Overburdened health-care facilities and staff members are appealing for supplies and assistance.
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Overburdened staff members are appealing for assistance on social media
Worried friends, relatives of covid-19 patients also are using Instagram
With India s coronavirus crisis becoming increasingly more desperate and beds, medicine and oxygen supplies scarce, people in cities across the country are relying on Twitter and the kindness of strangers for help during a time of national upheaval. About 360,000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours alone.
Some are using the platform to share locations where gas cylinders, which are in limited supply, can be refilled. Others are posting details about patients in urgent need of help. Some posts advertise which hospitals have empty beds and others ask for blood plasma donors. There are tweets that offer advice on how to stay safe and others that beg for ambulances before it is too late.
As India s coronavirus crisis deepens, people use social media to send SOS messages
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