Nearly 14,000 people have now died from the disease caused by the virus since the first case in India in January. The death toll in India remains low when compared to countries with similar numbers of cases but public health experts fear its hospitals will be unable to cope with a rise in cases. The message was not an order to evacuate the country but to consider whether India remained safe depending on individual circumstances, a diplomat said. The German advisory follows Ireland in suggesting that its citizens leave India due to the availability of hospital beds. A dashboard run by the Delhi state government showed more than 7,000 hospital beds were available for coronavirus patients on Monday, though most of those were in a handful of government hospitals.

Source: bd News24 June 22, 2020 12:22 UTC