India's church ministers ask for prayer as country battles second wave.
(Photo: BBC News)As India records record deaths and Covid-19 cases, church ministers in the country are asking for prayer.
On Saturday, India became the first country in the world to record over 400,000 new cases in one day. A day later, the health ministry said a record 3,689 people had died within the past 24 hours.
Ministers from Church of Scotland partner churches in India are asking for prayer as India struggles to cope with the staggering numbers of infected.
Rev Moumita Biswas, who is based in Calcutta and part of the Church of North India, said that the country had become "a valley of death".
The present crisis is affecting her personally, having lost four of her relatives and a number of "close" colleagues to Covid.
