UN calls for help: three deaths per minute in South Asia – News

The various UN agencies have today made a joint request for economic aid for the south of the Asian continent, in order to stop the coronavirus which “exceeds” the health capacity of several countries in an advance of the virus which currently kills three people per minute .

This week, India recorded 4,529 deaths in one day, the highest number since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

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For his part, the neighbor Nepal also experienced positivity rates of up to 47%, while Sri Lanka and Maldives They are recording new highs in cases and deaths on a daily basis.

UNICEF has warned of the impact of the health and economic crisis on children and mothers in the southern region of the continent, as health systems are already “fragile”, the news agency reported. Europa Press.

“We must do everything in our power to prevent and treat Covid-19 while maintaining essential health care services on which children and mothers so depend,” noted Laryea-Adjei.

Specifically, UN agencies have released a specific response plan for Nepal which, after several months with a controlled situation, infections started to increase rapidly since mid-April.

Moreover, with nearly half of COVID-19 tests positive nationwide, there are concerns that the actual number of infections is much higher than what has been reported.

The official figure of around 200 deaths per day is also underestimated, according to health experts working in the region.

“The increase in the number of cases has overwhelmed hospitals in the capital Kathmandu and other cities, and many have had to turn away patients due to a lack of beds, and there are gaps in life-saving supplies, including including oxygen, nationwide, “UN agencies said in a statement.

The Parliament of Nepal was dissolved today for the second time in five months, amid the coronavirus pandemic, and new elections will be held in November, according to official sources quoted by the news agency. AFP.

Rivalries between Communist Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and his former Maoist allies have resumed as the country faces a new health crisis, running out of oxygen and vaccines.