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, ere literally millions of people, no social distancing, took a ritual bath in the ganges rivere heading home to their homes across india and possibly spreading the virus across the country. >> sreenivasan: how are people getting information, accurate information about the vaccin about what type of steps they should take if they come down with symptoms of covid? >> yeah, i mean, social media has turned into this flood of just desperate pleas for people. one of the things that the government does also it sets up these dashboards. so, every indian state has a dashboard where in real time you can see the number of i.c.u. beds available. so, you can know if your loved one needs a bed now, you can check the dashboard and say, let's try this hospital and this hospital. >> sreenivasan: what do you actually see on the news? or when you go ta hospital? >> there are people dying in the parking lots outside of hospitals. they're crowding into the doorways. i mean, families pushing people on gurneys, just calling out for help. is there any doctor here that can help my loved one? you can see

refusing to call off a religious festival in the north, when millions have gathered to bathe in the ganges rivern 1000 people have tested positive in the city where the weeks long hindu festival is taking place. many people have criticized the prime minister for allowing the event to go ahead. tough new restrictions have come jto effect in india's worst hit states. with the largest cityumbai and lockdown from midnight to help curb the spread. elizabeth reports. elizabeth: a long line of ambulances outside a covid hospital in this state. inside, patients struggling to breathe and rip -- and waiting for a bed to become available. it's one of many states were the hospitals are overcrowded and they don't have enough equipment or health care workers to deal with the current case of it. >> the ambulances bringing the patients who are on oxygen supply. some of them are critical and they are admitted first. as soon as beds and ventilators are available. the patients on oxygen are given these and 108 ambulances. >> is patients wait for beds, the families of the dead mourn for their loved ones. nowhere is

festival was even more alarming strongs of hindu majority of them without masks descending on the ganges river day after day initially not much was made of that in the media. did eventually change. the coverage with what we saw in march of last year. when the muslim movement the tbilisi jamaat brought a few 100 worshippers together in new delhi and elements within the indian media absolutely vela fight them mano some very sick i don't know why it afflicted home though i live on the border not you hardly know god it's a double standard a revealing one on islamophobia on the indian airwaves. but it was i'm going. to be proved to be a super spread a vent and even then the media didn't raise the kind of questions that it did when the leakage of my thoughts gathering took place in delhi last year this shows that the community lives ation of media particularly in the media has been extensive there is a trend of chirping coverage. to nearly see a seal human being going into the air and. in 5 hours the bus if he says and we have no idea how many more of. us to get and it's a nightmare situation and it

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the con mela festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of a pradesh. i think the guard was let down are just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the matter of him don't pester will of whom all want to be doing 2 words massive storage in the city of ghaziabad the creditor off full says some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many mood difficult days ahead victoria gate and be al-jazeera. well let's take you back to minneapolis in the u.s. where the closing arguments are now being put forward by both the state and the defense in the derek chauvet trial john 100 is our correspondent he's following events for us there is a slight recess as we know job for the moment we think that the state hasn't quite rested its case yet on the prosecutor steve it will talk after that recess we've been talking about you will do the proce

of thousands of devout hindus have packed a religious festival gathering to bathe in the sacred ganges river in the holy city of how the indian authorities have blamed festivals as well as political rallies and complacency for a spike in cases daily infections in india have risen 7 fold in a month let's go right to delhi our correspondent michelle gys was standing by for us there. how worried are people about these rapidly rising numbers. some even numbered some death from the steep dead of flying especially in the bad them just boss months and they pretty interesting enough excuse to do what 40 or put 121-121-3000 cases already opulent of pursuits but that has given them to want to buy it just now wasn't that the lowest was in high enough but nothing illustrates not a much higher than yes people speak that those journalists 100000 cases and it's almost doubled as off the last week or so on this jeff no keith and sun's stance on shouting down with more and more destruction suspects well it's 2 states but it also concerns about the lack of political q.b. they've you know and of course these m

