India Coronavirus Dispatch: Pune overtakes Delhi as cases continue to surge

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Manipur’s eye-opener: Manipur’s medical officials say that the Covid-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener as far as fault lines in public health care go. The state’s Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) has said that there has been a severe resource crunch. The northeastern state saw a surge in cases by June-end when special trains started to operate and an influx of returnees began. While the state administration put an SOP in place for dealing with the incoming crisis, patients and doctors have since alleged that the system wasn’t well-oiled. Severe deficiencies in infrastructure and manpower were quite evident when