Experts and politicians now worry that the arrival of pollution season could pose a double threat, putting people at higher risk of severe infection, while increasing the strain on public health services. India's pollution problemIndia has long faced this annual pollution problem; 21 of the 30 cities with the worst air pollution in the world are in India, according to IQAir AirVisual's 2019 World Air Quality Report. A double threat during Covid-19Residents and medical workers are now bracing for the double public health threat. Plus the patients, the new patients, elderly and children who are going to (hospital) because of respiratory issues or new cases of pneumonia because of air pollution. Traffic on a road in New Delhi on October 18, as the city reports high levels of air pollution.

Source: CNN October 21, 2020 04:18 UTC