Covid-19 - Devastating Second Wave in India - Updates and Discussion

[Suriya]

I guess it’s all fake news India doesn’t need emergency supplies or vaccines or vaccine raw materials.

India does need emergency supplies as the mutants both Indian and UK variants spreading very fast and attacking young in densely populated in cities in North or West.

For this reason local authorities in Delhi and other place are totally unprepared for this kind of surge where 4 million new cased reported within a span of 4 weeks.

Situation in US was no different four months back , except media reported it differently. In India, wester media has gone totally Ghoulish.

Oxygen supply issues forced five Los Angeles-area hospitals to declare an 'internal disaster'

Oxygen supply issues led at least five Los Angeles County hospitals to declare an "internal disaster" Sunday, which included turning patients away.

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Apologies if this question is offensive. Doesn’t India have industrial incinerators to burn dead bodies? Does it have to be wood?

There are a dozen in Delhi. But all of western media is going to that single cremation ground designated mainly for Covid dead. Practically In all western media reports, the same Sardarji manager will be seen talking to media.

 

[Dalit]

Over the past seven days, only once - on Tuesday - the country did not register a new record number of cases
NEW DELHI, April 28. /TASS/. India registered 360,960 new coronavirus cases over the past day setting another world record. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday that the number of cases during the pandemic in the country reached 17,997,267.

Over the past seven days, only once - on Tuesday - the country did not register a new record number of cases (there were 323,144). On Monday, 352 991 new coronavirus cases were detected, on Sunday the Ministry of Health of the country reported 349,691 cases, on April 24 - about 346,786, on April 23 this figure was 332,730, and on April 22 - 314,835.

The number of deaths associated with coronavirus increased in India by 3,293 to 201,187 over the past day. The daily jump in mortality was the highest ever during the pandemic: the previous record was recorded on April 26 and amounted to 2,812 cases. There are 2,978,709 coronavirus patients undergoing treatment, 96,505 more than on Tuesday.

In India, 2,556,182 people were vaccinated against coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the total number of vaccinated people was 147,827,367.

Earlier, the Russian Direct Investment Fund announced that India has become the next country to approve the use of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. India has become the 60th country to approve the use of the jab.

In late December 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

https://tass.com/world/1284421

These are not even half the numbers. Modi government is hiding the real numbers.

 

[Dalit]

Experts are saying that countries with a higher coronavirus caseload, including India, need to prepare to deal with the long-term effects of the illness. This phenomenon is being termed as 'Long Covid'.

Long Covid is a multifaceted disease; it can affect multiple organ systems: Ziyad Al-Aly
Long Covid will cripple countries with phenomenal rates of infection: Dr Nisreen A Alwan

'Long Covid' is described as a condition where the effects continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness

While the immediate impact of the second Covid-19 wave on the health system is clearly visible in terms of shortage of oxygen, ICU beds, over-stretched testing and treatment services, new studies suggest that another public health sector crisis associated with the long-term effects of the virus could be looming over our heads.

Although there is no clear definition of 'Long Covid' yet, it is described as a condition where the effects of Covid-19 continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness. New studies show the lasting effect of 'Long Covid' on children as well as the elderly.

A recent peer reviewed study published in Nature analysed health records of 73,435 Covid patients in the US, who did not require hospitalization but still showed 60 per cent higher death risk, compared to the non-Covid group six months since the initial illness.

Those non-hospitalized Covid patients also had an increased need (20 per cent) for outpatient medical care post-infection.

"Long Covid is a multifaceted disease; it can affect multiple organ systems including respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, mental health, metabolic, gastrointestinal, kidneys, and other organ systems," said Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of the research and development service at the VA St. Louis Health Care System and author of the study.

Persistent symptoms among children after leaving hospital

An additional recent report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among 3,171 non-hospitalized Covid patients, 69 per cent had one or more outpatient visits over next six months and among those, "68 per cent had a visit for a new primary diagnosis".

In a separate study made available on pre-print servers, researchers interviewed the parents of 518 children who were admitted to Bashlyaeva Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital in Moscow. 24 per cent of the children reported persistent symptoms even seven to nine months after they left the hospital. Sensory problems, fatigue and sleep disturbance were the most common post-recovery symptoms.

Some of the children (8.4 per cent) reported more than one symptom. Earlier this year, another data published by the UK authorities suggested that 13 per cent of children under the age of 11 and about 15 per cent of children between the ages of 12 and 16 reported at least one symptom, five weeks after the Covid-19 infection.

Could result in another public health crisis: Experts
Experts are already warning that if left unattended, this could result in another public health crisis among the vulnerable population.

"World leaders should be horrified at the thought of #LongCovid that will cripple countries with phenomenal rates of infection, particularly those with struggling health services & no social security. Do they really think it'll be over after the massive wave of deaths? No it won't," Dr Nisreen A Alwan, Associate Professor in Public Health at the University of Southampton posted on Twitter.

Others advise that health systems need to prepare for a multidisciplinary and multi-care approach.

"Because Long Covid impacts so many different organ systems, it's not going to be the purview of infectious diseases doctors, it's not going to be just the lung doctors, it's going to require people with different specialization and different backgrounds of expertise," Andrew Chan, Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health pointed out.

