then tackles the issues shaping the conscience now with more time to call for our end of the clock to alter the chimes the odds are to you what's making the hittites and what's behind it we're on the streets to give you a number of reports on the inside. w. news and for good coverage from d.w. . you're watching news asia coming up in our program a country completely overwhelmed by the 10 demick india faces another day of crisis as more people turn up at hospitals only to be turned down with even the dead waiting their turn for cremation and burial. will also examine the mental health told us national tragedy is taking on many indians as they struggle with the present all facing a bleak and uncertain future. and with international aid trickling in we take a look at how the indian diaspora is responding to what's happening back home as

they follow developments from afar. i'm melissa chan welcome to the program the big story out of asia continues to be the exponential growth in covert 1000 cases and deaths in india officially the country has had 18000000 infections and more than 200000 deaths with medical experts there saying the actual numbers are likely much much higher everything from the health care system to the mortuary have been overwhelmed. the fires burn day and night. but dudley's morticians are barely able to keep up these makeshift crematoriums have become a symbol of india's coated 1000. catastrophe. you will never go to this but i can

give you our border this was a parking lot but we got permission to set up an extra $24.00 crematorium sites and now there are so many corpses were running out of firewood. because in 1000 has taken an enormous toll on india many died because there was no one to take care of them. for days there have been lines of patients in front of hospitals no one lets the men because there aren't enough beds or oxygen tanks people feel abandoned. and therefore very very very good to going to them getting nor any number were given there but nobody is born in numbers or not me believe me believe my brother it is going to go on order and their laws were yesterday

a little bit further my father mother. my father begged me to help him but i couldn't do you know how that feels when your own father cries and all you can do is put him in an auto rickshaw without an oxygen tank. for the 1st 3 days i've been walking from one hospital to the next i've never seen anything like this in my life. the doctors are aware of these catastrophic circumstances but they can't do anything about it one hospital director told d.w. news the situation is out of control. used to making this year and then getting them implemented by i feel so helpless now i get more than 500. beds asking what oxygen asking for help. many people are scared and want to get back to needed but there isn't enough vaccine to go around even though india is the world's largest. producer there is not enough for its own citizens.

we don't have any more vaccines please leave please cooperate with the police. the prime minister narendra modi has promised help to overburdened hospitals. but many say he is to blame he held election rallies despite rising infection numbers. and he allowed huge religious festivals like the cool to go ahead this is now seen as a super spreader event on a common message that it does not matter whether you keep it in the beach or. your dorm where all of that. the consequences are catastrophic india urgently needs help.

international assistance effort is underway but for many it's already too late. such an overwhelming crisis in the country has not only impacted those who've directly contract it covidien are struggling at home and at hospitals scenes of death plus a government that many believe is failing the people have caused massive mental distress. has the story. breakdowns feel anxiety these other words 29 year old uses when asked about how she's coping with the 2nd week of school with 90. water parents are called positive and her father has been the most to do good deeds bustles only been an emotional me ham's in this 2nd wave my dad became a victim and a very serious one and it just made me realise how crazy things are at the.

car runs an online mental health platform mind. which connects people to terrorists . and the statistics are enough to tell her that she is not alone. about feeling depression and grief that many are already experiencing she says a lot of young people with me end up suffering with p.t.s.d. . disorder last year there were about 50 to 60 penalties that were coming in in one day and night now from the last 3 to 4 weeks at least that has started to 50 or be the 2nd wave has been catastrophic images of people gasping for breath and collapsing in front of hospitals when no beds or oxygen are available have impacted the mental wellbeing of many some experts are convinced this weave has triggered a mental health epidemic. terrorist threat ashley new us and says many young people who come to her feel hopeless and anxious over an uncertain future we're. going

