Chinanews, May 4th, a comprehensive report, the Indian Ministry of Health data on the 4th shows that in the past 24 hours, India has newly confirmed 357,229 new cases of new crowns, and the cumulative number of new confirmed cases of new crowns exceeds 20 million. In addition, there are new deaths in the country. 3449 cases, a total of 222408 cases.
At present, India has become the second country in the world with more than 20 million confirmed cases after the United States.
However, what worries experts is that the actual number of infections in India may be higher.
On May 2, 2021 local time, in New Delhi, India, the Indian Commonwealth Games Athlete Village became a temporary new crown ward.
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Experts worry that the actual number of infections in India may be higher
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According to reports, on May 4, the number of newly confirmed cases in India remained above 300,000 in a single day for the 13th consecutive day.
Recently, due to the rapid increase in the number of newly confirmed cases, medical resources such as intensive care beds, medical oxygen, and ventilators in many parts of India are in urgent need.
Medical experts say that the actual number of cases in India may be 5 to 10 times higher than the reported number.
Earlier, Swaminathan, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization, also warned that the number of tests in India is seriously insufficient, and the number of confirmed cases and deaths counted may be "seriously underestimated."
On April 26, local time, Ghaziabad, India, a new crown patient inhaled oxygen in a tent set up by the roadside.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) pointed out that in the past ten days or so, there have been scenes of family members begging hospitals to admit confirmed relatives or looking for oxygen everywhere in Delhi and across India.
The shortage of oxygen is still a major "fatal factor" facing the country in the fight against the epidemic.
On May 1, the well-known Batra Hospital in Delhi confirmed that 12 patients with the new crown virus died due to exhaustion of oxygen in the hospital, including a doctor who was infected with the new crown virus.
In two hospitals in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, a total of 16 people died of hypoxia.
In Gurgaon, Haryana, a suburb of Delhi, 6 people also died of hypoxia.
Indian Prime Minister Modi held a high-level meeting on the 2nd to discuss more measures to increase oxygen production and supply to alleviate the current medical oxygen shortage in the country.
New measures include the establishment of a temporary COVID-19 patient care center near the oxygen plant, the plan to set up 10,000 beds with oxygen supply facilities; the establishment of about 1,500 oxygen plants across the country; the transformation of existing nitrogen plants into oxygen plants, etc. .
The picture shows an isolation ward temporarily converted from a banquet hall in New Delhi, India, filled with patients with COVID-19.
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India has now opened up the new crown vaccination for adults across the country, but the national vaccination plan has not been carried out as scheduled.
The reason is that some states have stated that the number of vaccines is not enough for the 18-44-year-old group to vaccinate.
British media pointed out that India is actually the country with the highest production of new crown vaccines in the world, but there is a shortage of internal vaccines, and even the export of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines has to be suspended and transferred to domestic sales first.
At the same time, India's medical system is facing collapse, and interns have to go ahead and participate in the fight against the epidemic.
The Indian government said in a statement that as medical facilities are approaching the critical point of collapse, the government has decided to postpone the examinations of physicians and nurses so that some personnel can follow the existing medical staff to fight the epidemic.
In Puen, the second largest city in Maharashtra, doctor Mekund Penurkar returned to work a few days after his father died of the new crown.
His mother and brother were also admitted to the hospital due to the infection, but he still has patients waiting for him to take care of them.
He said: "The current situation is very difficult, and I have experienced it myself, so I can't let other patients aside and let them fend for themselves."