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ABC South Asia correspondent James Oaten reflects on a confronting assignment inside a COVID-19 intensive care ward in India
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South Asia correspondent James Oaten inside a COVID-19 intensive care ward in Nagpur, India.
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I m sitting on a plane flying from Nagpur to Delhi and I m filled with anger.
I can see a young man, maybe in his mid to late twenties, sitting there without his mask on despite having been reminded by a stewardess to put it on properly just a few moments earlier.
There s also a couple of blokes sitting nearby with their noses foolishly sticking out of their masks, something I have seen a lot of recently.
The state of Maharashtra accounts for half of India's active case load and COVID-19 victims appear to be getting younger. Some doctors fear a 'double mutant' variant may be to blame.
Dr Guleria added that after two doses, “you are protected. But protecting others would need you to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour”. He said people above 50 years of age and those between 20 and 50 years but with co-morbidities will start getting the vaccine from March.
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