"In my opinion, only a national stay at home order and declaring medical emergency will help to address the current healthcare needs," Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist with the University of Michigan said on Twitter. "The # of active cases is accumulating, not just the daily new cases. Even the reported numbers state there are around 3.5M active cases. "The spike in infections is India's biggest crisis since Modi took office in 2014. The national health ministry says states have 10 million vaccines stockpiled and 2 million more coming in the next three days.Despite being the world's biggest producer of vaccines, India does not have enough for itself - undermining a plan to ramp up and widen inoculation from Saturday.

Source: Economic Times May 03, 2021 05:51 UTC