Vehicles queue at a traffic light on a hazy morning in New Delhi, India, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Families in Delhi with pre-existing health conditions such as asthma are stocking up on oxygen cylinders and pulse oximeters, fearing that the city's worsening air quality will make them more vulnerable to the coronavirus.
After months of relatively clean air because of a lockdown imposed to fight the virus, pollution levels have spiked to their worst in two years for October, caused by farmers burning crop stubble in surrounding states and cooler weather.
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