ARTICLE | Community Help
Heroic deeds of community help in the nation’s second wave
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ommunity support has been the backbone of the fight against the pandemic during India’s second wave of COVID-19. Medical resources and infrastructure took a serious hit and resulted in the heavy loss of lives due to the deadly B.1.617 variant of the novel coronavirus. The nation has recorded more than 3,00,000 deaths due to COVID-19,
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adding almost 40 per cent of the total deaths only since March this year, according to official data. However, as the silver lining, people from across the nation have joined hands in this time and come forward to help the suffering population in their own little ways. Various organisations are working on ground to help the people while some are doing all they can from home via social media, helping in filtering available medical resources and also boosting the mental health of patients.
Khalsa Aid India to the rescue
With the motto of “Recognise the whole human race as one”, Khalsa Aid India has been helping people in need of medical resources on a war footing. The organisation has been active since before the pandemic and is known for providing assistance to the victims of natural disasters and other conflicts. They began a crowdfunding drive on May 2 this year which received an overwhelming response, raising almost
