above: In this depiction of the the South African coronavirus variant B.1.531, the thin yellow band around the rim of indicates a mutation site. The virus spike (red) is attaching to a human cell receptor (blue).

People Are Talking About A 'Double Mutant' Variant In India. What Does That Mean?

7:25am April 24, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The term is a reference to two particular mutations in SARS-CoV-2. But the variant in India could carry additional mutations.

Funeral pyres for patients who died of COVID-19 are seen burning this week at a makeshift crematorium in New Delhi.

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How India Went From A Ray Of Hope To A World Record For Most COVID Cases In A Day

5:33pm April 22, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

India's COVID-19 caseload plummeted to record lows in February. Now a startling spike is causing health systems — and possibly law and order — to break down. What went wrong?

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A medical worker is seen at a quarantine center for Covid-19 coronavirus infected patients at a banquet hall, which was converted into an isolation center to handle the rising cases of infection in New Delhi, India.

India Confirms More Than 200,000 Coronavirus Cases In A Day

11:11am April 15, 2021

by Sushmita Pathak

Thursday's tally was India's highest since the pandemic began – more than double the previous 2020 peak.

Ezhil Arasi (left) and Ranjith Kumar. The pandemic kept her from her pregnancy checkups. Their baby was born with an intestinal blockage that required surgery and died during the procedure. Doctors told Ranjith that if his wife had been examined regularly

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India's Crusade To Save Babies And Moms In The Pandemic

9:56am April 13, 2021

by Kamala Thiagarajan

A UNICEF report estimates that hundreds of thousands of babies in South Asia alone have died because of the inability of pregnant women to get appropriate care. India is seeking solutions.