. >> more than 2 million hindu pilgrims gathered on the banks of the ganges river before immersing themselvesr on monday. the three-month kumbh mela festival began in january. it is going ahead this year, despite india seeing a record number of covid-19 cases and deaths. police say they are unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds. >> [speaking foreign language] >> if we try to enforce social distancing, an accident or stampede-like situation can occur. we are trying to avoid that. reporter: elsewhere in the country restrictions such as night curfews and weekend lockdowns are being imposed. the number of cases in india has risen from an average of around 10,000 a day in early february, to 130,000 in the past week. the prime minister and health officials say that the rise is because of a severe decline in appropriate actions, like wearing masks and social distancing. but despite that, modi and other politicians have been holding five rallies in the large states where elections are underway. >> the leaders are holding public rallies to garner support. they are hold

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. the graceful patients simply have to find it seems people need to look at gates of hospitals completely out of breath mean there is no who cannot be helped push and it is all of these patients scouting social media twitter looking for medicine and oxygen as well but those relatives who managed to get that lockbox to get it into a hospital that is considered of the actually already doctors are under immense chest insist that they will continue trading on the keys of sporting in everybody in the house and this in itself is a massive javits they do point out to me that india had

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the con mela festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of utter pradesh. i think the guard was let down our just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the massive don't festival of whom all want to be doing 2 words massive surge in the city of ghaziabad the creditor awful so some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many mood difficult days ahead victoria gate and be al-jazeera. police in brazil have raided illegal parties in sao paolo as the country fights a deadly new strain armed officers closed down venues and detained party goers as part of a special task force to enforce social distancing in the past month sao paolo police have been cracking down on hundreds of secret parties more than 1600 new debts were logged in the country on sunday schools in argentina's capital have reopened after a court ruling rejected a gov

travelled to the northern city of haridwar to mark a hindu religious festival by bathing in the ganges river we were coming - during covid—19 and nothing should happen to us, but by the grace of the mother goddess ganges, everything is fine here and there are no problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue travelling to come. they have to take proper care of themselves by wearing masks and maintaining some social distance protocols. translation: as you can see we are urging people - to wear their masks and until yesterday there were a lot of fines. but because of the crowd today we are unable to impose fines as it is not practically possible. india is recording almost 170,000 new daily cases and health officials expect that number to rise. the question is how long the wave will last. we don't know. if it last like the last one for 2.5 months, then we have a problem. hospitals are already overrun. these patients had to be given oxygen outside one that was too full. listen 0.04 of the ablation has been vaccinated in india. the prime minister wants to see the efforts ramped up that th

social distancing rules have again been ignored on the banks of india's ganges river as hindus continue to celebrate the festival choose a marks the last day of what's called the royal bath where devote he's believe a date can cleanse them of their sins the crowd is much smaller than previous events that brought millions to the river or the government's been criticized for not officially calling on thieving. in other world news there reports that at least one person has been killed during protests in chad's capital troops have been deployed and security forces have used tear gas to break up demonstrations against the new military transition council. protesters said time is on fire and gunshots were heard opposition groups against the military's appointment of a new prime minister the military council cease power after president eateries debbie's death last week. one of man was rebel group says it's captured and burnt down an army outpost near the thai border it is an area controlled by the kyron national union the group is a vocal opponent of the army which in a coup in february thousan

is continuing in the more than. 2.8000000 gathered there on monday and swam in the ganges river as is customary and already on wednesday we seeing hundreds of thousands of people continuing to do that this is despite the prime minister. saying that the current wave in india is because of people not following guidelines like social distancing like wearing masks but the festival has been allowed to take place and promised in that in the morning and other politicians themselves are still holding very large rallies with huge numbers of people no social distancing and very few mosques. the u.s. will miss a deadline to pull its troops out of afghanistan by next month and said president joe biden is expected to make september the 11th a new days in the announcement wednesday mike hanna reports from washington. it's being america's longest running war u.s. troops were deployed in afghanistan 20 years ago following the attacks on september the 11th. now it will be set as a date by which the withdrawal will be concluded the president has been consistent in his view that there is not a military

us more than $2000000.00 hindu pilgrims gathered on the banks of the ganges river before immersing themselves in the water on monday the 3 month command a festival began and stays in january it's going ahead this year despite india seeing a wreck or 2 number of coated mind cases and deaths police say they're unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds but. if we try to enforce social distancing an accident or stampede like situation can occur so we're trying to avoid that we're not able to implement social distancing at the banks despite wanting to do so. but elsewhere in the country restrictions such as my curfews and we can knock downs are being imposed. the number of cases and india has risen from an average of around 10000 a day in early february to 130000 in the past week on the list in that in the more d. and health officials say the rise is because of the severe decline in appropriate actions like wearing masks and social distancing but despite that modi and many other politicians have been holding large rallies in the 5 states where regional elections are un

