Here s How You Can Help India Fight the Covid-19 Crisis
Here s How You Can Help India Fight the Covid-19 Crisis
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India’s coronavirus crisis saw a record 401,993 new cases on Saturday alone a figure no other country has breached at any point in the pandemic. Delhi reported more than 20,000 new infections and 407 deaths on Sunday as healthcare workers turned to social media pleading for emergency oxygen supplies.
Dr. Gautam Singh, who runs the Shri Ram Singh Hospital in Delhi, took to Instagram last week to explain the severity of the situation on the ground. At the time of recording, he had 50 Covid beds and space for 16 ICU patients but was forced to refuse admissions as there was no guarantee of oxygen supply. This is a situation that is being seen all over India. It s a battle we are fighting every day, he says. Half of my hospital staff are on the road with cylinders to get them filled every day, going from one place to another.
April 30, 2021
The enormity of the Covid-19 crisis in India may be impossible to fully comprehend from afar, but images of mass cremations and grief-stricken families, and stories of people fruitlessly searching for oxygen, hospital beds, and medications to save infected loved ones are heart-wrenching.
Officially, the country reported just under 380,000 new daily cases on April 29, setting another global record and bringing its total case count to 18 million. But the actual number is thought to be many multiples higher. One expert told NPR that as many as 5 million people may be contracting Covid per
day in India, and the death toll could reach 10,000 or more per day before infections begin to decline.
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