Two and a half months of nationwide lockdown kept numbers of infections relatively low in India. But with restrictions easing in recent weeks, cases have shot up.
. But with restrictions easing in recent weeks, cases have shot up, rising by a record of nearly 10,000 on Thursday, raising questions about whether authorities have done enough to avert catastrophe.
“Unless and until the government increases its spending on health care, things won’t change. A lot of people will die," he said."But if some strong policy decisions are made not only in Delhi but across India, we can minimize the damage.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has come under fire for imposing a 10-week nationwide lockdown that crippled the economy and triggered a humanitarian crisis as tens of suddenly unemployed migrant workers fled for their ancestral villages on foot. Government officials defended the measures as the cost of protecting India’s 1.3 billion people from a devastating loss of life. In a national televised address, Modi said Indians' sacrifice had “saved the nation.
But some sites are controlled by the central government, and Delhi’s efforts to reserve resources for its residents have already been hamstrung by interference from the center.
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