India And The Pandemic

"India will likely exceed 1.1 million new cases reported daily. The daily death tolls will likely reach over 7,000 a day. ............... The daily death tolls will likely reach over 7,000 a day. There is no reason to expect the transmission to slow down immediately as non-pharmaceutical mitigation measures-- masking, social distancing, and limiting gatherings-- have not been really adopted in recent months .......... The only way to slow down the epidemic in the short-term is to adopt those measures immediately, Unfortunately, India cannot vaccinate or treat itself out of the current surge. Only about 1% of the population has been fully vaccinated and the healthcare system has collapsed. ......... Why did this have to happen a year after the pandemic began, when highly effective non-pharmaceutical mitigation measures were known, multiple effective vaccines were available, and the country was the largest producer of vaccines globally?"

Dire COVID-19 Situation in India Unfortunately is Just Beginning Current COVID-19 situation in India is dire with a...

Posted by Madhav Bhatta on Saturday, April 24, 2021