Indians line up for vaccines as virus batters country

Rising covid-19 cases have pushed India on the backfoot, Indians queued up for vaccines and the government rushed to ramp up medical facilities to overcome the shortage of oxygen supplies across the nation and to reduce the fatality rate due to pandemics. Crematoriums and burial grounds are struggling to handle the dead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid a debate whether restrictions imposed by individual states are enough.