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'Nothing short of catastrophe': Inside India's COVID nightmare

A Pillar Interview

Michelle La Rosa
May 12, 2021
∙ Paid

While many developed nations are beginning to see significant declines in COVID-19 cases and deaths, India for over a month has faced a “double mutant” variant of the coronavirus, leading to a massive new wave of infections.

With shortages of oxygen, drugs, and hospital beds compounding an already devastating plight, the country’s official death toll has…

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