India scrambles to scale up care for COVID-19 patients amid fear of surge in northeast
With experts saying the coronavirus is likely spreading in India s northeastern state of Assam faster than anywhere else in the country, authorities were preparing Monday for a surge in infections by converting a massive stadium and a university into hospitals.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 10:05 AM ET | Last Updated: May 10
People queue up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in Gauhati, Assam, India on Monday. Health officials are worried about rising cases in the northeast of the country.(Anupam Nath/The Associated Press)
GAUHATI, India (AP) With experts saying the coronavirus is likely spreading in India’s northeastern state of Assam faster than anywhere else in the country, authorities were preparing Monday for a surge in infections by converting a massive stadium and a university into hospitals.
Cases in Assam started ticking upward a month ago and the official seven-day weekly average in the state on May 9 stood at more than 4,700 cases. But a model run by the University of Michigan which predicts the current spread of cases before they are actually detected says infections in Assam are likely occurring as fast as any other place in the country.
With experts saying the coronavirus is likely spreading in India’s northeastern state of Assam faster than anywhere else in the country, authorities are preparing for a surge in infections by converting a massive stadium and a university into hospitals.
Cases in Assam started ticking upward a month ago and the official seven-day average of daily cases in the state on May 9 stood at more than 4,700 cases.
But a model run by the University of Michigan – which predicts the current spread of cases before they are actually detected – says infections in Assam are likely occurring as fast as any other place in the country.
Gauhati: With experts saying the coronavirus is likely spreading in India s northeastern state of Assam faster than anywhere else in the country, authorities were preparing Monday for a surge in infections by converting a massive stadium and a university into hospitals.
Cases in Assam started ticking upward a month ago and the official seven-day weekly average in the state on May 9 stood at more than 4,700 cases. But a model run by the University of Michigan - which predicts the current spread of cases before they are actually detected - says infections in Assam are likely occurring as fast as any other place in the country.