New Delhi:
India has registered almost 80,000 new coronavirus cases and 1,071 deaths in
the last 24 hours. The grim figures continue to fluctuate, but the country is
seeing substantial number of new infections and deaths. India has crossed the
unfortunate mark of 1 lakh deaths this week and the total number of people who
has had been infected so far stands at 6,473,544. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
and Tamil Nadu are three of the worst hit states in India. The India government
has begun unlock phase five providing guidelines on how to resume services in
both private and public establishments. Telangana government has ordered that
bars, pubs and clubs can be re-opened only if they abide by strict guidelines
and restrictions. The Central Government has also issued a statement this week
that movie theatres can be opened across the country albeit with only 50%
seating capacity. The Central Government have left the option on how and when
to re-open schools and coaching institutions to the states and union territories.
Across the
world, there has been reports of the recent spike in England, Spain sending the
officials into a panic mode and contemplate measures on how to battle the
second wave of coronavirus pandemic. Several vaccines are being developed around
the globe but the health experts continue to insist that the extent of the
effectiveness of the vaccine cannot be guaranteed to prevent the coronavirus. The
world had seen a similar coronavirus 102 years ago called, “Spanish Flu.” It
caused millions of deaths across the world. The health experts and officials have
had been trying to predict how this new covid-19 behaves under different
circumstances and they are still studying and researching the virus
extensively.
