Post Desk : India’s capital Delhi has announced a week-long lockdown after a record spike in cases overwhelmed the city’s healthcare system.

Government offices and essential services, such as hospitals, pharmacies and grocers, will be open during the lockdown which starts on Monday.

The city had imposed a weekend curfew but reported its highest single-day spike so far on Sunday – 24, 462 cases.
The country confirmed 1,620 deaths from the virus on Sunday.

India has been reeling from a deadly second wave since the start of April.

India has been reporting more than 200,000 cases daily since 15 April – this is well past its peak last year, when it was averaging around 93,000 cases a day.

On Monday UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled a planned trip to India in view of the situation. Mr Johnson and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak later this month to “launch ambitious plans for the future partnership”, a statement said.

(BBC)