'It felt like war': BBC journalists recall horrors of India's Covid lockdown

On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives. India's already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic's weight. The WHO estimated over 4.7 million Covid deaths in India - nearly 10 times the official count - but the government rejected the figure, citing flaws in the methodology. Five years later, BBC India journalists reflect on their experiences recounting how, at times, they became part of the story they were covering.

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