Ten News Editorial: Second wave created by the government of the people and also by we the people

India is witnessing a health crisis in its worst form. There are hundreds of videos on the social media showing the extent of our unpreparedness – from hospitals overflowing with patients to dearth of oxygen and life saving drugs.

Indeed, it is hard to believe how we managed to get ourselves at this stage. Wasn’t everything almost alright till mid-March? The thing later took a turn for the worst and there has been no improvement so far.

National capital Delhi reported the highest single-day spike on Wednesday with 17,282 fresh Covid-19 infections and 104 related deaths.

According to the latest state health bulletin on Wednesday evening, the total infection caseload of Delhi has reached 7,67,438. There are 50,736 active cases here as of today. The overall Covid-19 death toll of the national capital now stands at 11,540.

The situation is no better in almost any city or state that one can name. And what is our government doing? Hiding numbers, discouraging tests, trying to come up with flimsy reasons for their incompetence or shifting the blame on others?

So who all is responsible for it? The blame lies on the government – our high and mighty leaders who didn’t pay any heed to the worsening state of the country. And also on us the citizens, who kept on witnessing the constant surge yet went on with our lives as usual.

The blame of this problem is on we the people and the government which was supposed to work for the people.
The measures that the government should have ideally taken over a fortnight back are being adopted now.

After reaching the tipping point, it is today on Thursday that Uttar Pradesh government has realised the need to restrict movement in markets during late evening hours.

“Corona curfew to be effective from 8 pm to 7 am in all 10 districts with more than 2,000 active cases including Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gorakhpur,” the chief minister tweeted.

According to Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh reported 14,404 new Covid-19 cases, 3,474 discharges, and 85 deaths on Thursday.

Meanwhile, India reported its highest-ever single-day spike in COVID-19 with over 2 lakh cases on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

With 2,00,739 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India recorded the highest single-day spike ever since the pandemic began last year.

The country’s total number of cases now stands at 1,40,74,564, including 14,71,877 active cases. So where exactly are we heading to?

And what is the solution, even if there is one? As of now there is hardly any hope in the horizon. We can just pray that things better.