Niuniu knocks on the blackboard: since February this year, the number of new cases in India has risen rapidly, and it has increased sharply since April, with the total number of infections now exceeding 15 million. Faced with a surge in cases, depleted medical resources and the soaring risk of default by Indian banks, Mr Modi said there would be no national blockade against the second wave of COVID-19.
With the increasing number of new infections, India is facing more and more severe tests.
There were 259 new cases and 1761 new deaths in the country within 24 hours on Tuesday, April 20, according to government statistics.This is the sixth consecutive breakthrough of new cases in India.twentyTen thousand passes, of which 4Month 19A daily increase of 27.3Ten thousand set a record.
break in in full furyIndia's health care system is overwhelmed.
New cases in India have been rising rapidly since February and have increased sharply since April.
According to statistics,fourMore than 310 new cases have been reported in India since the beginning of this monthTen thousand, the death toll is over 1.8.Wan.So far, the total number of infections in India has exceeded 15 million, second only to the United States in the world.
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K VijayRaghavan, the chief scientific adviser of the Indian government, said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday.Due to the large number of infections and the rapid increase in cases, India's health care system has been overwhelmed.In order to ease the pressure on hospital beds, the Indian government has tried to deploy medical personnel between different regions and set up emergency hospitals.
Among them, the number of beds in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad in India has been almost exhausted; the number of ICU beds is even less.
Some reports have also shown this grim situation. Some local hospitals in India refuse to accept patients, including critically ill patients, because of a shortage of beds; in some cases, unrelated integration is forced to lie in a hospital bed; in addition, the oxygen supply in medical institutions is very low.
Speed up vaccinationModi said: there will be no blockade.
In the face of the emergency form of epidemic prevention, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the second wave of COVID-19 epidemic will not implement a national blockade.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a televised speech on the evening of the 20th that the blockade was only a last resort and "should be avoided as far as possible." The current epidemic situation is different from that of last year, and we should ensure that the economy is not affected. In response to the shortage of medical oxygen, Modi said that the government is working hard to ensure the production and supply of medical oxygen. He called on the public not to panic, strictly abide by COVID-19 's epidemic prevention regulations, and do not go out unless there is an emergency.
No blockade may also be a helpless move. S & P expects the default rate of Indian banks to rise as the epidemic spreads.
Market analysts believe that the new round of epidemic spread and blockade measures may damage the recovery of Indian banks themselves. Vulnerable borrowers such as small businesses may not be able to withstand a new round of shocks as it is difficult to obtain more credit lines.
In addition, vaccination is in a race against time.
According to CNBC, the director of an Indian hospital said in an interviewSince the start of vaccination in January, India has received about 122 million doses of the vaccine; she expects at least 55 per cent of the population to be immunized by September, boosting the country's population immunity.
Why is the epidemic in India so fierce?
As to why the epidemic in India is so ferocious, some experts believe that it is likely to have something to do with the "double variant virus" named "B.1.617".
The virus is not only more contagious, but may also affect the efficacy of the vaccine. The all-India Institute of Medical Sciences pointed out that at the peak of the last epidemic, a patient could infect 30% of 40% of close contacts, and surveillance data of this outbreak showed that a patient could infect 80% of 90% of close contacts.
Others point to another reason: India's epidemic prevention has slackened.
Some experts said that the arrival of this epidemic is not unpredictable, because India relaxed its epidemic prevention after the number of daily cases dropped to less than 20,000 in January. At the same time, large-scale rallies and the opening of most public places have led to the rapid spread of the virus in the underground palace.
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