Health chiefs in India warn of third coronavirus wave as variants loom
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08/05/2021 - 13:28 Makeshift crematoriums have been established in India to burn the bodies of people who have died from the coronavirus. AP - Altaf Qadri 4 min With India struggling to curb the spread of a devastating Covid-19 wave and step up vaccinations, experts have warned the country to prepare for a third wave of the pandemic. Advertising Read more
“In the wake of the changing nature of the variants, we must be ready for the third wave,” said K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific adviser to the government.
ISSUE DATE: May 17, 2021
UPDATED: May 7, 2021 23:36 IST
Staff at the Ghazipur crematorium in Delhi cart in fresh logs as
funeral pyres burn all around them (Rajk Raj/ Getty Images)
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