COVID desperation is spreading across India By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj New York Times,Updated May 12, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend People wore masks as a precaution against the coronavirus and waited to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad, India on April 25, 2021.Mahesh Kumar A/Associated Press NEW DELHI â Dozens of bodies washed up on the banks of the Ganges this week, most likely the remains of people who perished from COVID-19. States in southern India have threatened to stop sharing medical oxygen with each other, fiercely protective about holding on to whatever they have as their hospitals swell with the sick and infections skyrocket.