NEW DELHIi, June 27, 2020 (AFP): Staff at the luxury Suryaa hotel used to wear bright saris as they welcomed guests. Now they must don medical suits and handle gurneys as New Delhi desperately prepares for a predicted surge in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.
The pandemic is still raging in India with more than half a million cases. The capital, home to 25 million people, is the country's worst-hit city -- its hospitals at breaking point and authorities reaching deep to confront the crisis.
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