Healthcare workers transfer the body of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), inside a hospital premises in Kolkata, India, May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday as infections stayed below 400,000, and extended the interval between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to up to 16 weeks amid a dire shortage of shots in the country.
Experts remain unsure when numbers will peak and concern is growing about the transmissibility of the variant that is driving infections in India and spreading worldwide.
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