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India virus death toll passes 250,000, variant spreads to other countries

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India's coronavirus death toll has passed 250,000 as the World Health Organization said the variant fuelling the surge had been found in dozens of countries across the globe.

While vaccinations have helped to ease the pandemic crisis in the United States and Europe, India is in the grip of a devastating wave.

Another 4,205 deaths were today confirmed over the previous 24 hours, a national record, taking total fatalities to 254,197.

But many experts believe the official numbers of people dying in India, which has one of the world's most poorly funded health care systems, are an underestimate. "Even three to four times would be an underestimate," Anant Bhan, an independent health policy and bioethics researcher, told AFP.

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