Global health records broken as India battles 'Covid-19 tsunami'
A man stands amid burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in New Delhi on April 26, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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Family members and relatives wearing protective gear perform final rites of a victim who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus at an open crematorium in Bangalore on April 26, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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In this aerial picture taken on April 26, 2021, burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen at a cremation ground in New Delhi. PHOTO/AFP
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Family members and relatives perform final rites of a victim who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus at an open crematorium in Bangalore on April 26, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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A man carries a stretcher amid burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in New Delhi on April 26, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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Oxygen tankers are seen on a special train 'Oxygen Express' upon their arrival at a goods yard amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Navi Mumbai on April 26, 2021. India reported an insufficiency in Oxygen supply due to overwhelming numbers of patients. PHOTO/AFP
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A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, inside a van parked under a tent along the roadside amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on April 26, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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Umar Farooq mourns at the grave of his mother, who died of Covid-19 coronavirus, after her burial at a graveyard in Srinagar on April 26, 2021.
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Security personnel detain people who flouted the Covid-19 coronavirus safety protocols of wearing face mask during an awareness drive held in Siliguri on April 25, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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A partially deserted road is seen during the lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Chennai on April 25, 2021. PHOTO/AFP