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Delhi suffers most toxic air in a year, heightening coronavirus worries
NEW DELHI : Delhi, the capital city with the worst air quality worldwide, suffered its most toxic day in a year on Thursday, recording the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 particles at 14 times over the World Health Organisation safe limit.A raging coronavirus epidemic, with more than 400,000 confirmed cases in the city of 20 million, has heightened alarm over the health hazard posed by the choking smog, with doctors warning of a sharp increase in respiratory illnesses."At this time in Delhi, coronavirus and pollution are causing a major havoc," Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi's chief minister said in a recorded video on Twitter."We are seeing all round the sky is covered with smoke, and because of this the situation from coronavirus is