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'Ticking time bomb:' Lack of beds slows Delhi's virus fight

by Associated Press
| June 12, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India's highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman’s death after a frantic hunt for a sickbed was a worrying sign about the country’s ability to cope with a wave of new coronavirus cases.

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