India: army will fight with COVID

The authorities covered by the Indian capital Delhi asked for help from the army. The city cannot cope with the second wave of COVID-19, which acquires a catastrophic scale in India, writes the Russian BBC service.

Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded, an acute lack of oxygen is felt for medical purposes. The authorities of the city want the military to take control of the organization of work centers for sick, medical centers and resuscitation offices.

postponed final exams in Indian medical schools, students are sent to the fight against the epidemic.

The total number of contaminated coronavirus in India is approaching 20 million. Experts say that all this is official statistics, real figures can be significantly higher, since the tests for the Cake are carried out little, and many patients die at home and without waiting for a doctor .