Indians are crowding markets and taking packed flights to holiday destinations again despite calls from authorities urging restraint and caution amid rising cases of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Because only if there is life, we have our world,” they stated.
India’s overall tally of the fast-spreading Omicron variant has reached 358 cases, across 17 states, authorities said on Friday, although no deaths have been reported so far. Modi addressed large crowds in a Hindu pilgrimage city in UP on Thursday.
Earlier this year, his government had faced severe criticism for mishandling of the pandemic during the second wave that overran healthcare across the country. In all, India has recorded 34.8 million COVID-19 cases and nearly 480,000 deaths.
Modi’s government has raced to inoculate all of the country’s 944 million adults and have given at least one dose to 88% of those.
And yet, millions are vulnerable to new infections, particularly in the vast hinterlands of states such as UP where healthcare is fragile.
“The court requests the honourable prime minister that looking at the situation of this frightening pandemic, to take strong steps and stop rallies, gatherings and cancel or postpone (the) upcoming election,” the judges said.
Source: Reuters
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