Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar, The New York Times
Published: 10 Apr 2021 10:04 AM BdST
Updated: 10 Apr 2021 10:04 AM BdST Health care workers register people for COVID-19 vaccines, at a triage area outside the East West Rescue medical centre in New Delhi on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Rebecca Conway/The New York Times) Police set up a checkpoint ahead of a nighttime curfew in New Delhi on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Rebecca Conway/The New York Times) People wait in an observation area after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi on April 9, 2021. (Rebecca Conway/The New York Times)
When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear: A fast spread in a population of 1.3 billion would be devastating.
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Police officers questioned drivers at a checkpoint after the start of a curfew in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Rebecca Conway for The New York Times
When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear: A fast spread in a population of 1.3 billion would be devastating.
Police officers questioned drivers at a checkpoint after the start of a curfew in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Rebecca Conway for The New York Times
When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear: A fast spread in a population of 1.3 billion would be devastating.
Though damaging and ultimately flawed, the lockdown and other efforts appeared to work. Infections dropped and deaths remained low. Officials and the public dropped their guard. Experts warned fruitlessly that the government’s haphazard approach would bring a crisis when a new wave appeared.
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‘India will add four million more cases by May 1’
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When the surge in cases is rapid, more persons with severe disease might require critical care at the same time, resulting in a shortage of beds
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When the surge in cases is rapid, more persons with severe disease might require critical care at the same time, resulting in a shortage of beds
Since the first COVID-19 case was reported in India, the next four weeks will be the defining period in terms of how successful India’s COVID-19 response will be in controlling the ongoing, uncontrollable surge in virus spread across many States.