Here are three media reports about India:
From Foreign Policy - A Coronavirus Mystery: Why Are There So Few Cases in South Asia?
April 30, 2020:
Let’s face it: Everyone expected worse. More than three months after the first recorded case of the coronavirus in South Asia, the region has only around 60,000 confirmed infections. By comparison, the United States has more than 1 million, while Spain and Italy both have confirmed more than 200,000. Put another way, South Asia’s countries account for one-quarter of the world’s population but only 2 percent of its coronavirus infections. Why?
Parsing the numbers. South Asia’s relatively low case numbers are a bit of a puzzle, especially given high population density and poor health care systems across the region. An immediate reaction is to call into question its testing capacity. India has so far conducted only 830,201 tests, or 614 for every 1 million people—among the lowest rates of testing in the world. But if India’s low rate of testing were hiding a massive outbreak, it would show up in other ways. Only 4 percent of India’s coronavirus tests have returned positive, compared with around 17 percent in the United States, implying that the virus is less widespread in India.
Bloomberg says: Lockdown Isn’t Flattening India Virus Curve as in Italy or Spain!!!
On April 30, 2020, they write:
More than a month into the world’s largest lockdown, India is failing to see an easing of new cases similar to what hot spots such as Spain and Italy have experienced.
India’s fresh coronavirus cases are still rising with little sign of slowing momentum. India reported 1,909 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday -- the country’s 35th day in lockdown -- which was the second-highest jump since it began reporting infections at the end of January. For Wednesday, the country saw an additional 1,702 cases.
The BBC: India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates
They talk about the "mystery behind India's lower death rates" from the Covid-19 infection, and say that India is "bucking the coronavirus trend". One talks about the "Indian exception as death rates in major Indian cities are lower compared to global coronavirus hotspots".
Nearly two months after its first recorded case, Covid-19 infections in the world's second-most populous country have passed 27,000, with more than 800 deaths.
I think I’m pretty intelligent and can figure things out after reading several sources. I find a lot if this information confusing, misleading, inaccurate, incomplete, and written with hidden agendas. The video below sums up how the media has been acting over the past two months.
Brilliant!
Something Bizarre:
As India began its three-week lockdown on Wednesday, police punished people who ventured outdoors with beatings, and in some cases, push-ups, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered 21-day nationwide confinement to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Police enforced the lockdown by beating people with batons, and in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Mau cities law enforcement resorted to handing out sit-ups and squats in public as punishment.
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