Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like cough medicines and pain killers. Medics are overloaded; infected staff continue to work because of a scarcity of personnel.
COVID-19 latest: Infections have gone up in China due to the BF.7 variant of Omicron. Not only China, countries like the US, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea have also reported a spurt in coronavirus cases.
China's Covid outbreak: The latest surge in China could be because of the relaxation of its 'Zero Covid' policy following a wave of intense nationwide protests by people. Experts and projections have predicted that the situation could get severe in the coming winter months.
As India gears up to fight a potential resurgence of the Covid virus in the country, the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant once again hogged the headlines as it is currently on the move in countries like China.