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According to the ambassador, the situation in Delhi is really very complicated and what is seen on the screens of various televisions, that image is also visible through the eyes of the people who live here.
“Both in dealing with colleagues and our compatriots, as well as with other European relatives whose relatives had to go to the hospital or had similar problems, all confirmed that the situation was critical.”
When asked why the situation in India was destabilizing so rapidly, the ambassador commented that now everyone is trying to find an answer.
“In fact, the situation in India has been subject to severe enough restrictions since last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The curfew was announced and then those restrictions lasted for half a year, even longer. So, perhaps only from November, life in India began to return to normal, schools began to function, cafes and restaurants were opened. After more than half a year of total closure.
Probably some relaxation and a general belief that some kind of herd immunity has developed here. Studies in individual locations in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi have shown that a large part of the population has antibodies and perhaps this helps to stop the spread of the disease. Probably, in fact, such faith has somewhat lightened everyone’s caution. “
According to J. Pranevičius, they really saw that life had started to get back on track, the markets and all the streets were again full of traffic, and both political and cultural life as well as social life were active.
“Well all of a sudden, in April, we started to see that the numbers were increasing very fast and that second wave maybe more like the tsunami that swept and carried away. It is true that there are others who explain that perhaps the new forms of the crown , the double mutant (…) they are much more active, they spread much faster and much more dangerous, and perhaps this has also led to many people getting sick, and perhaps immunity, fading after the first illnesses (…) ”.
However, the ambassador says that, in general, the risk of contagion has always been high in India, both due to the high concentration of the population and the high levels of human contact, which increases the risk of the virus spreading. A person. When asked by Pranevičius how the weather is in Delhi now and what impact it could have on him, he said that the thermometer bars now show 36-37 degrees of heat.
“It’s still good because April-May in Delhi are usually the hottest months. We are 48 years old or older. That heat would likely make it even more difficult to deal with the challenges of a pandemic. Therefore, the history of India probably disproves the myth that the virus spreads more slowly in hot weather. No, it has spread here and is spreading very successfully and in hot climates. “
According to the ambassador, the country is the one that currently deprives the most of oxygen and this is the biggest problem reported by all hospitals.
“People go to those hospitals, there are big traffic jams, a lot of fast cars and their own cars. The first thing they need is the oxygen they need, and the available oxygen stores are certainly insufficient. This is the biggest challenge that both the government of Delhi and India and the central government of India are trying to tackle. “
Attempts are being made, J. Pranevičius said, to distribute oxygen in adequate quantities to all states, therefore it is transported in tanks and trains, and by air, and assistance is also received from other countries.
“Both the oxygen tanks or cylinders and the equipment necessary for the production of oxygen on site. This is probably the most important thing. We see that France, Germany, the United States and other countries are helping, so we hope that … hospitals will run out of oxygen. “
He said that on social media, in fact, you can see that people ask if it is possible to get a place with oxygen somewhere in the hospital, that hospitals are crowded, so patients also have to help out on the street.
“There are a couple of people lying in the same bed, others waiting in lines or sitting outside or somewhere else. So the hospitals are really overcrowded. “
Although the quarantine had been eased in the past, it tightened again in mid-April, the ambassador said, and a curfew was introduced for the second week in a row.
“It is a very strict quarantine regime, nobody can move around the city for no reason: unless they go to the hospital or do a job that requires traveling. (…) Schools operate only remotely, food establishments operate only for home delivery. (…) The grocery stores are also open and can be bought ‘.
When asked why India is lagging behind in terms of vaccination, the ambassador said that vaccines are available, with vaccination available for people over the age of eighteen as of May 1, but the fact that they are not used in its entirety.
“You should probably also look for reasons in your approach, because people probably didn’t feel it was that scary, that important. Maybe the feeling that the worst times are already in the past, maybe you can wait for something else, maybe it worked. Due to the vaccine shortage, India is in fact the largest producer of vaccines, but most of those vaccines have traveled abroad. I think India was rightfully proud of all the help with the vaccine that it gave to the whole world.
(…) Only a part of these vaccines was left in India for topical use. Once again, as long as the situation was calm, it was understandable and justified, but when the numbers increased so significantly, the export of vaccines was suspended. “
According to him, AstraZeneca was produced and used in India and the Bharat Biotech vaccine was developed locally.
“Those two companies were the ones that supplied the entire market. But now the government may have seen that this effort is not enough, so it has opened up to vaccines manufactured abroad ”.
According to the ambassador, Indian epidemiologists predict that the peak should be reached in mid-May, but how it will be really difficult to say.
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