New Delhi has imposed a lockdown during the weekend to deal with the outbreak, pictured here is a police checkpoint set up on a road in the city on the 18th.
Reuters reported that India added 273,810 confirmed cases on the 19th, making the total number of infected people exceed 15 million mark, the country’s capital New Delhi will implement a strict six-day lockdown from the evening of the 19th until the morning of the 26th.
New Delhi Mayor Arvind Kejriwal announced the lockdown at a press conference, saying the healthcare system is on the verge of collapse.
Kejriwal also pointed out that the city of New Delhi is also facing a severe shortage of beds, oxygen and key drugs such as the antiviral drug Ridciclovir.
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