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Bangladesh's virus hotspot gasps for air as tough lockdown bites / V000_9DR32X
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Empty oxygen cylinders - and bodies - are piling up in the city of Khulna, which has become Bangladesh's coronavirus hotspot in a dire new surge.
The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, but Khulna's hospitals cannot cope.
The region has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and fatalities after it was swept by the Delta variant, which originated in India. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES