Why the world should worry over India’s COVID-19 crisis?

Why the world should worry over India’s COVID-19 crisis?

The ongoing Covid crisis in India is probably one of the worst humanitarian crises the world has witnessed in recent memory. The virus is on the rampage, spreading from urban centres to rural hinterlands and mutating at its will. Data on new cases and deaths is fuzzy at best, agencies are unprepared and overwhelmed, oxygen and hospital beds are still in short supply, and more worryingly, no one can even guess when this desperate situation will come to an end. The rapidly deteriorating Covid situation in India has made the world alarmed and nervous. Breaking a self-imposed ban, the Indian government has been receiving emergency aid from various parts of the world. Despite the reports of aid not reaching the needy, the international community is doing everything to support India. Besides basic humanitarian concerns, the world has a lot to worry about India. What makes the world nervous about India’s Covid crisis? The reasons are many: India’s devastating second wave has raised serious doubts over the hope of an early global recovery from the Covid pandemic. The massive number of Covid cases and deaths in a country of the size of India can dramatically change the global data on the