SOS messages like the one Singh sent reveal the extent of the panic. The new infections brought India’s total to more than 17.3 million, behind only the United States. New infections are rising faster in India than any other place in the world, stunning authorities and capsizing its fragile health system. Channi Anand/AP Health workers and relatives carry the body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India. By the second week of March, India’s health minister declared that the country was “in the endgame” of the pandemic.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2021 17:46 UTC