Rare, Life-Threatening Covid Complications Cause Worry In India Rare, Life-Threatening Covid Complications Cause Worry In India Pharmacists are warning of a shortage of a crucial drug to treat an invasive fungal infection preying on patients with weakened immune systems.
Updated: May 20, 2021 5:44 pm IST
India has reported more than 25 million Covid cases, with half occurring in the past two months alone.
Rare, life-threatening Covid-19 complications appear to be escalating in India, creating a fresh wave of critical medical challenges in a country that has already seen short supplies of oxygen and other basic needs.
Pharmacists are warning of a shortage of a crucial drug to treat an invasive fungal infection preying on patients with weakened immune systems. An uptick in cases across India of a dangerous inflammatory syndrome in children also seen in the U.S. and Europe at the height of their outbreaks is a harbinger of a potentially deadly spate of the pediatric illnes
Rare, life-threatening Covid-19 complications appear to be escalating in India, creating a fresh wave of critical medical challenges in a country that has already seen short supplies of oxygen and other basic needs. Pharmacists are warning of a shortage of a crucial drug to treat an invasive fungal infection preying on patients with weakened immune systems. An uptick in cases across India of a dangerous inflammatory syndrome in children also seen in the U.S. and Europe at the height of their outbreaks is a harbinger of a potentially deadly spate of the pediatric illness in the coming weeks.
Rare, life-threatening COVID-19 complications appear to be escalating in India, creating a fresh wave of critical medical challenges in a country that has already seen short supplies of oxygen and other basic needs.
Rare, life-threatening Covid-19 complications appear to be escalating in India, creating a fresh wave of critical medical challenges in a country that has already seen short supplies of oxygen and other basic needs.
An international medical journal has called on the Narendra Modi government to own up mistakes, provide responsible leadership and implement a science-based response to steer India out of its Covid-19 crisis and “botched vaccination campaign”, describing some of its actions as “inexcusable”.
Soon after the call from The Lancet journal, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country’s largest body of doctors, accused the Modi government of inappropriate actions, hiding data and deaths and failing to plan a roadmap to ensure adequate vaccines were available.
The Lancet, in a commentary on Friday on India’s Covid-19 emergency, cited how the government had allowed religious festivals to proceed, along with huge political rallies, conspicuous for their lack of Covid-19 mitigation measures, despite warnings about the risks of super-spreader events.