Gallery: Indian Cities Go Into Lockdown as Covid-19 Surges
Apr. 22, 2021
India reported 295,041 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, including 2,104 deaths, as the rising number of infections has overwhelmed the country’s health care system and its crematoriums. New Delhi, Mumbai and several other cities have imposed strict curfews and lockdowns to prevent the virus from spreading
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Two boys look through the window of a train Monday at a railway station in Guwahati, India. Photo: VCG
Migrant workers crowd around a bus headed to their hometown Tuesday in Gurgaon, India. Photo: VCG
A worker prepares a temporary Covid-19 care center at Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: VCG
A train passenger takes a Covid-19 test Monday at a railway station in Guwahati. Photo: VCG
A man on Tuesday sits among cylinders of oxygen used for Covid-19 patients in Allahabad, India. Photo: VCG
Signs outside a vaccination center in Mumbai inform visitors that the vaccine is out of stock on Tuesday. Photo: VCG
A crematorium employee works Tuesday in New Delhi, where cremations have risen shapely due to the growing number of Covid-19 deaths. Photo: VCG
A man walks on an empty street in New Delhi on Tuesday, in the middle of a six-day curfew imposed by the government. Photo: VCG
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