Drugs, oxygen, vaccine shortage as India posts global Covid-19 case record
23 April 2021 |
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Oxygen cylinders are supplied to a Mumbai hospital and signs outside a vaccination centre read "Covishield out of stock" as India posts a global one-day record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections.
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