Category: second wave

Volunteers Provide Free, Home-Cooked Food for COVID-19 Patients in India

NEW DELHI—Each of these people saw COVID-19 closely—they had either suffered as a victim or they had a friend or family member suffering during India’s first or second wave. Each of them decided to not let depression beat them and instead to cook for those in need of home-cooked, nutritious meals. Ankita Sahay, a 29-year-old…


New Delhi Records Highest Daily COVID Death Toll, as India Struggles With Second Wave

NEW DELHI—Delhi’s biggest crematorium ground, the Nigam Bodh Ghat, has seen a rapid surge in cremations in the last week. On April 24 there are dead waiting in the ambulances outside; dead being carried by family; some being laid on the pyre, and many burning, while rituals are performed. A pall of dignified silence lay…


New Delhi Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll, as India Struggles With 2nd Wave

NEW DELHI—Delhi’s biggest crematorium grounds, the Nigam Bodh Ghat, has seen a rapid surge in activity in the past week. On April 24, the dead were waiting in the ambulances outside, others being carried by family, some being laid on the pyre, and many burning, while rituals are being performed. A pall of dignified silence…