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Radio Stoke,6 mins

Caught in India's Covid Crisis

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Afshan Haque from Acton Trussell near Stafford talks to John Acres about her family in India caught in the middle of the country's second wave of coronavirus. She and her husband, Dr Shamim Haque have lost six relatives in the space of days during the current crisis. They've had to sign post to help them get medical treatment and search for hospital beds from their home in the UK but told BBC Radio Stoke they feel "helpless".

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