in many places more than 3000000 hindu pilgrims have bathed in the ganges river in the town of hudud while this week for the festival and millions voted in local elections in the state of predation on thursday despite recording more than $20000.00 new cases the day before as the structures of employers in some places and not others dollars have lost their livelihoods and many daily way to the asking why politicians and i'm going to be in the minority tell our to hold large rallies about they aren't allowed to earn a living elizabeth brown and al jazeera. france's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100000 making it the 8th country to reach that number it's been struggling to contain a new outbreak 1st with localized lockdowns and now with the national one the country is ramping up its vaccine rollout from saturday will be available for many government workers aged over 55 france's record of more than 5000000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. and from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 was the mentors year photographers and storytellers who documented some of th

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of a pradesh. i think the guard was let down or just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the massive don't festival of whom all want to be doing 2 words massive search in the city of ghaziabad the creditor awful so some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many mood difficult days ahead victoria gay to be al-jazeera the mayor of cape town says firefighters have contained the fire that's ravaged the slopes of table mountain strong winds had fanned the flames and prevented emergency crews from losing l.-a copters buildings have been destroyed at the city's university and residents were evacuated from suburbs under threat. now it's a trip no helicopter has ever made before a nasa craft called ingenuity has made the 1st successful flight on mars it's the 1st time that engineers

religious gatherings are continuing in many places more than 3000000 hindu pilgrims have bathed in the ganges river in the town of hudud while this week for the coup made a festival and millions voted in local elections of the state of their predation on thursday despite recording more than 20000 new cases the day before as. stretch and even post in some places and not others those who have lost their livelihoods are angry many days wait and the asking by politicians and the prime minister many in the movie are still allowed to hold large rallies of all days aren't allowed to earn a living and is a bit random al-jazeera. meanwhile france's coronavirus test toll has passed 100000 making it the country in the world to reach that number health authorities reported 300 deaths in hospital on thursday president the man went across government has been struggling to contain the 3rd wave of infections 1st with localized lockdowns and now with a national one francis recorded more than 5000000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic that there is in paris and she says the government is showing respect but i

festival to bathe in the ganges river there was no social distancing very few mosques and the town of recorded at least 1000 new cases in 2 days as the festival was taking place that's more than half of the tally of the state of that. in and we've had promised in that in the audience health officials saying that the current wave is the cause of large gatherings which took place earlier this year when the number of cases had come down and because of people not observing. guidelines like social distancing and wearing masks and yet prime minister modi himself has been leading large political gatherings in the state of west bengal elections are currently taking place concerning situation there over in india both parowan and thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to his aides. after 20 years in afghanistan the us amazed to say the time has come to end their military campaign leaders made the announcements on wednesday after 2 decades it no longer makes sense to keep troops in afghanistan or white house correspondent kimberly reports. after a generation of war in afghanistan u.s. pre

be symbolic instead hundreds of thousands of people have been gathering along the banks of the ganges river for several days and modis asked religious leaders to tell their followers to show restraint germany now has more than 3000000 confirmed cases of covert 19 the number of deaths increased to just under 80000 on saturday chancellor angela merkel has asked parliament to pass a bill granting the government new powers to force lock downs and curfews in areas with high infection rates merkel is appealing to the public to get the job after she herself received a 1st the astra zeneca vaccine. signed scientists in chile say the chinese corona vaccine is 80 percent effective at preventing deaths from covert 19 the study of more than $10000000.00 chileans who receive the data also found it effective against symptoms 67 percent of the time chile's vaccine rollouts has been one of the fastest in the world the country is registered more than a 1000000 in 1000 cases and nearly 25000 deaths. hundreds of people have rallied in chicago in support of a teenage boy who was shot dead by police there is ou

