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BBC OS: 2021/04/29 16:06 GMT: India Covid crisis: Virus spreads to remote areas

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India Covid crisis: Virus spreads to remote areas

2021/04/29 16:06 GMT

2021/04/29 16:06 GMT: India Covid crisis: Virus spreads to remote areas

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We bring more accounts of the coronavirus crisis in India

Our regular medical expert Dr Helena Wimalarathna joins us to look at today’s coronavirus stories, including the situation in India where the world's highest daily number of infections has been recorded. We'll also speak to our colleague in India about reports that devastation seems to spreading to smaller cities and villages.

We'll bring the five big takeaways from President Biden's speech to Congress, marking his first 100 days in office. We hear conversations about his policies among journalists covering US politics and between voters across the political spectrum.

And as a new strict coronavirus lockdown begins in Turkey, we hear from people who have been trying to leave big cities to relative freedom in the countryside and holiday resorts.

(Photo: Family members of COVID-19 victims at a cremation ground in New Delhi, India, 29 April 2021.Credit: IDREES MOHAMMED/EPA)

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