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India-Coronavirus/Positivity Rate/New Delhi
New Delhi, India - April 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic
2. Various of ambulance driving
3. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"The current situation is so bad that ask anyone if they know any confirmed cases, you will get a yes. I myself know three or four confirmed cases."
4. Ambulances parked on side of road
5. Pedestrians
6. Various of entrance, sign of hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"One of my relatives was infected and sent to the hospital. However, nobody was there to treat him, and he passed away because of low blood oxygen."
8. Various of pedestrians
9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"People have become less alert since the ending of the lockdown last year and started going out a lot without strictly following pandemic prevention measures. People used to be very cautious, but now they are more and more unwary. As this has become normal, the infections started to bounce back."
10. Pedestrians
11. Traffic
India's capital New Delhi reported 28,395 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, marking a test positivity rate of over 32 percent, according to the country's health ministry.
A total of 295,041 new cases were registered in India in the past 24 hours, the seventh consecutive day with more than 200,000 new cases, pushing the national tally to over 15.6 million.
The overall test positivity rate of COVID-19 in India reached 13.82 percent as of Wednesday, the health ministry said.
"The current situation is so bad that ask anyone if they know any confirmed cases, you will get a yes. I myself know three or four confirmed cases," said a local resident.
COVID-19 cases in India began to surge in March. Statistics show that India has reported over 3.1 million new cases and more than 18,000 deaths since the beginning of April.
The country's healthcare system has been overwhelmed due to the spike in the number of patients.
Beds at hospitals in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad are almost fully occupied, with few ICU slots available.
Due to the shortage of beds and oxygen supplies, some hospitals are refusing to accept new patients, even critically ill ones.
"One of my relatives was infected and sent to the hospital. However, nobody was there to treat him, and he passed away because of low blood oxygen," said another New Delhi resident.
In order to ease the pressure on hospitals, the Indian government has allocated medical resources such as health care workers and oxygen cylinders in different regions and set up emergency medical service centers.
India's central authorities attributed the country's latest wave of infections to the fact that people failed to stay vigilant and strictly abide by pandemic regulations, which were not strict enough to begin with in some areas.
"People have become less alert since the ending of the lockdown last year and started going out a lot without strictly following pandemic prevention measures. People used to be very cautious, but now they are more and more unwary. As this has become normal, the infections started to bounce back," said the local resident who lost a family member to the disease.
Some experts attribute the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India to the double mutant variant B.1.617.
The B.1.617 carries two mutations including the L452R and E484Q, which have been seen separately before in other variants but never together in one variant.
The mutations can increase the binding power of the virus's spike proteins with human cells, making it more transmissible. They may also make vaccines less effective.
India-Coronavirus/Positivity Rate/New Delhi
Dateline : April 20, 2021
Location : India
Duration : 2'03
New Delhi, India - April 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic
2. Various of ambulance driving
3. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"The current situation is so bad that ask anyone if they know any confirmed cases, you will get a yes. I myself know three or four confirmed cases."
4. Ambulances parked on side of road
5. Pedestrians
6. Various of entrance, sign of hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"One of my relatives was infected and sent to the hospital. However, nobody was there to treat him, and he passed away because of low blood oxygen."
8. Various of pedestrians
9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Local resident (name not given):
"People have become less alert since the ending of the lockdown last year and started going out a lot without strictly following pandemic prevention measures. People used to be very cautious, but now they are more and more unwary. As this has become normal, the infections started to bounce back."
10. Pedestrians
11. Traffic
India's capital New Delhi reported 28,395 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, marking a test positivity rate of over 32 percent, according to the country's health ministry.
A total of 295,041 new cases were registered in India in the past 24 hours, the seventh consecutive day with more than 200,000 new cases, pushing the national tally to over 15.6 million.
The overall test positivity rate of COVID-19 in India reached 13.82 percent as of Wednesday, the health ministry said.
"The current situation is so bad that ask anyone if they know any confirmed cases, you will get a yes. I myself know three or four confirmed cases," said a local resident.
COVID-19 cases in India began to surge in March. Statistics show that India has reported over 3.1 million new cases and more than 18,000 deaths since the beginning of April.
The country's healthcare system has been overwhelmed due to the spike in the number of patients.
Beds at hospitals in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad are almost fully occupied, with few ICU slots available.
Due to the shortage of beds and oxygen supplies, some hospitals are refusing to accept new patients, even critically ill ones.
"One of my relatives was infected and sent to the hospital. However, nobody was there to treat him, and he passed away because of low blood oxygen," said another New Delhi resident.
In order to ease the pressure on hospitals, the Indian government has allocated medical resources such as health care workers and oxygen cylinders in different regions and set up emergency medical service centers.
India's central authorities attributed the country's latest wave of infections to the fact that people failed to stay vigilant and strictly abide by pandemic regulations, which were not strict enough to begin with in some areas.
"People have become less alert since the ending of the lockdown last year and started going out a lot without strictly following pandemic prevention measures. People used to be very cautious, but now they are more and more unwary. As this has become normal, the infections started to bounce back," said the local resident who lost a family member to the disease.
Some experts attribute the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India to the double mutant variant B.1.617.
The B.1.617 carries two mutations including the L452R and E484Q, which have been seen separately before in other variants but never together in one variant.
The mutations can increase the binding power of the virus's spike proteins with human cells, making it more transmissible. They may also make vaccines less effective.
ID : 8190188
Published : 2021-04-21 22:56
Last Modified : 2021-04-22 19:39:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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