According to CNN and other media reports, India since mid-March outbreak of the second wave of the new crown pneumonia, has been a serious blow to the country’s communities and hospitals. According to the latest data released by the Indian Ministry of Health on the 24th, the country added 340,0005103 cases in a single day, not only a new record for the country, but also a new case of India for three days in a row exceeded 300,000 cases, as well as a new global high in the number of infections in a single day for three days in a row. Now India’s medical system is on the verge of collapse, not only the emergence of the robbery of medical oxygen incident, the remains of the sick and deceased burned all night long, the State Bank of India estimates that the blockade order fears that the country lost 1.5 trillion rupees.
CNN pointed out that after 332,730 people were infected with the disease in India on the 23rd, the number of people infected with the disease in India on the 24th reached a new record high, breaking the 340,000 mark. At present, India’s medical system has almost collapsed, whether it is critical beds, drugs, medical gas or respirators, all serious shortage; the remains of the deceased due to the epidemic, filled in the mortuary and crematorium, all night can see the burning fire.
To add insult to injury, Indian health officials have found a more contagious variant of the virus in Delhi; about half of the cases in Delhi are caused by this new variant. The New York Times noted that it is still unclear how the new variant is related to the surge in cases across the country, but it is suspected that the large numbers of unprotected people gathered together, coupled with the negligence of epidemic preparedness measures, have led India into an epidemic dilemma.
Although more than 16.61 million people have been infected in India to date and the total number of deaths from the epidemic has topped 180,000, CNN believes that India’s population is four times that of the United States; when adjusted for population size, the average daily number of cases is still lower than that of the United States.
Despite CNN’s analysis, as the number of people infected with the disease continues to reach new highs, the Indian government is either continuing to conduct large political party events or allowing large festivals to take place, causing the epidemic to show no signs of slowing down. Even the social media are full of videos of hospitals lacking respirators and patients lying in ambulances outside emergency rooms, gasping for breath due to difficulties.
A statement from the Indian Ministry of Health confirmed that India has a daily oxygen capacity of only 7,700 tons and a reserve of only 55,000 tons; not all of which is for medical use, some of which is for Indian use. The shortage of oxygen has led the Supreme Court to ask the Indian government to carry out a national distribution plan, and the Ministry of Health also needs to import another 55,000 tons of oxygen.
The New York Times reported that oxygen is difficult to store and transport, and is often not produced in the vicinity of large cities, where hospitals are in high demand, further exacerbating the plight of oxygen shortages and triggering oxygen robberies.
At present, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand, have banned the entry of Indian tourists, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be the highest risk of travel to India, and urged people to avoid going. The travel guide reads, “The demand for hospital beds and medical supplies has led to a significant burden on the health care system in many cities, and space for critical care beds is severely limited.
As a variant of the virus rages in Delhi, the local government has declared a week-long lockdown and has left tens of millions of people working odd jobs every day to survive. The State Bank of India’s latest report said that the implementation of strict curfew orders and blockades in several provinces in India, the country’s economic losses of up to 1.5 trillion rupees.
Among them, about 80% of the losses are concentrated in the provinces of Maharashtra (Maharashtra), Madhya (Madhya Pradesh) and Rajasthan (Rajasthan), Maharashtra Province more because of the strict blockade order and accounted for 54% of the losses. But as India’s most industrialized and best-developed province, such losses may have a huge impact on economic growth.
Therefore, the State Bank of India has revised downward its estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for fiscal years 2021 to 2022 to 14.3% and 10.4% for nominal and real GDP, respectively. (previously 15% and 11% respectively). The outbreak also caused labor migration, with nearly 432,000 people returning from Maharashtra to the Northern, West Bangladeshi, Bihar, Assam and Orissa provinces.
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