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Every fall, air pollutants increase in India and doctors are involved in what this will mean for coronavirus patients with respiratory problems.
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
NEW DELHI – As a thick layer of smog spilled around New Delhi on Thursday, signaling the start of the otoñal season of pollutants, doctors and scientists warned that deteriorating air quality could worsen Covid-19 disorders in the city.
One of the maximum and non-unusual symptoms of severe coronavirus cases is shortness of breath, and doctors say that if the ambient air suddenly becomes more toxic, as it does every year right now in northern India, then there will be more people inflamed with the virus. you can end up in the hospital or die.
“If two other people shoot at the lungs, it’s clear that the lungs will have more problems,” said Arvind Kumar, a chest surgeon and founder of the Lung Care Foundation in New Delhi, an organization that raises awareness of respiratory problems.
India is now dealing with two main exercises that attack the respiratory formula and peak at the same time.
Coronavirus cases are spreading widely, putting the country on track to have the highest number of virus cases reported in the coming weeks. With 7. 3 million infections reported, it is only 7. 9 million in the United States. outperforms the United States in new infections through about 10,000 more cases a day, even though India’s mortality rate remains much lower.
At the bottom is India’s irritating air pollution, which spreads in autumn and winter. The immediate economic expansion of more than two decades – and with it, greater urbanization and congestion – has left Indian cities horribly polluted.
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