India’s COVID crisis is alarming: Is Sri Lanka’s health system prepared?
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
I am compelled to write this piece as a Sri Lankan based in India. I receive several calls in a day as the Sri Lankan media focuses on the Indian COVID story. India’s COVID crisis can happen in Sri Lanka too. This pandemic is so unprecedented that you cannot rely on guesses and neglect the evidence. The pandemic is not over yet. Infection rates and deaths are not decreasing, and vaccinations are not increasing. As I write, the COVID infection rates increase in both countries. Still, Sri Lanka holds a chance to avoid a possible COVID third wave catastrophe if the country socially, politically and economically prioritises its health system preparedness.