India has reported another record number of new Covid-19 infections and daily deaths hit their highest in more than five months, as it battles a second wave of infections and states complain of a persistent vaccine shortage, Reuters reports.

Evoking memories of the last national lockdown when tens of thousands of people walked on foot back to their homes, hundreds of migrants in badly affected Mumbai packed into trains as bars, malls and restaurants have again been forced to down shutters.

Health workers carry the body of a man who died from Covid-19, for burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 9. — Reuters
Health workers carry the body of a man who died from Covid-19, for burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 9. — Reuters

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