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Long queues at polling stations: Local elections in India during the Corona Rampage
Long queues have been observed outside the polls in the West Bengal country, and there are fears of further spread of the virus making names across India.
This is after a day of records in the number of infected and dead.
Experts call for closures.
"The situation is getting worse every day. What are we waiting for?
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Thursday, 29 April 2021, 08:20
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In the video: Cremation of dead bodies from Corona in India (Photo: Reuters, Editing: Assaf Drori)
The state of West Bengal in India is holding today (Thursday) the final stage in its elections, despite records in the outbreak of the corona plague. Long queues have been observed outside the polls, and there are fears of further spread of the virus making names across India. In the last day, contagious and deadly records have once again been broken across India, and experts fear that West Bengal could be the new epidemic hotspot, given lengthy campaigns involving large crowds and a lack of restrictions like closures.
West Bengal, which has registered 17,000 new infections in the past day - the sharpest leap since the onset of the epidemic - has already gone through seven rounds of voting in the cumbersome election process in the giant country. The state of eastern India is one of the few in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist Hindu party has no majority.
Moody has been widely criticized for holding large election rallies in West Bengal, even as the virus began to rage in the country.
At those major political rallies, including those attended by Moody, the masses did not wear masks or maintain social distance.
India yesterday recorded a dismal milestone when the death toll crossed 200,000, but many believe the real numbers are much higher.
Hospitals fail to absorb patients, oxygen supply is sparse and cremation sites work non-stop.
In the last 24 hours, 379,257 new cases of the virus have been diagnosed, a world daily record.
In addition, it was the deadliest day of the epidemic, after 3,645 patients died from the virus.
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Outside polls in West Bengal elections this month (Photo: AP)
The government said all 18-year-olds and older would be able to get vaccinated against Corona starting Saturday, after registration opened online yesterday.
However, social media surfers complained that they could not make an appointment because the site crashed shortly after its launch.
To date, India has focused on vaccinating medical staff, working at the front line and aged 45 and over.
But less than 10% of the 1.4 billion citizens have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far.
Although India is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of vaccines, it does not have the necessary inventory for some 600 million citizens who will be eligible to be vaccinated as of Saturday.
The United States, Britain, Germany and other countries offered assistance to India and sent medical equipment.
The White House has announced that the United States will allocate its order for Astrazenica vaccines to India, which will allow it to receive more than 20 million doses of the vaccines.
Corona patients' bodies ready for burial, in Delhi (Photo: Reuters)
Epidemiologist Bharmer Mukherjee said India should combine the vaccination campaign with a widespread closure in order to slow the spread of the virus.
"We need much more extensive closures in India. The situation is getting worse every day. What are we waiting for? It is a national emergency. At this point life is far more important than earning a living. Provide help to the poor, but please, impose a closure and save."
Several areas in the giant state are under closure or curfew, including the capital New Delhi.
In Mumbai, the financial capital of India, authorities are considering extending the closure until the middle of next month.
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