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BBC OS: 2021/04/23 16:06 GMT: India Covid crisis: Deaths and desperation

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India Covid crisis: Deaths and desperation

2021/04/23 16:06 GMT

2021/04/23 16:06 GMT: India Covid crisis: Deaths and desperation

BBC World Service - BBC OS, India Covid crisis: Deaths and desperation

The heads of several India states have appealed for urgent help with the Covid crisis

The healthcare system in India is being stretched to breaking point and people are dying because of oxygen shortages. We hear a conversation between two doctors in the capital Delhi and in Mumbai about what they are experiencing in hospitals. We'll also speak to photographer Danish Siddiqui whose picture of burning pyres at a mass cremation in Delhi went viral. 

We’ll look at today’s other coronavirus stories with our regular expert Dr Marc Mandelson in Cape Town, South Africa. 

And we'll get updates on the second day of the global climate summit convened by President Biden and play more messages from around the world about what steps people are prepared to take to fight climate change.

(Photo: A mass cremation of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease, is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/Reuters)

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