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BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionThe extent of India s suffering as it deals with the coronavirus pandemic has shocked the world India has had more Covid-19 cases in the last seven days than anywhere else in the world. Experts believe the real death toll may be higher than the official numbers. Many of you have been sending us questions regarding the current situation and we asked experts inside and outside the BBC to answer them. Why is India s second wave devastating? Jabran Ali Khan Dr Om Srivastava, consultant and visiting professor, infectious diseases, Mumbai, answers: We were very careful in the first wave. The story of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a fantastic example of how infections can be contained. It was a model replicated across the world.Over a period of time, from about November of last year, we probably became a little bit complacent, thinking it was out of our lives. ....
BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionThe extent of India s suffering as it deals with the coronavirus pandemic has shocked the world India has had more Covid-19 cases in the last seven days than anywhere else in the world. Experts believe the real death toll may be higher than the official numbers. Many of you have been sending us questions regarding the current situation and we asked experts inside and outside the BBC to answer them. Why is India s second wave devastating? Jabran Ali Khan Dr Om Srivastava, consultant and visiting professor, infectious diseases, Mumbai, answers: We were very careful in the first wave. The story of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a fantastic example of how infections can be contained. It was a model replicated across the world.Over a period of time, from about November of last year, we probably became a little bit complacent, thinking it was out of our lives. ....