India coronavirus: New record deaths as virus engulfs India

India records another dire milestone, but the government continues to resist a full lockdown.

"The bond between the oldest democracy & the largest one keeps getting fortified," India's health ministry tweeted.

The US had previously been criticised for imposing a ban on sending raw materials for vaccines abroad, which limited India's ability to make more of the AstraZeneca jab. The measure was lifted last week. A German military aircraft with 120 ventilators reached India on Saturday, and the UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed on Sunday that the country would send more ventilators "very shortly".The central government is reluctant to impose a national lockdown, which the prime minister has called a "last resort". Senior leaders fear the economic impact, after last year's lockdown saw India's output fall by a record 24% in April-June compared to a year earlier.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Saturday that an "immediate" shutdown for a "few weeks" could break the chain of transmission in India. Mr Modi has been criticised for allowing millions of people to gather for religious festivals and huge political rallies in March and April, with minimal social distancing and very little mask-wearing.

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