These 15 images will tell u what have made the covid-19 second wave in India more catastrophic!
No. 1 in surging Covid -19 cases and No. 3 in death rate India is now leading towards a catastrophic second wave. India now accounts for one in every six new global cases. Since April 3, India has been witnessing consistent massive surge in daily cases, surpassing the U.S. and Brazil. The last time India led the world in daily cases was during the first wave in September.
Apprehensions and panic also got its promotion this time, despite the complacent behavior in contradiction. The age profile of people getting infected with Covid-19 in the second wave remains mostly unchanged as compared to the first one last year, leaving senior citizens most at risk of dying. As 70% of those who have hospitalized in both the waves are 40 years and above. Much of a relief, the 2nd wave India’s fatality rate has remained low or stable against first wave, said doctors in charge of national Covid -19 management strategy.
"The two main causes are-when in Jan/Feb vaccination started and cases went down people stopped following COVID appropriate behaviour and at this time the virus mutated and it spread more rapidly," the AIIMS chief told ANI.
Religious and political gatherings
Millions have gathered for the Kumbh Mela festival and dip in the Ganges river as Covid-19 cases surge across India. A scene from haridwar.
Atleast nine seers have tested positive at the Kumbh Mela, officials told the BBC
Devotees walk around a bonfire during "Holika Dahan"-part of holi celebration- amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave (REUTERS)
Crowding at Kempegowda Road amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, on Sunday, April 4, 2021. (Photo by Sampath Kumar GP / Hindustan Times)
Political gatherings during election across the country has definitely made the situation even worse.voting was held for four states and one Union Territory in the period.
All these mass gatherings, whether it is religious, political or for marriages…people need to understand that this is not going to help them. On the contrary, it is going to get worse and worse,” Top virologist across warned.
Complacency and irrational behaviour
Commuters travel in a crowded bus during evening rush hour , in New Delhi, India, on March 18, 2020. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
People not adhering to social distancing norms, throng Fancy Bazar, ahead of the Rongali Bihu festival, amid coronavirus pandemic, in Guwahati, Friday, April 9, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
Couple misbehaved with cops after they were stopped for flouting Covid norms.
Abhay Parashar New Delhi April 19, 2021 14:34 IST
A family from Kerala seen protesting against covid protocol. These images has been circulated via WhatsApp
Vaccine:- diplomacy, hesitancy and demand -supply mismanagement
India is facing a shortage of vaccines even as it ramps up its inoculation drive.source :BBC
Lining up outside a vaccination center in Mumbai.vaccine scarcity and wide demand supply gap was the story state across .Credit...Divyakant Solanki/EPA, via Shutterstock
Inadequate -infrastructure and Covid-19 management plan
Hospitals are overflowing with patients, often two to a bed.complete occupation of beds and ICU has been reported across cities. Source :Reuters
Covid Patient’s Body Falls Off Ambulance, A morbid video from the Vidisha District Hospital, around 57 kilometres from state capital Bhopal,shows conditions of ambulance in one of the hospital in Maharashtra source :NDTV
Vaccine diplomacy and recurring elections and campaigns are beyond the required rationality.Conduct of religious ceremonies and election campaigns, debating with police officials who reiterated wearing mask for our safety,avoiding social distancing norm, ignoring masks and sanitizer to not imposing possible and much needed restrictions the country pulled itself towards the verge of a pitfall.
An expert recently said that while in the Western world the pandemic may be over by the end of 2021, in some Asian and other countries it may extend till 2022.