‘A tsunami of cases’: desperation as Covid second wave batters India
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5GJ5R)
Doctors speak of a new variant of the virus that appears to be spreading faster than ever before
Dr K Senthil had feared it was coming.
He had feared it as he saw the reckless crush of hundreds of people taking part in large wedding parties over the past months, feared it as he saw the maskless faces of shoppers at the market, feared it as he witnessed thousands come together for political rallies in the ongoing elections in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where he is the president of the state medical council.
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