state and we have seen pictures of large crowds gathering on the banks of the ganges river taking it as is customary when the festival began 3 months ago the bends organizers and police said that they had deployed thousands of officers to ensure that the project will be followed today police said that only how off the number of people who would normally attend the call made which takes place every 4 years attending this year but still that there are hundreds of thousands of people most on twitter and mosques and police have also said that they are not able to ensure that there is social distancing and again this is something that we've seen in many political gatherings including today pontoons to that in the more he himself is holding 3 election rallies in the state of west bengal as to is the chief minister of this state a month a ban a g. and a number of parties and 5 states which have elections at the moment have been doing this for the pos few months and continue to do so. ok thank you liz liz of prada reporting from new delhi. the gaza strip has been described as an open air pri

millions of devoted hindus ritually cleanse their sins in the ganges river. a mega-spreader event that has public health officials bracing for a covid tsunami. the other persistent hot spot is brazil where there is an ominous trend. in fact, for the very first time the majority of patients in icu are under 40. extra contagious variants may be to blame but one thing is clearo more brazilians are dying of covid every day than anywhere else on earth. >> elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> well, straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, eye on earth, harp seal pups rescued from extinction are now facing a new threat. test flight, nasa gets set to make history on mars and later nashville plays on, how country music is helping the city heal after a very tough year. was the same old story for years. trying this. doing that. spending countless days right here. still came the belly pain, discomfort, and bloating. awful feelings she kept sugar-coating. finally, with the help of her doctor, it came to be. that her symptoms were all signs of ibs-c. and that's why she sa

the northern town of hardwired $2800000.00 pilgrims gathered there on monday and swam and the ganges river as is customary and already on wednesday we seeing hundreds of thousands of people continuing to do that this is despite prime minister narendra modi saying that the current wave in india is because of people not following coven 1000 guidelines like social distancing like wearing masks but the camilla festival has been allowed to take place and prime minister met in the morning and other politicians themselves are still holding very large rallies with huge numbers of people no social distancing and very few masks and it continues to be a very worrying situation there in india indeed ok ms perth for a moment thank you very much for that update from new delhi. well south korea has reported its highest rise in cases of covert 19 since january over more than 700 in the past day. or warning a 4th wave is looming as classes spread from grace in seoul to more than a dozen regions and cities this despite strict social distancing rules the government is being criticized for a slow vaccine roll

religious gatherings the continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the common mela festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of a pradesh. i think the guard was let down are just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the matter of him don't pester will of whom all want to be doing 2 words massive started around 120000000 indians have so far been inoculated in a country of more than 1300000000 and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many difficult days ahead victoria gate and be there. hundreds of passengers from australia have arrived in new zealand after their governments reopened borders families and friends a reuniting after the 2 countries launched a so-called travel bubble on monday it allows quarantine free travel for the 1st time in more than a year you zealand and australia shut their borders to everyone except residents and citizens in march 2020. january 20. 8th. finally left of 15 she's 16 now yeah so it's a bit emotional yeah i thi

off a religious festival in the north where millions of pilgrims have gathered to bathe in the ganges river more than a 1000 people have tested positive in the city of hard water where the week's long hindu festival is taking place many people have criticized prime minister narendra modi for allowing the event to go ahead. well tough new restrictions have come into effect in state state that's where its largest city mumbai had locked down from midnight to help curb the spread elizabeth problem reports. a long line of ambulances outside a covert vine hospital in the state of inside a patients struggling to breathe and waiting for a bed to become available good roth is one of many states but the hospitals are overcrowded and they don't have enough equipment or health care workers to deal with the current caseload. the ambulances bring in the patients who are on oxygen supply some of them are critical and they are admitted forced soon as the beds with ventilators are available the patients who are on oxygen supplies to the venturi masks are given that in 108 ambulances. as patients wait for be

is continuing in the. 2.8000000 gathered there all on monday and swam in the ganges river as is customary and already on wednesday we seeing hundreds of thousands of people continuing to do that this is despite the prime minister. saying that the current wave in india is because of people not following guidelines like social distancing like wearing masks but the festival has been allowed to take place and promised in that in the morning and other politicians themselves a still holding very large rallies with huge numbers of people no social distancing and very few mosques in south korea. the rising cases of covert 19 since january well than 700 over the past day as a warning a 4th wave is looming as spread from greats of soul to more than a dozen regions and cities this despite strict social distancing rules the government is being criticized for a slow vaccine rollouts. from seoul. it's just seem to be a troubling trend that is happening literally across south korea and it is being blamed in part at least on the weather in the last week or 2 we have seen an awful lot of spring sunshine t

