With the shock of India’s ongoing Covid-19 crisis, we should focus on ensuring that there isn’t another similar case. That means that vaccination efforts must speed up, not slow down, particularly in developing and middle-income countries. Worryingly, vaccination efforts have been disrupted by India’s second wave. About 30 percent of exported vaccine doses are produced […]
The ongoing Covid crisis in India is probably one of the worst humanitarian crises the world has witnessed in recent memory. The virus is on the rampage, spreading from urban centers to rural hinterlands and mutating at its will. Data on new cases and deaths is fuzzy at best, agencies are unprepared and overwhelmed, oxygen […]
The scenes out of India these days are harrowing. Human beings lying on the pavement, begging for a bed in a hospital, or at the very least, some supply of oxygen. Space has run out not just for the dying, but also for the dead, as cremation and burial sites struggle to deal with the […]
“The incumbent rulers of this country feel proud propagating that they strive to transform it to a global captain. They go all out in diverse ways to implement their old dream of attaining the best seat on the world podium. Let them do according to their taste and commercial intellect. But should countless people literally die […]
Since the beginning of April 2021, India is witnessing a sharp spike in new COVID-19 cases, which has brought unimaginable public health emergencies. Thousands are dying, and the confirmed new cases have gone up to 400,000 daily. The images of mass cremation pyres and desperate struggle of the COVID-19 patients in front of hospitals for […]
On Jan. 28, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory against Covid-19. Addressing a virtual summit of the World Economic Forum, he sought applause for saving “humanity from a big disaster by containing the coronavirus effectively.” Three months on, India is the epicenter of the pandemic. The country’s health care system is on the precipice […]
As funeral pyres burn in the streets and hope diminishes, India is reeling from a deadly wave of COVID-19 cases. With 314,835 new COVID-19 cases recorded yesterday – the highest one-day increase in cases globally – the cracks within India’s frail healthcare system have been laid bare. A tally shared by the city government indicated that six […]