OT. Australia is doing OK cos we have the thing managed and our medical system can cope atm. Crazy to risk letting it get outa control. Espc based on looney political ideas.
Hospitals are overwhelmed and health officials are struggling to respond to the surge in cases. Public health experts said the toll was linked to crowding in major cities. At least two states, Bihar and West Bengal, are reintroducing social distancing measures they had lifted in June.
In addition, an important metric, the country’s virus reproduction rate, has increased to 1.19 in early July,from 1.1in late June, according to research by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai. The rate had been steadily falling since March when the country was under lockdown.
Details:India’s outbreak is the world’s third-largest after the United States and Brazil. As of Thursday, India had more than 767,000 confirmed infections and 21,129 deaths,according to a New York Times database.