No clear data on 'Long Covid' symptoms in India

There is still no clear data to suggest how many people might be suffering from the 'Long Covid' symptoms in India in the near future, but initial numbers from the UK, which witnessed a similar strong second wave earlier this year, could give us an idea.

According to the UK's Office for National Statistics, at least 1.1 million people in the UK reported 'Long Covid' symptoms during Feb-March 2021. Given the high case counts in India, possible cases of 'Long Covid' in the future could well be beyond anybody's imagination.

The resurrection of the deadly second Covid-19 wave in India has been largely attributed to the ignorance exhibited by the policymakers and the general population; both stand accused of letting their guards down and failing to forestall the rise of the pandemic curve.

An early preparation of the country's health care system and affiliated industries with regard to the anticipated 'Long Covid' cases might go a long way. The pandemic has already delivered a hard lesson that no country is safe from its impact and the price for ignorance could be huge.

Shadow of Long Covid: Why India needs to prepare for long-term effects of coronavirus

Experts are saying that countries with a higher coronavirus caseload, including India, need to prepare to deal with the long-term effects of the illness. This phenomenon is being termed as 'Long Covid'.

www.indiatoday.in

Modi has destroyed Hindustan. The ramifications are long term.

 

[Wikki019]

Pakistan should speed up the vaccination drive, now more younger people are at risk and for longer, my mother 49 years old is in hospital same is the case with some other young people I know of. Virus is mutating to attack more young people as elderly around the world have been vaccinated. Our vaccination drive is very very slow we should speed it up or we could be the next India.

 

[PakSword]

India does need emergency supplies as the mutants both Indian and UK variants spreading very fast and attacking young in densely populated in cities in North or West.

For this reason local authorities in Delhi and other place are totally unprepared for this kind of surge where 4 million new cased reported within a span of 4 weeks.

Situation in US was no different four months back , except media reported it differently. In India, wester media has gone totally Ghoulish.

Oxygen supply issues forced five Los Angeles-area hospitals to declare an 'internal disaster'

Oxygen supply issues led at least five Los Angeles County hospitals to declare an "internal disaster" Sunday, which included turning patients away.

edition.cnn.com

There are a dozen in Delhi. But all of western media is going to that single cremation ground designated mainly for Covid dead. Practically In all western media reports, the same Sardarji manager will be seen talking to media.

I can post pictures and videos of people dying on the streets, but I won't. This didn't happen in the US.

The US was also capable to control the situation. In your case, western media picked the news after continuous failure of your central as well as state governments. In addition, you started silencing the voices of people who were raising concerns. In UP, cases are being registered against people who are asking for help on twitter. Naturally, any media outlet will definitely report the situation (although I still believe they are favoring India by still not showing the actual worst situation on ground). Western media has always favored you guys.. still it is favoring you.. If it was a country like Pakistan, you can't imagine how they would have reacted..

Accept that the situation is out of your control now. Accept that you need external help (and world has come to your rescue on time, otherwise you never know what's next for you). Stop pretending to be a healthcare superpower.. stop claiming that you can save the world... stop believing that you are a developed nation and can survive without external aid.

 

[CIA Mole]

To put things into perspective, India has more people than all of the americas combined which already has over 60 million confirmed cases and over 1 million deaths.

India has many times less land and resources.



Only reason why there’s still hope in peoples minds is because of constant brainwashing by western media to make india look good vs its neighbors.

 

[Norwegian]

India suffers worst day of pandemic with record number of cases and deaths
Crematoriums in Delhi forced to build makeshift funeral pyres on spare patches of land as Covid death toll surges