to. speak. on. anxiety. we all know and which means that none of us has to handle any of us from having power as difficult business on a global scale she gave us an ad that being constantly connected with the world online and accessing new information why healthful is also impacting the countries used by the 2nd meeting. to make the majority and of these very very generating very distressing in regions. people less steak and eggs and leaving families and it's obvious i don't think it's an experience that any of us will ever recover from yes we need help as people recover from this yes he or more. regards their idea. of

living increase conversations or bought in china to have been doing what they can to help my appetite in the quest for emergency aid on social media they see that while there is an overpowering feeling of helplessness there is also some optimism in the way young people have been mobilizing help in these times. it is a work at might be as that has been helping her cope plan i come back from the hospital in the evening i'm just working because i know if i'm not going to distract myself and just. as she struggles to maintain a positive mindset. she's doing everything she can to bring her father back home soon. many a charger who filed that report joins us on air for health care system already struggling under the weight of the pandemic how much of a priority has mental health ben from medical providers when it comes to care. well

you could talk about gravity of the situation which is unfolding right now where people are dying in large numbers every day because the health care system has to be clearly collapsed the gratitude i know somehow so why the pandemic and again we need to remember that even as a country you have mentioned has still not very openly spoken about but yes young people especially those who are living in urban areas who are connected with each other on social media they have been coming forward we have been talking about how and it has impacted their mental health people are often their supporters didn't get fixed but are seeing that after the dust settles on this planet me me me have mentioned have been exploding up especially or tonight it's just as the older people and. i put this in context your report mainly focused on the stress people feel now given this deadly wave of kovac about of course there's been a lockdown social distancing on and off for more than a year so talk about the other issues fueling this anxiety for a lot of people. it was you know use the ways i know my own station the turbos they

have been saying that the number of cases of anxiety disorders and attacks have increased in the us when you know it's there she says the 2nd it's added in about one month more and more people have the nut but in the last while we are you have to know when there was philosophy of the as i do you had what to do with lockdown being confined and then of course setting or jobs and layoffs this year that is ideal actually if you like and sense of survival goes i saw irene june as it's a deal like oxygen and medical supplies for themselves or their loved ones than it is of why at young people are tired but still are young people are going to as i guess there's a door was becoming very high google it they add weight to headings ag there to those who are living with orders and really people who were in the areas that parents and these health things they did are also looked as if the thing themselves into their bodies which is leading to more concerns tell you this actually that there have been people getting that say the depression being very your and on and

on what delusion. people who are just in the beginning of their very own who have just added with boyish there are actually actions that most of them the future looks very uncertain mayor cowdrey thank you so much for joining us. more humanitarian aid has been arriving in india as international assistance efforts gather pace and planes from the u.s. including military transporters have landed in delhi with much needed oxygen equipment thailand and the united arab emirates have also sent medical supplies meanwhile people of india as a global diaspora are also organizing and contributing what they can but many express a feeling that whatever they do it's not enough but what about this we are distressed and we all feel helpless because we can do much sitting 10000 kilometers away and i call the hospital in charge of the principal of the hospital is the medical college and i corner the north of me and he said i will try to help

but nor bad in i.c.u. and hospital later you can survive by the system he died. this is in full i knew her personally. there generally were used to do was financially contribute and we used to think our work is done but this is something you know unprecedented kind of situation it's not for campaigns there you can do is contribute somebody on the ground or dick get off it and do that you know you could call your parents call you love to see how they're doing but there's only so much you can do right now. go to hospital go this and that but if so if they get sick and have beds are not available of this actually it is not available what can you do right now so that's always on the back of your mind right now. that's it for the show there's always more on our website t w dot com for slash asia we leave you with more pictures out of india and the devastation of the pandemic as always thank you for watching and see you next week

goodbye. these places in europe for smashing records. stepping into a trench are. the treasure for modern globetrotters to discover some of the record breaking sites. also in book form it's 26 famous like a bunch of the queen because i want to see a gemini with the many the last few years have been quite o'brien early and with the poor and learned i'm

