India in the past days has witnessed a record increase in daily COVID-19 cases, placing mounting pressure on the populous country’s already overburdened healthcare system.

In this South Asian country, patients gasped at the crowded, crisis-hit hospitals, where a shortage of medicines, as well as non-availability of beds and oxygen, continued to be worsened. People cried for help as their family members lay motionless inside cars, on stretchers and in beds.

Amid the overwhelming outbreak, the international community has extended a helping hand to India. China, for example, said on Friday it “is ready to provide support and help according to India’s need, and is in communication with the Indian side on this.” Meanwhile, the United States has triggered mounting anger on social media for its behaviour of hoarding vaccines.