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Wed 28 Apr 2021 16.06 BST

India has suffered its worst day yet of the pandemic, as both new Covid-19 cases and deaths break previous records and crematoriums in Delhi become so overloaded with bodies that they are being forced to build makeshift funeral pyres on spare patches of land.
On Wednesday morning, India reported 360,960 new cases in the previous 24 hours, the largest single-day increase in the world, taking India’s total to nearly 18 million. A further 3,293 deaths, the deadliest day so far, took the death toll to 201,187.
Dellhi is under lockdown until at least next week but deaths in the capital continue to climb in record numbers, with another 381 succumbing to Covid-19 on Tuesday. The city’s crematoriums and graveyards struggled to cope with the sheer number of bodies, running out of both space and wood for funeral pyres. Relatives of the dead sat with bodies for up 20 hours outside some crematoriums waiting to perform the last rites on their loved ones.
Outside some crematoriums, dozens of dead bodies waiting to be cremated were laid out on the pavements, covered with sheets and flowers in Delhi’s baking heat.
Many believe the real death toll in the capital and across India is far higher than official figures, as authorities have been accused of skewing the data to downplay the tragedy. Many people have also been in home quarantine and so not officially registered as Covid-19 deaths. In Delhi, 3,472 Covid-protocol funerals have taken place over the past week, but officially only 2,127 people died of coronavirus in this period.
‘People phone up pleading’: the volunteers battling India’s oxygen crisis
Jayant Malhotra, co-founder of Sant Shiv Sewa foundation, which has been assisting people with cremations in Delhi for free during the pandemic, said the number of bodies his organisation was called to cremate or bury had gone from one every few days to 40 every day in recent weeks.
“It is a very difficult situation because so many dead bodies are coming in and we can’t find the space in the crematorium grounds and Islamic and Christian graveyards,” said Malhotra. He added that his organisation was now experiencing families leaving the bodies of coronavirus patients with them and then disappearing, not wanting to attend the cremation of their loved ones.
Malhotra said his staff started work at 6am and did not stop until 7pm, at three different crematorium grounds in Delhi. “We have a core team of 25 people who work for 13 hours every day,” he said. “But it’s getting worse.”
He added: “It’s heartbreaking. In one family there were six members and five died from Covid in just a few days. It’s so, so sad, we could never have imagined that this number of people would be dying. Now the cremators are getting infected. Last week, my ambulance driver who has been collecting sick people and dead bodies also died because he got coronavirus. It never ends.”
Numerous crematoriums in Delhi have been forced to expand into footpaths, nearby parks, car parks and open ground but they are still running out of space. At Sarai Kale Khan crematorium, 70 extra funeral pyre platforms are being built.
In the Dwarka area of Delhi, a dog crematorium is to be converted into use for human bodies as the authorities scrambled for additional space for the Covid dead, and authorities are also looking for space along the Yamuna river.
A senior official in Delhi said the city was experiencing a 15% rise in funerals every day. Municipal corporations have been instructed to expand crematorium capacity to cope with 1,000 bodies a day.
Crematoriums are also reportedly running low on wood to build the funeral pyres. Some trees in the capital’s parks have been cut down and in east Delhi, the municipal corporation issued orders to use cow dung patties, instead of wood, in cremations.
“If we get more bodies then we will cremate on the road. There is no more space here,” said Jitender Singh Shanty, who is coordinating more than 100 cremations per day at an east Delhi crematorium. “We had never thought that we would see such horrible scenes.”
The explosion in cases was reflected across the country, with 11 states all registering their highest number of daily cases so far in the pandemic, with hospital beds in Goa and Haryana running out.
India’s devastating second wave has driven a surge in global coronavirus cases to 147.7 million. The virus has now killed more than 3.1 million people worldwide.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the B1617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India, which is feared to be driving India’s deadly second wave, had now been traced in “at least 17 countries”. Currently the WHO has dubbed it as a “variant of interest” but so far it has stopped short of declaring it a “variant of concern” similar to the Brazil, UK and South African variants.
In Fiji, an outbreak of the Indian variant has forced the capital into lockdown after the island nation had avoided infections for a year, with health officials saying they fear a “tsunami” of cases.

 

[Daghalodi]

We need a Miracle for India.

 

[hussain0216]

I reckon realistically 2 to 4 weeks of tragedy before things take a dip and a slow gradual fall if they can suppress the curb


For Pakistan it's essential we remain vigilant and wear masks, wash hands, keep our distance

Ensure army and police crack down hard on any jahil not able to understand


Get the message out the mullahs and mosques,
No congregation
Pray at home
Eid at home amongst family

Keep vaccinations going


If we are lucky we can suppress the curve before it gets high and vaccinations over summer can do the rest of the job

 

[Patriot forever]

On Wednesday morning, India reported 360,960 new cases in the previous 24 hours, the largest single-day increase in the world, taking India’s total to nearly 18 million. A further 3,293 deaths, the deadliest day so far, took the death toll to 201,187.

Today 379,459 cases and 3647 deaths were reported.

 

[Norwegian]

Today 379,459 cases and 3647 deaths were reported.

Loss of human life could have been avoided if Modi the moron hadn't relaxed Covid restrictions @Joe Shearer @jamahir

 

[CONNAN]

unfortunately We have a few physcopath politicians , who want to protect their image. When the emperor himself is naked, what to expect from his blind supporters

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I think Modi doesn't mind too much.

Many Indians only see that their IIT alumni, Brahmins, elite families and overseas desis are all OK. So everything is OK.

As for the other 1 billion Indians under the rule of the Delhi regime - dalits, Muslims, Buddhists, farmers, the left, Kashmiris, northeastern tribals - they don't count in their eyes.

 

[PakSword]

I reckon realistically 2 to 4 weeks of tragedy before things take a dip and a slow gradual fall if they can suppress the curb


For Pakistan it's essential we remain vigilant and wear masks, wash hands, keep our distance

Ensure army and police crack down hard on any jahil not able to understand


Get the message out the mullahs and mosques,
No congregation
Pray at home
Eid at home amongst family

Keep vaccinations going


If we are lucky we can suppress the curve before it gets high and vaccinations over summer can do the rest of the job

Other South Asian countries are lucky that they can see the devastation and learn something. If even after that we don't learn, may Allah help us all.

 

[Arsalan345]

We should ask our public to behave because india shares border with us. look at india my friends! better take care of our own country first. I don't know much about types of covid but it looks like india is suffering badly and this indian type of virus is probably last stage virus where you can't breathe without oxygen supply. I wish for swift recovery and wish well to indians! stay inside pakistani people!