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Mumbai s dip in Covid-19 cases offers glimmer of hope to India
The country has made headlines around the world recently, in its fight against a deadly surge in infections. By Press Association Monday 17 May 2021, 7:51 AM 4 hours ago 9,522 Views 0 Comments
People wearing face masks stand in a queue outside a NESCO vaccination centre in Mumbai.
People wearing face masks stand in a queue outside a NESCO vaccination centre in Mumbai.
A DIP IN the number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai is offering a glimmer of hope for India, as the country battles a surge in infections.
In the last week, the number of new cases plunged by nearly 70% in the nation’s financial capital, home to 22 million people.
âThere will always be smaller states or cities where things are getting worse, but this wonât be as clear in the national caseload numbers,â said Murad Banaji, a mathematician modelling Indiaâs cases.
Given Indiaâs size and population of nearly 1.4 billion, whatâs considered more important to track is a cascade of peaks at different times instead of a single national one.
âIt seems like we are getting desensitised by the numbers, having gotten used to such high ones,â said Bhramar Mukherjee, a University of Michigan biostatistician tracking the virus in India. âBut a relative change or drop in overall cases does not diminish the magnitude of the crisis by any means.â
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Healthcare workers attend to patients at a makeshift Covid-19 care facility in New Delhi. Photograph: Atul Loke/The New York Times
A dip in the number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai is offering a glimmer of hope for India, as the country battles a surge in infections.
In the last week, the number of new cases plunged by nearly 70 per cent in the nation’s financial capital, home to 22 million people.
After a peak of 11,000 daily cases, the city is recording fewer than 2,000 a day. Even the capital of New Delhi is seeing signs of improvement.
India’s top virologist Dr Shahid Jameel has resigned as the chair of a key panel spearheading genome sequencing for Covid-19 samples, after he repeatedly criticised the government’s response to the virus outbreak. Dr Jameel, who is highly respected in the scientific community, has been outspoken throughout the pandemic and recently penned an opinion piece in the New York Times which assessed the Modi government’s response to multiple waves of.