The Inquiry

Covid: What went wrong in India?

Apr 29, 2021 · 23 min · 11.4 MB
0:00-23:44

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Earlier this year, India’s ruling party was declaring victory in the fight against Covid-19. Some two months on, India set a global record for the highest number of cases recorded in a single country.

Kavita Puri asks what went wrong.

Image: A queue near a vaccination centre in Mumbai, 26 April 2021 (Credit: Divyakant Solanki/EPA)