Coronavirus: India braces for third wave as Omicron fears cancel Christmas in New Delhi

Across India, regional governments have been told by New Delhi to restore coronavirus curbs and reestablish “Covid war rooms” amid the Omicron variant’s spread – and fears of a third wave of infections.At the height of India’s harrowing second wave this summer, the country was reporting more than 400,000 infections, and over 4,500 deaths, every day. But for months now, those numbers had been shrinking like a steadily deflating balloon.A fortnight ago, capital New Delhi was registering just 30…

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