India is reeling from a new strain of COVID-19 that’s fueled a surge of infections and deaths. To date, India has recorded more than 24-million cases and over 274-thousand deaths. And experts say the numbers are likely much higher, with the virus now spreading to rural villages.
- Smita Sharma , an independent journalist, discusses how the pandemic is impacting New Delhi.
Joining the discussion:
- Dr. Jerome Kim is a specialist in HIV vaccine research and the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute.
- Dr. Lee Riley is a Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Dr. Abhishek Rimal is the Asia Pacific Emergency Health Coordinator with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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“Whatever we can do we should be doing,” said Dr. Lee Riley, a UC Berkeley infectious disease expert who lived and worked in New Delhi and retains close ties to India.
“It’s not just an India problem, it’s a global problem.”https://t.co/qcuRgW2COu
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) April 28, 2021
Virus mutations and pandemic fatigue make #India and South Asia the world’s #COVID19 hotspot says @ifrc Dr Abhishek Rimal on @CBSNews
“If we don't put major public health measures in place to bring this down, it will definitely become the new epicentre.https://t.co/n9C6IPPbOZ
— IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific) April 24, 2021