a hermit when it comes to gemma because and of course i always look right in the eyes for a chance but perhaps the biggest fans a new hobby of mine i'm going down the river road i love to be in the news there a person there a comfort when you feed him all the giving your realize and cultures of the another way of never did you read to me that i haven't been very many right just do it. in what's being called a historic milestone germany has committed to begin returning the famous binion bronzes held by german museums to nigeria as early as next year. welcome to arts and culture we'll have more on what this means for the debate around the restitution of art looted during the colonial era and also coming up. spring has sprung with the opening of germany's biannual federal horticultural show

for short taking place this year in the eastern city of alpha. and paris based or trickster the truman burbank is an online sensation with a tongue in cheek take on how to make your playground. on thursday germany's ministry of culture announced the planned return of the binion bronzes from german museums in 2022 and most of the artifacts were looted by british forces during a military attack on the kingdom of been in what is now nigeria back in 8097 and they're now scattered between as many as 160 news and institutions worldwide well it's a trailblazing move and certainly ramps up the pressure on other european former colonial powers to follow suit. some of africa's most prized treasures for decades demands for their restitution have grown . now cultural and political leaders have agreed to begin returning to the facts

held in german museums by next year. i must admit i cannot believe it but there was also a very positive result and everybody. agreed to it being grown so used to being in. our has to go back to nigeria so this is really great really great news and a significant change of heart the branches were due to be showcased at new forum just a few weeks ago the foundation which currently holds the bronzers was reticent about the possibility of returning. many museums around the world. so when they came to europe they highlight a completely new image of africa as a constant state in history and culture the branches are of course part of the

cultural history of nigeria but they have also become global good ones and. the $4000.00 artifacts were planted from the beneath empire and now parts of nigeria after foreign and british raid in $897.00 they were later sold to museums in europe and north america now nigeria will regain sovereignty over some of these war and sacred ark work so central to the nation's cultural heritage nigerian part. how restitution will the police how this repatriation will take place and. there will be looted art which will remain in germany using that will be there is it doesn't become. nigeria plans to build a museum in painting the house or the looted after for. the

. young people can't come to you you can't visit european. she. would be able to. physically see. creations if they were in major. one leading european historian says her research shows that for decades museums deliberately track their feet on the issue of restitution. museum directors try to buy time they actually formulated it in writing as a strategy they left the problem to the next generation that's now it's clear we can't we mustn't continue to push it off. for the next generation we have to act.

it's not just about ownership but about whole new way of thinking everything you have to do to deal with. and how we. become it police there it is a very very we and very complicated but we could to write so it could be it was in could also be occurring to even in europe. germany's decision to act marks a paradigm shift in the handling of looted artifacts. well during these long months of pandemic induced long downs gardens have also become places of healing and response and germany's federal horticultural show which opened last week hopes to capitalize on people's need for outdoor pursuits interestingly this year's host city of our force has a very long tradition of garden shows that dates back to 865 and so just prior to

opening we went to see how it's reconnecting with that heritage. flower power in our forge more than 600000 plants on a site nearly the size of 16 football pictures germany's federal horticultural show buka is held every 2 years this time around. state capital is the host. cities petersburg with its 17th century citadel is one of the show's main sites. architect. has been in charge of transforming the former fortress and military science into a national paradise. on the seabed of the state's more goal was to make this somewhat forgotten place an experience for the visitors we wanted to breathe a new life into. this fantastic fortress. this is

a military site that was off limits to locals and visitors for a long time. to do this. a lot of work went into transforming the neglected site buildings have fallen into disrepair. the transformation is quite amazing together with her. setup a network of parks that link the historic buildings with flower beds. when we create open spaces we are always paying attention to what is already there and kiss it away so to speak like in sleeping beauty we want to make it visible again and accentuate the atmosphere. for example in the monks which can be accessed by a joint slide also mix things up by planting for our choose the vegetables and between the flowers spillage garlic and will make. the 1st

