Citizen Volunteers Lead India COVID-19 Relief Effort as Cases Rise to Record Numbers

Citizen Volunteers Lead India COVID-19 Relief Effort as Cases Rise to Record Numbers
Patients wearing oxygen masks are shifted to a hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on April 21, 2021. Amit Dave/Reuters
Venus Upadhayaya
Updated:

NEW DELHI—A 3-month-old baby boy from Nagpur city in central India tested positive for COVID-19, leading his desperate parents to reach out on Twitter for help.

A team of volunteers called India Cares connected the parents with a volunteer pediatrician who virtually guided the parents, who were under quarantine. The child tested negative five days later.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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