News by Alex Blair 28th Apr 2021 7:18 PM Fresh images of political rallies taking place in India have attracted strong criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has come under fire in recent weeks for his government s handling of the devastating second wave. A whopping 360,900 cases recorded on Wednesday - the most by a single country in a 24-hour period since the beginning of the pandemic - has scattered the nation s healthcare system, which is now dealing with over 3,000 deaths per day with dwindling oxygen supplies and waitlists for ICU beds. The nature of India s tightly-packed population has spelled disaster for social distancing as the latest mutated wave wreaks havoc through the country. New statistics out of Kolkata in the region of West Bengal revealed 45 per cent of civilians turning up for tests are returning positive results.
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