ever international garden show was hosted in forks in 865-3961 when it was in the former communist east germany it began staging regular international horticultural shows with the new park at the heart. of park remains the main attraction 60 years later the huge garden complex is one of the state's top tourist attractions and will remain in bloom and told this year's show in. is relieved at this year's show is able to open with covert restrictions in place she spent 3 years working to get the petersburg in shape. we really hope that visitors to the pater's bag will see the fortress in a new light. noise. the new space is made with the many delicate flowers different colors and sense. and few fitting for do so it will give them fresh

input enjoy. their clues of especially in this corona virus pandemic. joy and at the federal horticultural show in a city famous for its floral tradition. and after its success in 10 other cities around the world an exhibition devoted to dutch artist and see as show opens this week in barcelona as one of the world's most widely admired graphic artists famously united arch with mathematics to create impossible worlds and impressive optical illusions the show features over 200 works that have influenced advertising fashion and even cinema. and deprived of an audience the artists of the past he decided to play to the statues at the famous

music city which is also devoid of visitors due to covert 19 shutdowns the recorded concert will be broadcast on may 1st fulfilling conductor pomo had our mission to bring music and the museum into people's homes. and finally once upon a time in grade school he was a class clown and today he attracts attention as one of the quirkiest skaters on the french scene at a young also known as the truman burbank makes parents his playground with an a take on how to enjoy the urban landscape. is a skateboarder with a sense of humor he's been posting his one of a kind videos online for 5 years an internet sensation that's we're also known as the truman burbank has turned. every day environment film set for his genius stunts. i used to play the clown in the classroom

or i love to fool around i don't plan anything i just improvise once i arrive on the scene. they find and invent ways to use the. entertaining clips all right with. people not just skateboarding friends. creases a little world of my you trying to do proper high levels. somewhat unconventional i want to entertain i don't have to be the best there great thing about my sketches is that they don't have anyone i mean iranian american or portuguese can understand . the person 1st skateboard at the age of 4 at 16 he was practicing hours every day. tricks like this one require preparation. the great has been treated with wax at 35

advantage is one of the more senior skaters around. you magine long beards eaters just racing around in their boards but in reality forming tricks is physically demanding especially when you're doing 2 or 3 in a row. and it's mentally taxing to use a real risk of getting hurt. and if you try to take myself seriously i always see we're just skating seeming like. having fun with a board under our feet nothing more there's no reason to get arrogant or think you're better than anyone else it's about having some of. our time it's one thing travelling all the other skaters m.b.'s of his sport right by the eiffel tower. well that's all for this edition but we'll leave you with some more images of the famous been in bronzes held in various museums across the globe

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this is the news live from perth india's inoculation drive crumbles long queues for a vaccine that simply doesn't arrive in several states run out of those countries battling a record breaking spike in coded 19 infections and defense also coming up at your celebration turns to tragedy in israel place 45 killed in a horrifying stampede the 1st major religious gatherings since the end of the pandemic restrictions.

a matter how booking the program india has that i posted another global record for corona virus infections more than 385000 new cases have been recorded in a single day countries are rising to send oxygen and medical supplies but now another shortage looms several states say they are now running out of vaccines. in the south west indian state of carolina they wait. and wait for a vaccine that doesn't come. stuff that they send to already. but they have nothing to give. them so no i would get about doctors in. these records nation but that is not with us.

