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The next two weeks are going to be hell : Doctor in the eye of India s Covid storm says the situation is critical as patients die outside packed hospitals and record number of cases continue to surge
Dr Shaarang Sachdev from the Aakash Hospital warned the next two weeks in India are going to be hell
He said the country is experiencing its worst point of the pandemic so far, with record 349,661 new cases
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned that the Indian economy could falter as a result of the record spike
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For five consecutive days, India reported record new cases of over 350,000
CNN reports that two US diplomatic staff have died, with 100 more infected
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It is currently unclear where the Covid outbreak and deaths have occurred
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COVID-19: Doctor at centre of India s coronavirus outbreak says next two weeks are going to be hell
India s hospitals are already full to bursting, but doctors in Delhi are warning there could be even worse to come.
Hard to imagine just how much worse it could get when the country s citizens are begging in the street for air; people are collapsing and dying on hospital doorsteps and administrators are saying oxygen is like gold right now.
But while the government was busy urging the country not to panic and international partners were organising aid flights transporting oxygen supplies, the doctors at the sharp end were telling us they re bracing themselves for a torrid fortnight ahead.