The biggest Covid challenge now for India & what world must learn from its experience Virologist Shahid Jameel answers questions on the causes of India's devastating second wave, misconceptions about the virus, and how the country can get out of its Covid nightmare. Bobby Ghosh 3 May, 2021 9:00 am IST Text Size: A+ India is suffering the world’s worst Covid-19 crisis. The daily infection rate is more than 300,000; the daily death toll, in excess of 2,000, is very likely an undercount. The health system has broken down, with scarcities in everything from hospital beds to oxygen. The Indian government has restricted vaccine exports and is instead trying to secure supplies from abroad.