India is facing a severe medical oxygen shortage as it battles a devastating second COVID-19 wave, leaving desperate family members to source their own oxygen canisters for their infected loved ones. 3 people in India repainted fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders and sold them to families of COVID-19 patients, police say.
And because of India’s outbreak, COVAX has received zero shipments — making it 140 million doses short — since March.
And as the crisis continues in India, and is beginning to emerge in neighbouring countries, the way the South Asian diaspora has been grieving loved ones has changed amid the pandemic – a once collectivist experience has been replaced with isolation and anxiety, having unique effects on how they view their cultural identities. Read more here.
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