The second wave of COVID-19 has hit India hard. With daily new infection rates of more than 300,000, hospitals are completely overrun, the country’s oxygen supply is in peril and there are fears the real death toll is much greater than reported.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with world editor Michelle Griffin about the devastating impact of this second wave for India, and the far reaching consequences for the reopening of the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world.

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