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Hoarding oxygen and vital medicines in homes is “creating panic” and causing shortages in hospitals, according to senior Indian doctors, prompting fears of shortages for critically ill patients amid the worsening Covid crisis.
It comes as India recorded 352,991 new cases, breaking the global record it set the day before, and 2,812 new deaths, its highest daily figure for fatalities. It was the fifth day in a row that cases topped 300,000.
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Hello and welcome to today’a live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan. As always, you can find me on Twitter @helenrsullivan.
Devastation continues in India, which recorded 352,991 new cases in the last 24 hours, breaking the global record it set the day before, and 2,812 new deaths, its highest daily figure for fatalities.
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