Half of India's states impose a comprehensive blockade orders in the context of CAVID-19 cases in the country.

Tamil Nadu, South India state is famous for its automobile manufacturing industry, claiming to switch from partial blockade to comprehensive blockade, starting from 10/5 and stopping public transport activities.

The neighboring Karnataka in the evening of May 7 also announced a comprehensive blockade period.

Cremation of Covid-19 patients on the Ganges in Garhmukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 6.

India still has not applied a blockade order nationwide as done in the first epidemic last year, but about half of the states have imposed a comprehensive blockade order, the rest applies a partial blockade order.

India today recorded the number of cases in the highest day, with 401,078 cases, bringing the total number of infected cases to 21.9 million.

India's pharmaceutical management agency yesterday approved emergency use of a new drug called 2-deoxy-d-glucose, after clinical trial shows that it supports hospitalization to recover faster,

Although the largest vaccine producer in the world, India is struggling to produce and distribute enough vaccines before the new Covid-19 wave.

The second Covid-19 wave pushes the Indian health system into the brink of collapse, many patients die due to lack of oxygen or not hospitalized.