The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gebreasus, has warned that the situation in India is dire. "India needs to take swift action to help address this crisis," he said.
The head of the World Health Organization told reporters on Monday that the situation in India was dire. The World Health Organization is doing its best to provide emergency equipment and assistance.
India is going through its most difficult time in the coronavirus pandemic that has lasted for more than a year. 3 lakh 52 thousand 991 patients were identified in the country on Monday, 2 thousand 812 people died. The hospitals are struggling to handle the patients. Lack of oxygen has exacerbated the crisis.
The families of many patients are posting through social media rather than looking for hospital beds and oxygen cylinders.
The head of the World Health Organization said they were providing the necessary equipment for thousands of oxygen concentrators, mobile field hospitals and laboratories. He said more than 2,600 experts were being deployed to help India deal with the pandemic.
India, a country of about 130 crore people, has become the latest hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 31 people worldwide. With their help, the United States and the United Kingdom have sent raw materials for making ventilators and vaccines. Many more countries have extended a helping hand.
At the end of 2019, the first Covid-19 infection was detected in China. Since then, in more than a year, more than 14 crore 72 lakh people in the world have been infected. And more than 31 lakh lives have been lost.
Tedros Adhanom Gebreasus said on Monday that new corona infections have been on the rise around the world for the past nine weeks. The number of people diagnosed with the infection last week is equal to the first five months of the onset of the pandemic.