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The Inquiry: Covid: What went wrong in India?

Covid: What went wrong in India?

29/04/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Covid: What went wrong in India?

As a second wave of Covid-19 rages through India, Kavita Puri asks what went wrong.

Earlier this year India seemed to be winning the fight against Covid-19, so how and why has it gone so wrong?

Earlier this year, India’s ruling party was declaring victory in the fight against Covid-19. Some two months on, India set a global record for the highest number of cases recorded in a single country.

Kavita Puri asks what went wrong.

Image: A queue near a vaccination centre in Mumbai, 26 April 2021 (Credit: Divyakant Solanki/EPA)

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