New Delhi: India has registered
more than 60,000 new coronavirus infections on Thursday and 835 people have
passed away due to the pandemic. The new figures from Thursday would bring the
total number of infections in India to 7,370,468 and the number of people who
have died to a total tally of 112,161. The United States, India, Brazil, Russia
and Argentina occupy the first five places in the world in terms of total
infections recorded so far. Brazil is in the third position after India in
total number of coronavirus infections, but the South American nation had more
deaths than India. In the United States, the country continues to struggle to
bring down the numbers as more than 200,000 people have died in the country due
to the coronavirus and more than eight million people have had been infected
with the virus so far. It is baffling that a country with a solid health care
system like the United States has been struggling to contain the virus, and
experts believe that despite warnings from the outset, the Trump administration
has had magnanimously failed in the country’s battle against their virus. The
Trump’s Administration’s failings against the pandemic is speculative and
opinion and could turn out to be true in the future when research into the
current pandemic would produce evidence that the incumbent United States
government could be partially blamed for the suffering of millions of
Americans. The country is seeing an unprecedented crisis both in health and
economic sectors with many small to moderate businesses hit due to the
pandemic. President Trump had failed to come to an agreement with the Congress
regarding the stimulus package designed for the relief of the citizens who were
hit financially by the pandemic.
In India, the situation has not
been different. The efforts from health experts, doctors and frontline workers
must be duly applauded, and a few government sectors have been acting
impressively during the ongoing pandemic. But a strong healthcare system in
place could have avoided loss of life and the country need to make substantial
amounts of investments in developing a secure healthcare system for its
citizens. For their part, the public should follow the coronavirus guidelines
put in place by the experts and could not take a chance on dipping figures and
come to a conclusion that the pandemic is losing its grip over the country.
Scientists and researchers are yet to come to a definite date as to when the
pandemic would end but until then, the citizens should remain vigilant despite
the discomfort.