travelled to the northern city of haridwar to mark a hindu religious festival by bathing in the ganges rivercoming - during covid—19 and nothing should happen to us, but by the grace of the mother goddess ganges, everything is fine here and there are no problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue travelling to come. they have to take proper care of themselves by wearing masks and maintaining some social distance protocols. the crowds are so large it is hard to enforce coronavirus restrictions. translation: as you can see we are urging people - to wear their masks and until yesterday there were a lot of fines. but because of the crowd today we are unable to impose fines as it is not practically possible. health experts had appealed for the festival to be cancelled, but the government went ahead. we must recognise that packing together a large number of people, even in an outdoor situation is likely to be an invitation for the virus to spread more easily. india is recording almost 170,000 new daily cases and health officials are expecting that number to rise. the question is how lon

travelled to the northern city of haridwar to mark a hindu religious festival by bathing in the ganges riverid—19 and nothing should happen to us, but by the grace of the mother goddess ganges, everything is fine here and there are no problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue travelling to come. they have to take proper care of themselves by wearing masks and maintaining some social distance protocols. the crowds are so large it is hard to enforce coronavirus restrictions. translation: as you can see we are urging people - to wear their masks and until yesterday there were a lot of fines. but because of the crowd today we are unable to impose fines as it is not practically possible. health experts had appealed for the festival to be cancelled, but the government went ahead. india is recording almost 170,000 new daily cases and health officials are expecting that number to rise. the concern is we don't know how long the wave will last. if it last like the last one for 2.5 months, then we have a problem. these patients were given oxygen outside a hospital because it was too full.

hindus believe the ganges river to be holy.idst of the coronavirus pandemic. translation: there is fear of coronavirus. - but faith is at its peak. kumbh repeats itself every 12 years. we left our dailyjob to come here. translation: we definitely have a fear of infection, - because people are extremely careless. they are only wearing masks because they fear getting a fine. they are not afraid at all. on the contrary, they are peddling conspiracy theories, that it's a government created scare, which is far from the truth. millions have taken part in the ritual, but fears surrounding the spread of infection are well placed. hundreds have tested positive year. across the country, the second wave is wreaking havoc. tighter restrictions have come into effect in the state of maharashtra, with only essential services able to operate for the next 15 days. with no work and little hope, migrant workers attempted to leave mumbai yesterday. translation: it's the common man who suffers the most. _ i have no ration card or any other local do

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the camelia festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of utter pradesh. i think the guard was let down our just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the matter of him don't pester will of whom all want to be doing 2 words massive storage. in the city of ghaziabad the criminal reams of fool who says some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many mood difficult days ahead it to be inside story with only one percent of india's population fully vaccinated against hope at 19 the government is limiting vaccine exports the serum institute of india is the world's largest vaccine maker is to lay the shipment of millions of doses to kovacs the un backed global initiative to deliver jobs to lower and middle income countries the institute c.e.o. has urged the u.s. to lift the embargo on exporting raw materials so it can ramp up prod

in many places more than 3000000 hindu pilgrims have bathed in the ganges river in the town of hudud while this week for the festival and millions voted in local elections in the state of the day despite it recorded more than 20000 new cases the day before as the suspensions of employers in some places and not others dollars have lost their livelihoods are angry many days way to the asking why all the attention for a minute there and a more i still allow to hold large rallies about they aren't allowed to earn a living elizabeth brand of al jazeera. france's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100000 making it the 8th country to reach that number it's been struggling to contain a new hour break 1st with localized lockdowns and now with the national the country is ramping up its vaccine rollout from saturday jobs will be available for many government workers aged over 55 france has recorded more than 5000000 cases since the beginning of the damage. from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 has been a momentous year photograph is 10 story towers who documented some of the mo

