India is now second only to the United States in a viral affair in economic distress | Nation and World

NEW DELHI (AP)—India’s increasing coronavirus caseload has made Asian giants the second-biggest country in the world after the US on Monday.

With over 90,802 cases added in the last 24 hours, more than 4.2 million Indians have passed Brazil. According to Johns Hopkins University, India is now only behind the United States, where more than 6.2 million people are infected.

The Indian Ministry of Health also reported Monday a total of 1,016 new deaths, totaling 71,642, which is the third highest rate in the country.

India, the second most populous country in the world with a population of 1.4 billion, World’s largest daily increase Almost one month for coronavirus cases. With more than 2 million new cases in the past month and the virus spreading to small towns and villages in the country, the Indian government has been trying to deregulate and restore the economy.

On Monday, Delhi Metro, a high-speed transportation system servicing India’s vast capital New Delhi and its immediate area, reopened five months later.

Only asymptomatic people were allowed to board the train, masks, social distances and temperature checks were essential.

The metropolitan subway network is India’s largest rapid transit system. Prior to its closure in March, crowded trains carried an average of 2.6 million passengers per day.

New Delhi will reopen the bar on Wednesday as well.

Resumption Comes After India’s Economy Shrinks Faster Than Any Other Major Country Almost 24% In the last quarter.

The economic distress of India is that the national currency will be privatized in 2016 and the tax of goods and services will be introduced rapidly the following year. However, the strict virus blockade that began on March 24 has exacerbated economic hardship.

The entire economy shut down within four hours when Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered everyone in the country to stay indoors. Millions instantly lost jobs, tens of thousands of migrant workers lost money, fear of hunger, and fled cities to villages. Unprecedented migration not only hollowed out India’s economy, but also spread the virus to remote parts of the country.

With the number of incidents soaring now, with the exception of high-risk areas, most of the country is already open and authorities A little choice..

“Life is important, but so is livelihood,” said Rajesh Boushan, senior executive at the Federal Ministry of Health in India, at a news briefing last week.

Nearly 60% of Indian virus cases now originate in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and the country’s most populous Uttar Pradesh. However, the infection has also returned to areas where it could slow the spread of the virus, offsetting the slight increase.

Initially affected by the virus, New Delhi seems to have changed the situation by actively screening patients. However, after steadily reopening, the state reported recent incidents and a sharp rise in fatalities. Experts are afraid that reopening the metro is expected to make the situation worse.

The recent surge of incidents also highlights additional risks Indian strategy relies heavily on rapid testing Screen for antigens and viral proteins. These tests are inexpensive and yield results in minutes, with over 1 million people testing in India each day.

But they are less accurate and are more likely to miss infected people, said Dr Gagan Deepkhan, an infectious disease specialist at Christian Medical College in Velor, southern India.

India also said its recovery rate was 77.3% and mortality had dropped to about 1.72%.

But the economic crisis means that Indians, especially the poor who are overly affected by the harsh blockade, have to go out and work. It also reduces the likelihood of access to good health care.

I already have the virus Deep misery In the vast hinterlands and poor states of the country, surges have defuncted the underfunded health system and expanded resources.

Public health expert SP Karantry said the poor in India face a “desperate choice” between “immediate death and death that may come sometime.”

“Illness is already in the village,” he said.

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