As COVID-19 surge devastates India, Austinites come together to send aid, prayers and hope Hojun Choi, Austin American-Statesman
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Kavita Tewari says she is haunted each day by the howl of ambulance sirens ringing through the streets near her home in New Delhi, India. For her and countless others in the South Asian country, the recent spike in coronavirus cases and deaths has been a crisis like nothing else she has experienced before. It’s a sad situation everywhere you look. I really don’t know what we can do for these people, but we really want to do some little bit, Tewari said. We have to do something.
Kavita Tewari says she is haunted each day by the howl of ambulance sirens ringing through the streets near her home in New Delhi, India. For her and countless others in the South Asian country, the recent spike in coronavirus cases and deaths has been a crisis like nothing else she has experienced before. It’s a sad situation everywhere you look. I really don’t know what we can do for these people, but we really want to do some little bit, Tewari said. We have to do something.
India suffers from a shortage of oxygen tanks, so Tewari and a small group of her friends in Austin are searching for ways to buy and ship medical devices that concentrate the oxygen in the air and make it available to treat COVID-19 patients. They have started a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the effort.
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Brands use social media power to amp up people’s SoS calls
April 30, 2021
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With the country’s healthcare infrastructure severely stressed, many brands are leveraging their wide social media presence to pitch in the battle against the Covid-19 second wave. While some brands are amplifying citizens’ SoS for hospital beds or medicines, others are using their official social media handles to raise funds or spread awareness about vaccination registration.
Take Tinder India, which has changed its official Twitter handle name to “RTs are a helping hand”. For the past few days, the dating app’s official handle has been re-tweeting information on plasma donors, and ambulance and oxygen cylinder services.