For India, no end to pandemic in sight

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🗓️ 4 May 2021

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Summary

India continues to set world records as it faces the worst surge in cases since the start of the pandemic. And, how two decades of war have reshaped Kabul.

Coronavirus cases are surging across India, leading to mass cremations and a scramble for vaccines. Joanna Slater reports on the crisis.

As U.S. troops formally withdraw from Afghanistan, Philip Kennicott and photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli look at how two decades of conflict have reshaped Kabul.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, it's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:10.2	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:11.2	Hi, this is Elahi Azari with the Washington Post.
0:15.2	This is Post Reports.
0:16.6	I'm Martin Powers.
0:20.6	It's Tuesday, May 4.
0:25.3	Today, why the India COVID surge has no end in sight, and a city transformed after
0:31.9	20 years of war.
0:38.0	So Joanna, we talked to you last week about the dire situation in India right now.
0:45.2	What has changed since then?
0:47.3	I'm sorry to say that not much has changed, except I would say the situation has worsened.
0:55.3	Joanna Slater is the India Bureau Chief for the Post.
1:02.0	India's Supreme Court says the country is facing a national emergency as its healthcare system
1:07.3	buckles under a second wave of coronavirus patients.
1:10.4	In the last few minutes, it's been confirmed that 2,600 people died in the last 24 hours.
1:16.6	We do want to bring you an update about the situation in India.
1:19.8	It is far more desperate there.
1:22.0	The cases are rising uncontrollably with more than 400,000 reported on Friday.
1:27.8	The virus also claiming that other 3,500 lives, those numbers, though, keep in mind that's
1:32.6	just the official count.
1:34.5	The true death toll is likely much higher.
1:39.1	Some countries are restricting travel from India to try and curb the spread.
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