write an article about the current issue of covid 2021 in india?
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Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, India has witnessed a massive surge of cases in the past 3 weeks. As of April 30, 33 610 confirmed cases and 1075 deaths have been reported from 32 states/union territories in India. Apart from the nationwide lockdown, India has increased its testing rate and has markedly strengthened the health care sector to combat COVID-19. With India’s population of more than 1.3 billion people at a significant population density compared with the rest of the world, the lack of universal access to clean water and overall poor socioeconomic status, all have posed a major challenge to India’s fight against COVID-19. Failure to contain the pandemic in India could have disastrous consequences with widespread cases and thousands of deaths that could easily overwhelm the health care infrastructure. Unabated spread of the pandemic could make India the next COVID-19 hotspot; hence the World Health Organization has recently stated that the “future of the pandemic will depend on how India handles it.” Here, we have summarized the present scenario of the pandemic in India and the myriad challenges being faced by the country in its fight against COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, India, pandemic, social distancing, lockdown
Introduction
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has already affected over 6.9 million people, claiming more than 400 000 lives in over 200 nations all over the world. As on June 9, 2020, most of the cases were reported from the United States of America, Brazil, and Russia. While some nations (like China and South Korea) have successfully been able to flatten the pandemic curve, other nations are finding it difficult to achieve the same. In the absence of any definite therapy against COVID-19, the resilience of the health care infrastructure and health professionals is being put to test.
The novel coronavirus disease has also infiltrated into India; hitherto over 250 000 cases have been reported from the country. With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, India could become the new epicenter of COVID-19. Due to the remarkable population density, poor socioeconomic conditions and health care resources, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently stated that the “future of the pandemic will depend on how India handles it.”1 Here, we have presented a summary of the present scenario of COVID-19 in India, the country’s response and major challenges that lie in the road ahead.
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