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrims bathed in the ganges river for the festival and millions more voted in local elections in the state of utter pradesh. i think the guard was let down or just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the masses in don't pester will of home all out on. to work massive search in the city of ghaziabad the creditor aims awful so some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with india faces many mood difficult days ahead victoria gate and b. al-jazeera hundreds of passes from mr ali have arrived in new zealand after their governments reopen borders and friends a reuniting after the 2 countries launched a so-called travel bubble on monday that allows quarantine free travel for the 1st time in more than a year new zealand and australia shut their borders to everyone except residents and citizens in march 2020. 4 my daughter has been in new zealand same it's january 20. first. so finally i left her there sh

in india, public health officials are warning a hindu religious festival in the ganges river city ofaridwar will become a massive superspreader event. more than a million people a day are expected to pack the festival despite a recent massive surge of covid9 cases across india. turkey has reimposed weekend lockdowns and will limit gatherings during the upcoming holy month of ramadan amid a third wave of coronavirus cases. french president emanuel macron has ordered a third nationwide lockdown, with schools ordered shut for three weeks. in the u.k., health officials say half of the population now has antibodies against covid-19, either from an infection or vaccination. britain has one of the world's fastest vaccine rollouts. yemen received its first shipment of 360,000 covid-19 vaccine doses on wednesday. officially, yemen has recorded 4,000 coroanvirus cases and less than 900 deaths, but doctors say a silent surge is underway. yemen is experiencing the world's worst humanitarian crisis, more than six years after the start of the us-backed, saudi-led war. this is a doctor at a covid-1

some restrictions but millions gathered to celebrate the holy festival of colors and mayla of 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 room cannot be helped push and it is all of these patients this doubting social media twitter looking for beds medicine and oxygen as well but those relatives who managed to get locked box and put it into a hospital that is considered of the she already doctors are under immense chest insists that they will continue striving on the keys to supporting him everybody in the house and this in itself is a massive challenge they do po

rallies and allowed a mask to gatrings, including thousands of hindu pilgrims at a time along the ganges riveror a festival. on tuesday, modi addressed to the surge. >> until a few weeks ago, the situation was in control, and then the second wave has come like a storm. in the current situation, we have to save the country from another lockdown. i would like to request states to only use lockdown as a last resort. amna: meanwhile, india's hospitals are overrun. oxygen supplies are depleted, and crematorium's are overwhelmed, leaving some begging for help online. the 65-year-old journalist tweeted as his oxygen levels plummeted. my oxygen is 31. when will someone help me? no hospital could take him, and he died soon after. on wednesday, on oxygen leak in western india lead to 24 deaths, including this woman's mother. >> she could not get oxygen, and she died in agony. she's been here the past five days. there was no oxygen. shdied in agony. everyone there died. amna: the new delhi high has ordered the government to divert oxygen from industrial use to hospitals to try to save lives as the number

at least 4 million bathed in the ganges river over just two days this week. indian prime minister narendra modi refused to call off the month-long festival to avoid a potential backlash from hindu leaders and his base. last year, indian muslims faced a torrent of islamophobic hate after an islamic missionary group held an event in new delhi which was linked to a possible brazil's senate has launched an investigation into far-right president jair bolsonaro's disastrous handling of the covid-19 pandemic, as an average daily death toll top 3000, the worst in the world. on thursday, the president of the doctors without borders said brazil's humanitarian catastrophe is likely to intensify in the weeks ahead. >> each week there is a new record of deaths and infections. the hospitals e overflowing and yet there is still no coordinated centralized response. health workers are physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. amy: international aid agencies are warning the crisis in ethiopia's tigray region is worsening and there is no evidence eritrean troops are with

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 in

religious gatherings are continuing in many places last week 3000000 hindu pilgrim faith in the ganges river for the command of festivals and millions more voted in local elections in the status of the pradesh. i think the guard was let down our just by indians but by indian leaders massive election rallies were held. and subsequently the masses into festival of all one tribute to work massive search in the city of ghaziabad the crime authority ems awful say some families had to cremate their relatives on the street and with a new variant with a double mutation to contend with in the faces many more difficult days ahead victoria gay to be al jazeera hell of a bog was a science journalist in new delhi and he explains what's driving the latest wave of infections i think the guard was let down are just by indians but by indian leaders the elections were carved out in 5 states massive election rallies were held and subsequently the masses into festival of which was being held and still going on at. all. to work massive search which is happening in novel coronavirus cases of forward 19 in the us