How to help India during its catastrophic Covid-19 surge

The enormity of the Covid-19 crisis in India may be impossible to fully comprehend from afar, but images of mass cremations and grief-stricken families, and stories of people fruitlessly searching for oxygen, hospital beds, and medications to save infected loved ones are heart-wrenching.

Officially, the country reported just under 380,000 new daily cases on April 29, setting another global record and bringing its total case count to 18 million. But the actual number is thought to be many multiples higher. One expert told NPR that as many as 5 million people may be contracting Covid per day in India, and the death toll could reach 10,000 or more per day before infections begin to decline.

The US and other foreign governments and large corporations, including Microsoft and Amazon, are sending millions in cash and supplies to India. Arguably, the world could be doing much more. Thousands are dying needlessly from a lack of basic medical equipment, particularly oxygen.

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