Government is now advised to prioritise reducing mortality over containing virus spread. FMTNews Covid19 India
Health workers screen people for Covid-19 symptoms at the slum of Dharavi in Mumbai on Wednesday.
India has the world’s fourth-biggest outbreak of the virus that causes Covid-19, below only the United States, Brazil and Russia in confirmed infections, according to a Reuters tally. “Our focus should be on preventing deaths and not really getting bogged down because of the numbers. Numbers are going to increase,” said Dr Manoj Murhekar, a member of India’s main coronavirus task force and director of the National Institute of Epidemiology.
As infections mount swiftly and hospitals become stretched, some cities like New Delhi are scrambling to build temporary facilities with thousands of beds to quarantine and treat Covid-19 patients.
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