As India's Covid crisis and variant spreads, neighboring countries go on high alert

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As India continues to grapple with an unrelenting second wave of Covid-19, some neighboring countries in South Asia are seeing their own surges in case numbers, prompting border closures and travel bans.

India is now reporting approximately 1 million new coronavirus cases every three days, with the daily death toll exceeding 3,293 on Wednesday, according to data from the Indian Ministry of Health. The outbreak has pushed the country's healthcare system to near breaking point. With no space left in hospitals, patients are being left to die at home, in ambulances and outside clinics.

"Our hospitals are overwhelmed with our own population and we are running low on oxygen so we are not able to admit those coming in from surrounding areas," he said."The supply is uncertain, hospitals don't know what will happen today or tomorrow.Read MoreWith desperate scenes like those in Gujarat unfolding across India, neighboring countries have reason to be nervous.

 

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