The second wave of the
pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With
over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the
country each day at present, the total number of deaths has
just passed the 200,000 mark – that’s about one in
16 of all COVID deaths across the world. It is also
evident that the India statistics are significant
underestimates.
The virulence of the second
wave in India seems to be related to a confluence of
factors: government
complacency, driven by poor data collection and being in
denial about the reality of the data; a new
variant with a hockey-stick shaped growth curve; and
India COVID Crisis: Four Reasons It Will Derail The World Economy econintersect.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from econintersect.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Uma S Kambhampati
The Indian government may have been ineffective in the current crisis, but failing to recognise how it will affect the world would amount to an equivalent level of complacency.
A photograph showing the evening Aarti during the Kumb Mela at Haridwar on April 19, 2021. Photograph taken from one of the countless Facebook Pages dedicated to the festival.
The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at present, the total number of deaths has just passed the 200,000 mark – that’s about one in 16 of all COVID deaths across the world. It is also evident that the India statistics are significant underestimates.
Read more about Four reasons why India s coronavirus crisis will derail the world economy on Business Standard. The virulence of the second wave in India seems to be related to a confluence of factors: government complacency, driven by poor data collection and being in denial about the reality of the data;
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People wearing face shields and masks as a precaution against the coronavirus as they wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India
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