Impact of virus on India cause for alarm

Impact of virus on India cause for alarm

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India’s condition owing to the virus is cause for concern – and alarm. Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country and pressure mounts on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to implement a nationwide shutdown.

India’s health ministry reported 4,187 fatalities over the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to just under 240,000. Cases rose by 401,078, increasing the total since the start of the pandemic to 21.9 million.

India now accounts for nearly half of the world’s new known cases according to an AFP database.

While many Western countries have started easing restrictions thanks to rapid vaccinations, the head of the World Health Organisation warned that more countries could suffer the kind of deadly outbreaks currently raging in India, Brazil and Nepal.

At over 300,000, Karnataka’s