it's a similar problem across india with vaccination centers forced to close just as the government says all adults are allowed to get a jab. we don't have vaccines right now we'll let you know as soon as we get them. the hunt for oxygen also continues across the country refilling centers like this one overwhelmed. i've been waiting for hours for my cylinder. with oxygen supplies make up some of the aid that being delivered to india from across the world. this international relief effort has become a major mission. united states delivering supplies worth more than $100000000.00 in the coming days to provide urgent relief to our partners in india. but there's also frustration india is densely populated and yet mass

gatherings including fist state elections in west bengal have been allowed to go ahead. people have been gathering a lot there's been a lot of gathering in terms of people going out to the markets. there have been some rallies going on and people have been going to different festivals. you know for all health workers across india the situation has become a nightmare it's reached a point where crisis is a very mild word for it. but the battle to keep this country breathing must go on if you don't. go earlier i spoke with our delhi bureau chief amrita cheema and asked to help people are coping with the steadily rising number of infections people obviously ike st be moderate hospitals are under great pressure on the iranian oxygen is known as hospital beds the prime minister today had

a meeting with his council of ministers and the now in the ami and you had the i mean india is often used in disaster situations that they have great experience and they have a big reputation big now being asked to set up field hospitals set up isolation wards and quarantine still rooms but at you know the situation is really grim another to my degree and it is it's not just essential supplies like oxygen which are running not but also space in commission grounds and burial sites the number of dead being taken there is simply do not touch delhi bureau chief amrita cina there and we'll have much more on india's come across after this bulletin in a special program with their wish and. a 1st to turkey now it has ended i for walk down strict as since the start of the pandemic as it battles with soaring knotting cases and deaths a correspondent sent us this report from istanbul where people have been ordered to

stay at home for nearly 3 weeks only allowed to go outside for grocery shopping and other essential needs. saying goodbye a moment of calm. but only briefly. there is not much time for farewells here in xinjiang equal you at one of the largest cemeteries in istanbul while the families mourn outside the next coffins are already arriving the funeral home workers try to ensure that everything is as dignified as possible but it has been turkey's deadliest month since the pandemic began and that has also become very apparent here. is that before the pandemic we had around $200.00 funerals per day. there are now more than twice as many. urgently need to hold the new lock down because the law should have made this

decision earlier and probably fewer people would have died. shortly before the new lockdown came into effect the streets and shops were full again about full alcohol was in great demand because from now on there is a ban on sales. residents are only allowed to leave their homes for essential needs until mid may it is not the 1st coronavirus curfew in turkey but the strictest one so far most of public life is supposed to come to a standstill the 2 are not all for weeks but many people are wondering how they will get through this time as they can hope for any financial aid. especially in the poorer neighborhoods of istanbul many are worried only a few have permanent jobs here in tahrir. most of the make a living his daily boris or trash collectors. john all

lucky enough to get in god only god knows how we manage. but there's nothing we can do we will try to survive somehow. your i don't have a husband my daughter has just had a baby. 6 people living in a small room and we already don't have enough money to live on. here critics of president dredge of type out one say he has it tainted too long which made the situation worse although turkey has the highest number of daily new infections in europe out one held several party congresses with thousands of members of his ruling a.k.p. in march a few days ago he pulled the emergency brake well. we must rapidly reduce the number of new infections to fewer than 5000 a day the wise will inevitably pay a heavy price in every field from tourism to trade and education.

a small sacrifice says the president for a greater goal in about 2 weeks at the end of ramadan turkey will emerge from its lockdown hoping that its latest crisis is under control. well festival of joy has turned into one of israel's worst tragedies medics who treated the victims of a horrific stand pay at least $45.00 people were crushed to death after chaos broke out at another crowded religious of it it happened at mount merapi in israel's north where ultra-orthodox jews were holding the country's 1st major religious festival since the end of coronavirus restrictions. an exuberant celebration. ending in a terrible tragedy. a massive crowds were leaving the jewish

festival of lego man they stumbled down slippery stairs into a narrow passageway panic in the chaos victims including children by the trampled or suffocated to death or wrenching it was my legs were trapped i couldn't move them. one of the little face down i could lift my head a little. trying not to strain too much and keep calm and strengthen my faith that god will save us. this was the fast mass religious gathering since israeli used coded restrictions and the turnout was much higher than expected as many as 90000 people showed up to the event organizers had received permission for just 10000. people would have been locked away for just a baby many of grants or religious. for a year and no. courage to want to go out and practice there are religious

