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Chasing Life

India in Crisis

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that has ravaged communities and hospitals across the country. In today’s episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what went wrong and why it matters to everyone worldwide. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's a horrible situation.

0:03.6

As either the government has completely

0:05.5

advocated its responsibility.

0:08.0

There is no help anywhere.

0:09.6

The health system has completely collapsed.

0:11.6

It's a situation you never imagine would

0:13.6

ever happen in India.

0:16.1

There's no doubt that India is now facing a devastating

0:19.6

second wave of COVID-19.

0:22.2

I've spent much of the last several days

0:24.2

talking to friends and relatives who live in India,

0:27.6

who live in New Delhi, who are seeing what is happening

0:30.8

on the ground there firsthand.

0:33.1

It has ravaged communities and hospitals across the country.

0:37.0

There are now more than 300,000 new cases

0:40.6

and more than 2,000 deaths a day.

0:43.3

And keep in mind with new cases that the positivity rate

0:47.1

is also above 20%.

0:49.7

That means they're not catching or testing enough people

0:53.6

and that the real numbers are probably double

0:56.4

or even triple that.

0:58.3

Some have suggested that up to a million people a day

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