More than one hundred thousand dead in Corona

Corona has claimed more than 100,000 lives in India, making this country the third country in terms of number of deaths from pandemics in the world, after the United States and Brazil.

New Delhi: The death toll from the new Corona virus in India surpassed 100,000 on Saturday, according to official figures, at a time when the epidemic continues to spread in the world’s second-largest country by population.

Figures from the Ministry of Health showed that a total of 100,842 people have died from the virus so far in the country, making India the third country in terms of the number of Covid-19-related deaths in the world after states. States and Brazil.

In terms of injuries, India recorded 6.47 million injuries, and it seems that in a few weeks it will overtake the United States as the country that announced the highest number of injuries.

But India’s population (1.3 billion) is four times the population of the United States, which has seen twice as many deaths, raising questions about India’s official figures.

Epidemiologist T. “We do not know to what extent India’s death rates can be trusted,” Jacob John told AFP.

“India does not have a public health surveillance system that instantly records all disease-related events and deaths,” he added.

Although it conducts almost a million checks every day, the proportion of the population in India that is tested for COVID-19 is much lower than in many other countries.

For example, the United States has evaluated the number of people relatively five times greater than the number that were tested for Covid-19 in India.

And a series of studies measuring antibodies to the virus in the Indian population indicates that the actual number of infected people is much higher than official figures.

And on Tuesday, the most prominent agency that manages the file of the epidemic in India published a statistic that reveals that more than 60 million people (equivalent to ten times the official number) may have been infected with the virus.

Elevator locking measures

Meanwhile, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing for the opening of Asia’s third-largest economy despite the high number of infections.

The strict lockdown measures imposed in March not only failed to stop the spread of the epidemic, but also caused suffering to millions of residents who suddenly found themselves unemployed.

The Indian economy, which was suffering even before the outbreak of the epidemic, contracted 24 percent in the last quarter of the year, in a decline that is among the steepest of any major economy in the world.

The suspension of commercial flights continues, although limited services have been allowed to operate, especially those that allow citizens to return to the country.

As for trains, domestic flights, markets and restaurants, they were reopened and allowed to resume their services, subject to some restrictions.

On Wednesday, the government confirmed that all schools, in addition to cinemas and swimming pools, would reopen, but with conditions.

The state of Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of 200 million, will allow religious events from October 15, paving the way for large gatherings to be held in the upcoming Indian holiday season.

Bihar will allow its 70 million voters to cast their votes in the upcoming elections, which will be the largest in the world since the epidemic began.

Meanwhile, Dildar Singh Rana (57) indicated that the hospitality sector in which he works has witnessed “devastation” and there is no alternative to reopening it despite the health risks.

“The virus is spreading … but we are afraid of losing to our wealthier competitors, so we have to go out and start our business,” he told AFP.

As for Priya Himmanani (25 years old), who was fired from her job during the closing period, she referred to the psychological repercussions of the epidemic on the population.

“Depression, anxiety and stress have become part of my daily life,” he told AFP.

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