‘Entire families’ wiped out by Covid’s carnage in rural India May 18, 2021 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/india/e
Entire-families-wiped-out-by-covids-carnage-in-rural-india/articleshow/82728273.cms In interviews with representatives from more than 18 towns and villages in different parts of the country, officials outlined the scale of the carnage — from entire families wiped out to bloated bodies floating down the Ganges River to farmland left untended due to a lack of workers.
Baijayant “Jay” Panda, a senior official with Modi’s BJP, told Bloomberg the latest virus wave has been a “humbling experience,” but pointed to a significant vaccination rollout and the provision of shots to more than 80 countries in a global outreach effort. He defended Modi’s response, saying election authorities made the decision to proceed with polls and states were responsible for building oxygen plants that received federal funding. “It’s not just the prime minister who thought we had overcome the biggest ravages of corona — the consensus in India by early January was that we had done so,” Panda said. “Many of the epidemiologists who are today criticizing are on the record back in October saying the worst was over and that we should not have as many restrictions.” https://youtube.com/embed/hasmSajRFhY?start=1&end=410