beliefs and ceremonies. and head of israel's day of rest assured friends and families began gathering to say goodbye to the victims the government is promising a fair investigation into what caused their deaths finding out what happened will be crucial for the country's ultra orthodox community now planned into mourning. earlier i asked our jerusalem correspondent to stop the mood in israel. the mood is you could describe it as somber and israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has declared a day of mourning on sunday you know all day we'll probably hear on the radio stations very somber music being played a lot of activities also in non-religious communities here all over israel's have been cancelled at the same time of course an official investigation has been launched a lot of questions are being asked now whether this could not have been prevented

because this too is festival happens every year except for last year when it was almost cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic it's always attracts a large number of people and just it was known that the holy site is not so. for so many people for tens of thousands of people to go there so a lot of tough questions will be asked in the coming days but now these days are of course the focus is on the tremendous shock of what happened overnight or russia has bought european officials from entering the country band include david says so the president of the european parliament and a good over vice president for values and transparency at the european commission the foreign ministry's ministries announcement comes in response to e.u. sanctions against russia officials last month it's because the e.u. of undermining the independence of russia's domestic and foreign policy. correspondent in brussels barbara faisal has more on this story for us barbara what

did the band's mean for the use relationship with russia. it means in the y. anthony that the relationship is going from cool to cold right into the deep freeze because we seem to now descend to the level of diplomatic bare knuckle fighting i and 8 of yours you been 6 of mine and so on and so forth the question is what's the endgame here how many more deployments of politicians of each side are the 2 sides willing to bar in banned from entering the country how many assets can be frozen in the european union the political idea behind this seems relatively clear from the russian side president putin that's what russell things at least is throwing down the gauntlet to the european union and daring the europeans to carry on was there a policy of sanctions and that at a point where the e.u. thought the e.u.

foreign ministers thought they were being quite measured when they banned only for russian security officials after the poisoning of of they say not only is so did christian here is where is this going politically. a visit would picture there of the relationship between the e.u. and russia going from cold to the deep freeze but the relationship between members and their attitude towards russia will you not block against moscow. it might very well be that the pressure the increasing pressure from russia is sort of concentrating the mind among the european wonderfully because the follow ups the friends of look increasingly isolated here the last change about change we saw in the czech republic in the czech republic where officials reacted very angrily to finding out today had

a bomb to take some years ago was orchestrated by the russian secret service secret service a bomb to take that head to death and so it means that the europeans are now being more united in their stance viktor orban the hungarian prime minister looks increasingly isolated austria who tried to try to sort of hold up the flag of we are the into mediators between the 2 sides can't do this alone and so putting might get to might push the european union to a point where they probably would have never gotten to at their own that they build a united front against russia but then again the question arises what will come next nobody really knows of a soul in brussels thank you so much. germany has announced plans to return artifacts looted from africa during colonial times the objects known as the bending bronzes were originally taken by british soldiers in the 19th century that would

lead a soul to museums worldwide and many are built in germany it will be returned to nigeria next year now following pressure to correct colonial crimes. it watching the news from berlin thanks to special program with berish ban a g 8 with extensive coverage of the coverage process in india play stay with us for that i'm anthony howard thanks for watching. we have an important news. smoking news healthy pose decides are good for the being. global warming doesn't exist. until he goes well not yet completely redid my mind. industry is controlling your thoughts we are

tends to lean. science it's not easy to spot. the great books of the 20th century. present day hoaxes. and who's behind the. manufacturing ignorance starts may 3rd on d w. broadcasting from berlin this is a d.-w. news special edition on india's unfolding coronavirus crisis more than a 1000000 and a half cases in just a week and thousands of deaths every day india is overwhelmed totems are working overtime hospitals can take in more patients and some medical supplies are running you know how did it come to this and will things get worse before they get better.

