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Delhi reduces Covid tests even as infections surge, leading to warning from doctors

Delhi reduces Covid tests even as infections surge, leading to warning from doctors Shweta Sharma © Provided by The Independent Coronavirus testing rates have dropped significantly in the Indian capital Delhi in the past week despite infection rates surging. From almost 100,000 tests being conducted every day 10 days ago, the testing rate dropped to 57,000 tests on Monday, according to the latest figures, while the positivity rate remained at 31 per cent. The decline in testing in Delhi is in line with the nationwide drop in testing which dropped from almost 1.7 million tests on 24 April to 1.6 million on 26 April. Speaking to The Independent, a public health expert from Bengaluru, Dr Oommen John, said testing is “extremely critical to understand the transmission dynamics” and reducing it could hamper India’s fight against Covid.

India scrambles to supply oxygen as COVID-19 patients gasp for breath

India Scrambles to Supply Oxygen as Covid-19 Patients Gasp for Breath

India Scrambles to Supply Oxygen as Covid-19 Patients Gasp for Breath
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Transporting oxygen cylinders to a filling station at a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on Monday.Credit.Amit Dave/Reuters NEW DELHI A catastrophic second wave of the coronavirus is battering India, which is reporting the world’s highest number of new infections as hospitals and patients beg for fast-diminishing oxygen supplies and other emergency aid. Canada has joined Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand in barring travelers coming from India. And the U.S. State Department advised people against going to India after the Centers for Disease Control raised the risk level to its highest measure. Facing a barrage of criticism for his government’s handling of the second wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled plans to travel to West Bengal for a campaign rally as an election takes place in that state.

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