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Pandemic second wave deepens into unprecedented crisis -TK Rajalakshmi

Published on May 21, 2021   Modified on May 19, 2021

-Frontline.in The government has few constructive leads to offer as the second wave of the pandemic develops into a crisis of an unprecedented scale. The massive wave of COVID-19 infections engulfing the country is testimony to the Central government’s total ineptness in handling the crisis. In April, nearly 42,000 deaths were officially recorded as having been caused by COVID-19. In less than a month, the count went up by more than 20 per cent of the total official COVID deaths in the 15 months since the beginning of the pandemic. On March 28, India’s cumulative confirmed cases crossed the 12-million mark. In April, the 18-million mark was crossed. In other words, more than six million cases were added in less than a month, which is more than the total number of cases from the beginning of the pandemic until the first peak in mid September 2020. When top scientific experts in the establishment say that this surge had not been anticipated and other experts observe that the health system has collapsed, it is evident that the country is in deep trouble. In an interview to a leading daily, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Union government admitted in so many words that none of the scientists had predicted a wave of “such vehemence”. It is equally clear that the country is not equipped to quell the raging fire and that it will have to die down mostly on its own, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. The tragedy has already touched an overwhelming number of families. Many have died because they could not get to hospital and many others because they could not get oxygen in time. Delhi is in the news because it is the national capital, but similar stories are coming through from everywhere across the length and breadth of the country. Even the media are overwhelmed, unable to properly depict the scale of the tragedy that is unfolding. Statistics can only go up to a point in describing what is happening. Day after day, India is setting a new record and then breaking the world record in the number of confirmed COVID cases reported on a single day in any country. After 3.86 lakh cases on April 29, the four-lakh mark was reached in less than 24 hours the next day. Except for Maharashtra, where there are signs of a slow decline in the number of daily cases, the numbers are still growing rapidly almost everywhere else. The figures that are emerging must be seen in the context of an overstretched testing capacity and amid reported pressure from governments to slow down the process of testing. The testing numbers have gone up considerably in the last two weeks, crossing the 10-million mark for the first time in the week ending on April 18 and then increasing further to 11.4 million in the week ending on April 25. Please click here to read more.

Frontline.in, 21 May, 2021, https://frontline.thehindu.com/covid-19/covid-19-pandemic-second-wave-crisis-health/article34482558.ece?fbclid=IwAR2Aho89uU7dSAyDJdKZAo5vKfHqUrYrJjWXwxJqLR6JqyW1zNEuZBLiQeU

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