welcome to this special on the tsunami that india's 2nd wave of covert cases has turned out to be but it's a tsunami that hits the country every day in case numbers more than 380000 in the past 24 hours and the numbers of dead more than 3500. india bureau chief is reporting through this growing crisis and joins me now from delhi another day and another deadly record for infections. that's right british bad numbers coming out. another regular shifts the number of new infections today a record the number of deaths in delhi and high positivity of 821 percent across the country hospitals as you mentioned and in track cheaper fiame stockists met the prime minister and he's offered me to create hospitals even for not going to be

present and so the most i'm hearing is that also the house military hospital is a pretty full to capacity in another development some 350 scientists hype a piece to the government to provide the most scientific data for example the sequencing variants and mutants tracking clinical results from vaccines how people are testing to see the need this what the granular data to get a better sense of what this crisis is night another dream to mine to what we are going to write down some to the hospital beds and oxygen that we are running out in theory but also space in commission grams and very simply not enough space for the number of bodies that have been built in a number thought in the midst of all of this. to begin vaccinations for anyone above the age of 18. how prepared is the government. not that any benefit comes on duration it was much touted that on the 1st everyone will be 18 could be

vaccinated as it turns out to simply not enough vaccine supplies and india 2nd structure the government of india and gets sick number of vaccines to each state and the rest states themselves most peculiar and some of the states finally don't have not back seems to get thinking if you didn't mean. the start of this expansion of the vaccines and some see. cities like mumbai that still vaccination want to get the opportunity is because they have the supplies is one step back for the government because jackson usually keep in this track you down and break down the chain constitution and bring down the number and other countries at all sure helping in there's a lot of aid that is already in is this enough or does the government need more aid will it government in time soon look you or you seem very proud of this says the lines that this time get on the media very happy to welcome it coming from some 40

countries some heat is coming in some still on the rate the decent thing is how france can be used to people who need it most not just in the question because this is serious is this aid enough this crisis of this scheme in a country dislodge i think all of this more aid would do that. i mean that your own thank you very much for that did of the news bureau chief in delhi please stay safe the deadly chaos of the 2nd wave of coronavirus infections is in stark contrast to the fast last india dealt with that by bosun warbles called the wilds of strictest locked on india streets fell empty and coronavirus case counts dropped eventually seemingly contrary to warnings about the danger india faced. even before the corona virus spread around the world epidemiologist warned that india could see

the worst of it. some of the most crowded cities on earth coupled with an ailing health care system foreshadowed disaster but the 1st wave of the pandemic seemed to have spared india at the end of march 2020 prime minister narendra modi ordered a total lockdown of the entire population for 3 weeks the most severe step taken anywhere in the world at that point. it appeared to be a success by the beginning of summer the country of 1300000000 people was still recording a small number of daily cases. when monsoon season hit cases rose steadily peaking at over $90000.00 per day but in october with the virus and decline government scientists speculated that india had reached herd immunity. and modi spoke at the world economic forum at the end of january declaring the virus defeated. and. christians really feel

it. is. for the. entire if you will and it is easy for me here trying. to leave. when india began vaccinating took pride in exporting vaccines to other countries in need. then came spring and with it the spread of 2 new coronavirus variants british an indian cases began rising the government imposed some restrictions but millions gathered to celebrate the holy festival of colors and mayla at the ganges river. india's 2nd wave was swift and unstoppable the case count in april has doubled every 10 days and exponential curve . even the most optimistic models predict india could see another month of this

before the 2nd wave peaks. to double correspondent joins me now from delhi you've been in the thick of this deepening crisis speaking to patients doctors what are they saying will things get worse before they get better. graceful patients simply have to find treatment it seems people are being carried to the gates of hospitals completely out of breath. and there is no who cannot be helped push and it is all of these patients this doubting social media twitter instagram looking for beds medicines and oxygen as well but those relatives who managed to get. admitted into a hospital that is considered of the already doctors are under immense chest insists that it continues training on the keys of sporting in a.g.d. in the house and this in itself is

