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Images show an overcrowded Covid-19 ward inside a New Delhi hospital where two or three patients share a single bed, with barely enough space for others to stand. India's daily coronavirus death toll has set a new record and the government is battling to get oxygen to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. IMAGES
Images from a graveyard for Covid victims in Delhi as India's brutal new coronavirus outbreak set records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen. IMAGES
New Delhi, Jan 8 (EFE/EPA).- Indian health authorities on Friday conducted a dry run of Covid-19 vaccination across India. Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. India is world's second-hardest hit nation by the coronavirus disease pandemic. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA). SHOT LIST: A DRY RUN OF COVID-19 VACCINATION INSIDE A COVID-19 VACCINATION CENTRE IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
India starts giving booster vaccine shots to health workers and the elderly as the country undergoes an infection surge driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus. IMAGES