WHO chief worries about India’s state of Condition during the pandemic
With sudden increase in the number of covid-19 cases in India has lead to WHO chief calling it a ' devastating situation'.
India has been declared as the second-worst country which is being hit by the coronavirus. On Friday, the cases skyrocketed to 3,14,835 making it the highest one day rise in the world. It has surpassed the record made by the United States which was 297430 cases in January for 24 hours.
This raises concern among the people around the world including the chief of the World Health organization Tedros Adhamon Ghebreyesus. He said that India’s tragic situation is a reminder of how fatal covid-19 is. He further adds that in these unprecedented times, the government of India is taking adequate steps to reduce the curb of this virus.
He offers his condolence to the Indians who have lost their near and dear ones due to covid-19. He says that WHO and its partner in the ACT Accelerator are committed to working along with the government of India in saving people’s lives. There is a need to mobilize every aspect like public health measures, vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics etc. to curb the spread of the virus.
As per the data released by the Health Ministry, there are around 1,62,63,695 cases of coronavirus on Friday. The new death toll was around 2,263 which led to the total no of deaths to 1,86,920. There are still 24,28,616 active cases despite the increase in the recovery rate which is 1,36,48,159.
The feeling of despair is not limited to the Indian subcontinent, WHO chief says that around the world people are dying as they have not been either treated or vaccinated.
According to the recent survey by WHO, there is a disruption of the health workforce and supply chain of medicines, diagnostics and personal protective equipment in 66 per cent of the countries. There are countries where patients are not reaching out for a medical checkup due to mistrust surrounding the community. In the rest of the countries which is around 43 per cent, financial instability plays a contributing factor in the disruption.
With covid -19 becoming a major priority in the world, other health services, for instance, mental health, HIV, Tuberculosis, hepatitis b and c, screening of cancer and non-communicable disease etc have been neglected largely.
