India: heartbreaking scenes in the face of a breakneck advance …

For the fifth consecutive day, India had this Monday a new world record for daily coronavirus cases, with 350,179 infections, while in the last 24 hours a total of 2812 deaths for disease. Currently, it ranks second among the countries with the most coronavirus cases in the world, with 17 million, only surpassed by the United States.

The situation in the country, with 1300 million inhabitants, shows heartbreaking scenes: people die from lack of oxygen in saturated hospitals and cemeteries collapse.

In the capital, New Delhi, witnesses describe hospital corridors filled with beds and stretchers, with relatives unsuccessfully asking for oxygen or admission of sick relatives. “I have never seen anything so terrible”said Irfan Salmani, who has visited hospitals in the city in recent days in search of oxygen for his sister. “I tried all the time,” he lamented.

Due to the seriousness that the oxygen shortage implies in the cure of this disease, the Chief Minister of New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, announced this Sunday that it would increase Supply of 480 to 490 tonnes to city hospitals, although he warned that in reality “700 tonnes are needed”. The authorities too they decided to extend the detention for another week, which was scheduled to end on April 26 but will run until May 3.

With more than 195,000 deaths, India is the fourth country in number of deaths, behind the United States (572,200), Brazil (390,797) and Mexico (214,947).

On Monday, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that The situation in India is “more than heartbreaking”.

“WHO has deployed more than 2,600 people to support the response on the ground, to support surveillance activities, technical advice and immunization efforts, ”the WHO chief told a press conference.

The organization, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is conducting a rapid analysis of the situation in areas where there is an upsurge in infections and making recommendations.

India also receives aid from the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and even Pakistan.