India’s capital to lock down as nation’s virus cases top 15 million

A health worker collects a swab sample at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai (AP)

New Delhi is imposing a weeklong lockdown to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said has been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases.

In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances rushed from one hospital to another, trying to find an empty bed over the weekend, while patients lined up outside medical facilities waiting to be let in.