How can India prepare for the third wave
The second wave of Covid-19 infections in India peaked on May 9, 2021. Data from the Covid-19 Sample Collection Management System of the Indian Council of Medical Research shows that testing facilities are extremely skewed in states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The poorest 20% of people, as per Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure, are almost three times more likely to not seek medical advice than the richest 20%, the report shows. Expanding health insurance coverwill help Over three-fourth of hospitalisation cases in India involved individuals who were not covered by health insurance, according to the 2017-18 NSO survey. NSO survey shows that on average, health insurance was paid for only 10.2% of the medical expenditure and 9.1% of total expenditure in cases that required hospitalisation.
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