India’s COVID situation is ‘heartbreaking’: WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Photo: Collected

The second wave of Covid-19 has taken the shape of a tsunami in India. People of all classes are affected by the virus infections. In the meantime, the oxygen crisis has occurred in various hospitals. The health infrastructure of the capital Delhi has collapsed. The work of giving oxygen to the Covid-19 patients is going on in the parking lot. Even after death, the burial ground is not being found. In such a situation, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern over the growing Covid-19 outbreak in India on Monday.

He described the current situation in India as “heartbreaking”. The head of the WHO says the organization is sending additional personnel to India to fight the pandemic. “The number of infections and deaths has declined somewhat in some countries. however, many countries are still in severe crisis due to Covid-19. The situation in India is more than heartbreaking,” he said Read more