UK doctors help remotely as India battles second deadly wave #RAZOR
Razor • 7m 27s
India is suffering from a deadly second wave of COVID-19 infections.
For months, people have been desperately trying to find help for their loved ones amid shortages of hospital beds, drugs and even oxygen.
Emma Keeling speaks to Dr Bharat Pankhana from the University of Exeter Medical School to find out how doctors in the UK are helping remotely and if there’s enough global support for the waiver of vaccine intellectual property rights.
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