Indian hospitals in plea for oxygen as country sets new virus record

Health workers attend to a Covid-19 patient at a hospital in Mumbai (AP)

The Indian government has set up special express trains loaded with oxygen tankers as major hospitals in New Delhi beg for more supplies to save Covid-19 patients who are struggling to breathe.

The country’s underfunded health system is struggling amid the world’s worst coronavirus surge, reaching a new global record in daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730 cases.