🇮🇳 India has set a new global record for Covid infections.
People are dying on the streets and hospitals are running out of oxygen.
India's crisis is one of the worst the world has yet seen.
📈But how did the second wave get this bad?
@Sophcoe_ explains👇
People are dying on the streets and hospitals are running out of oxygen.
India's crisis is one of the worst the world has yet seen.
📈But how did the second wave get this bad?
@Sophcoe_ explains👇
📅 In March India's health minister said it was in the “endgame” of the pandemic.
They held cricket games and religious festivals, all largely maskless.
Now India is in the thrall of one of the worst outbreaks to date
@jriggers and @sneweyy report 👇
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
They held cricket games and religious festivals, all largely maskless.
Now India is in the thrall of one of the worst outbreaks to date
@jriggers and @sneweyy report 👇
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
❓Why has India's second wave got so bad?
Here are three possible reasons:
🦠 The Indian variant
💉 Vaccination rates
🏥 Underfunded healthcare
Here are three possible reasons:
🦠 The Indian variant
💉 Vaccination rates
🏥 Underfunded healthcare
🔴 The Indian variant 🔴
🦠 India’s homegrown Covid variant spreads fast.
Partner this with ‘superspreader’ events earlier in the year like the Kumbh Mela festival and you have dangerously good conditions for viral transmission
🦠 India’s homegrown Covid variant spreads fast.
Partner this with ‘superspreader’ events earlier in the year like the Kumbh Mela festival and you have dangerously good conditions for viral transmission
🔴 Vaccination rates 🔴
💉India is known as the “world’s pharmacy” for its vaccine production capacity.
But getting jabs into people’s arms has proved more challenging
💉India is known as the “world’s pharmacy” for its vaccine production capacity.
But getting jabs into people’s arms has proved more challenging
💉Whilst India have administered 139 million doses of vaccine, this only accounts for around 10% of the country's vast population.
📈It's not enough to stop the second wave
📈It's not enough to stop the second wave
🔴 Struggling healthcare system 🔴
🏥In major cities like Mumbai and Delhi, hospitals reached capacity quickly.
Oxygen shortages and leakages increased the mortality rate further
🏥In major cities like Mumbai and Delhi, hospitals reached capacity quickly.
Oxygen shortages and leakages increased the mortality rate further
🗣️Dr Shahid Jameel, one of India’s leading virologists, said:
🔴“Modellers were predicting a second wave... But nobody really expected it to be this big. We were really caught by surprise and it has completely overwhelmed the system.”
🔴“Modellers were predicting a second wave... But nobody really expected it to be this big. We were really caught by surprise and it has completely overwhelmed the system.”
🌎There are now worries that India's second wave is spreading.
📈Cases are rising in neighbouring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka
📈Cases are rising in neighbouring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka
🇮🇳India’s crisis shows that everywhere remains vulnerable until vaccinated.
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