THE COUNTRY OF BRAVE HEARTS FIGHT AGAINST THE DEADLY SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19
According to a report by COVID-19 The Lancet Commission, if the runway infection was not checked, India could be recording more than 2,300 deaths every day by the first week of June.
The desperate calls for help, heartwrenching reports of spread, shortage of oxygen for patients, crematoriums inundated with the deceased, the raging second-wave has infected the nation to its core. The deadly upsurge and nth of deaths have shaken the healthcare system of the country. The pandemic has slowly gripped the small towns and villages where the cases are largely being under-reported. The actual death toll is much higher as crematoriums and burial grounds are functioning day and night.
The overly-burdened healthcare and frontline workers are making dire calls to the citizens through social media by requesting them to stay inside and take necessary precautions to prevent COVID-19. Their overwhelming response to the current situation depicts how our healthcare system has crossed its exhaustion level. A call for the humanitarian gesture to not increase the burden and contribute in a small way to improve the situation.
India saw its surge in cases from mid of March and since then there has been a sudden surge in the number of cases. The second wave was also fuelled by people being careless on their end when the country recorded its lowest cases. The ‘double mutant’ virus which is claimed to airborne is much more deadly than the virus during the first wave. This is the major reason for the spike in daily cases.
There has also been a sudden drop in plasma donors, as people are feared to go out of their houses and contribute to the need. Even if the person has recovered from the infection and is immune, they fear that they can still be the carrier of the virus, which led to the drop of plasma donors.
As the hospitals are running short of beds, the government has also recommended home treatment for a covid positive patient unless the health condition is continuously deteriorating. It is the better and safest option to provide treatment to the patients. But the safest option only works when the people being treated at home are getting oxygen and emergency drugs, amidst the fear of shortage of medicines and medical equipment people have started buying the items in bulk and storing them for future usage. This has led the situation of panic among people especially in the Capital where the oxygen shortage has taken the lives of hundreds.
Coronavirus is not the only evil that people are fighting with, there were several reports on fraud and black market sale of medical equipment and oxygen cylinder. According to the reports by national dailies Remdesivir vaccine was being sold at fifty thousand in the black market that too the vaccine was not genuine. Even the oxygen cylinder was being sold at higher than the market price by taking the advantage of the vulnerability of the needy.
How can one contribute to tackling the COVID-19:
We can provide the best of our service by donating it can be in form of financial help or by donating plasma to the needy.
Providing accurate and verified information to the people who are making the call for help.
Assisting or volunteering with the NGOs or other organizations which are working for covid relief.
The government has been making frantic efforts to provide the vaccination to the people but several hospitals also reported the shortage of vaccines. From May 1st onwards the vaccines are being made available to the age group 18-45. As the government pumps up the vaccination process the hospitals are also requesting the people donate their blood before vaccination as the sudden rise in people getting vaccinated will make the blood banks run dry.
According to a report by The Lancet COVID-19 Commission, if the runway infection was not checked, India could be recording more than 2,300 deaths every day by the first week of June.
Every single person od this country has been contributing their bit towards fighting this deadly virus, sure it won’t be an easy task but let’s hope for the best durangites challenging times.