NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - The Indian government on Thursday (April 9) claimed initial success in its fight against the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would have been hit with 820,000 cases by next week had it not imposed a nationwide lockdown.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - The Indian government on Thursday claimed initial success in its fight against the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would have been hit with 820,000 cases by next week had it not imposed a nationwide lockdown.
By the middle of April, the caseload would have touched 820,000, he said, citing an internal assessment of the government's Indian Council of Medical Research, far more than the country's underfunded and decrepit public health system could handle.India, he said began screening people coming from overseas a fortnight before the first positive case surfaced on Jan 30 while Italy started 25 days after its first case.
Millions of people have lost their jobs, largely those who work on daily wages and have fled to their homes in the countryside. "The state Cabinet which met today decided that saving the lives of our people is the top most priority at this juncture. Accordingly we have decided to extend the lockdown till April 30," Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said.
According to the government, India has about one doctor per 1,500 citizens. The World Health Organisation recommends one doctor per 1,000. In rural areas, where two-thirds of Indians live and rely almost solely on government hospitals, the ratio is one doctor to more than 10,000 people.By contrast, China has 3.6 and the United States has nearly 35 per 100,000 people.
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