a massive javits they do point out to me that india had laid down its guard and that could be why this is as massive as it is but they doubt he thought it's going to dent its crumbling as well to not only cheated these patients but to even give them the medicines and oxygen speaking of. their backing prime minister narendra modi had said that india had shown the wall how to effectively battle the pandemic what do indians now say to that claim. pretty safe to say that there has been criticism when most across the spectrum not just journalists and the opposition but many citizens as you well have to ask what exactly happened how did we make such a massive misdeeds for example warnings that supplies of oxygen should be shored up by purity if they were not there is a crisis one went in teenage a city and literally are being hit very hard as well but i think what's going sony

for many people is the government's own denial of any religions of the state that being the have made the handling of this crisis as as well as simply as much the health minister of india had said that india has entered the endgame of the battle damage and earlier today he pointed out that india has that it was. there are concerns that if you do not acknowledge a problem you cannot solve it. trust government published indians will. mascotte be able to respond to restrictions. but the trust element to me very diminishing so a lot of political discourse in this country people are only entrenched into either camp that supports the government or those who criticize and oppose it now or boredom or gifty or doesn't the government also question what exactly happened how

did we get here. that's affecting everything. thank you very much. you're watching a special edition of news on india's coronavirus crisis still to come in the program researchers around the world are trying to find out all the kind of out the b 161 corona virus variant circulating in india but just how deadly is it and what can be done to prevent it spread to. the ground a lot has been democrats having a massive impact on india's public health system but what about the mental health impact on people who are not sick with the virus we speak with young indians trying to cope. and dozens of countries around the world including the u.k. the u.s. and russia are sending aid to india planes carrying oxygen generating plants ventilators antiviral drugs and protective equipment for india's health workers have been landing in india for days the european union has activated its civil

protection mechanism and is also sending shipments of medicine and equipment to help fight the spread of coronavirus in india let's bring in nick and then outrage the european commissioner for crisis management he joins me now from brussels mr rich welcome what kind of support is the e.u. providing to india. india requests its assistance in the fall of it for them they ask for oxygen oxygen devices like concentrators generators and cylinders and antiviral medicines as well as ventilators upon receiving such a request we could immediately activated the protection mechanism we reached out to all member states of the union and we have received extremely generous into quick response by now more than half of e.u. member states have already offered assistance on these particular items that india

requested what about vaccines scientists are saying that india also requires vaccines is the e.u. planning to send vaccines to india. india has so far not requested vaccines from the european union super to action mechanism works in the manner that we respond to specific request in the specific requests from india so far has not yet included book says is there a plan within the european union that if india want to request the vaccines vaccines would be readily available from the e.u. . i would not exclude that the fact is that almost half of vaccines produced in european union are being exported from day one so utopian unit has already displayed solidarity with the rest of the world and i would not exclude its readiness in the future to also share its success can you put a number on this reading mr vaccines how many millions of dollars can be used at

a moment's notice. i don't have the current number but i do know that. about $150000000.00 doses have been administered so far within european union and almost the same amount of taxes have been exported from the european union including to the so-called kovacs facility which is intended to provide the vaccines to 90 to low and middle income countries all over the world that also calls growing for vaccine technology know how to be shared with other countries that can produce these vaccines is the e.u. open to sharing that technology. european union supports. and voluntary licensing in order to ramp up the production of the vaccine was initially the big issue facing you up as well as the world was limited production capacity this has now been improved also through the measures like call

obliteration and licensing are you why did that they're kind of for pandemic that we are seeing deepening every day in india. when potentially harm india has the supply of vaccines that india can deliver to the rest of the world including the e.u. is that a concern in the e.u. right now. we are concerned because of the situation in india very much 1st of all because of the situation affecting indians themselves but 2nd also because india is one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of acceptance worldwide and until the current crisis india has exported tens and tens of millions of sins produced in india to other.