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COVID second wave: Govt panel hopes many lives could have been saved if strategies were implemented on time

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New Delhi: A parliamentary panel report criticised the Centre government for its failure in anticipating the gravity of the COVID pandemic during its second wave.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its 137th report presented to Rajya Sabha on Monday also hoped that the timely implementation of containment strategies could have saved many lives.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its 137th report presented to Rajya Sabha on Monday, said the second wave was undoubtedly marred by high cases, increased deaths, shortage of oxygen and beds in hospitals, reduced supplies of medicines and other important drugs, disruption of essential health care services, hoarding and black marketing of cylinders and medicines etc.

"The committee is of the considered view that had the Government been successful in the identification of the more virulent strain of the virus in the population at an early stage and suitably implemented its containment strategy, the repercussions would have been less grave and many lives could have been saved," it said.

The committee observed that India is one of the countries with the heaviest burden of Covid-19 cases in the world. The enormity of the population of the country posed a major challenge in the face of the pandemic.

With the fragile health infrastructure and the huge shortage of healthcare workers, the country witnessed tremendous pressure, it said.

It noted that the government could not accurately anticipate the gravity of the possible resurgence of the pandemic and its subsequent waves Even when the trajectory of Covid-19 cases in the country registered a decline in the aftermath of the first wave, the government should have continued its efforts to monitor the resurgence of Covid and its possible outrage in the country, the committee said.

It noted that the ministry had cautioned states to maintain vigil and chalk out strategies for any exigencies that may arise due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in their respective regions.

"However, the committee is unhappy to note that many states were unable to cope up with the arising uncertainties and medical emergencies in the wake of the resurgence of Covid-19 during the second wave that caused more than 5 lakh registered deaths," it said.

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