As virus engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair
Ankur Chandra, 38, talks about his father's experience with COVID-19, during an interview Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in New York. The New York-based consultant's father is now recovering from COVID-19, alone in an apartment in India’s national capital region of Gurugram. (AP Photo/David Martin)

Ankur Chandra, 38, talks about his father's experience with COVID-19, during an interview Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in New York. The New York-based consultant's father is now recovering from COVID-19, alone in an apartment in India’s national capital region of Gurugram. (AP Photo/David Martin)

Apr. 30, 2021 01:06 AM EDT
Ankur Chandra, 38, shows various websites he uses to keep track of coronavirus news in India as he talks about his father's experience with COVID-19, during an interview Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in New York. The New York-based consultant's father is now recovering from COVID-19, alone in an apartment in India’s national capital region of Gurugram. (AP Photo/David Martin)

Ankur Chandra, 38, shows various websites he uses to keep track of coronavirus news in India as he talks about his father's experience with COVID-19, during an interview Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in New York. The New York-based consultant's father is now recovering from COVID-19, alone in an apartment in India’s national capital region of Gurugram. (AP Photo/David Martin)

Apr. 30, 2021 01:06 AM EDT