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India is literally fighting for breath
It’s time we ended this pandemic for everyone – rich and poor alike, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

WHILE we in Britain can be thankful that, due to the exceptional work of our NHS, Covid-19 cases are relatively low and lockdown measures are relaxing, around the world the pandemic is at an all-time peak.
Perhaps most concerning is India, which is suffering an exponential increase in Covid-19 cases, with over 300,000 new infections recorded each day.
In February 2021 the average number of new cases in India was 11,000, rising to an average of 22,000 new cases until this recent sharp rise.
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