Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has urged people and his government to help India fight with the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 and the oxygen shortage as well. India is currently the second-worst hit country by the virus after the USA and the positive cases have exceeded 25 lakh already and hospitals are also struggling for medical services.
Looking at the current situation, Akhtar posted a video on his YouTube channel where he has requested all his fans to help raise fund for India and “deliver oxygen tanks to them”.
“It is impossible for any government to tackle the ongoing crisis. I appeal to my government and fans, to help India. India does need a lot of oxygen tanks. I request everyone to donate and raise funds for India and deliver oxygen tanks to them,” Shoaib Akhtar said in a video on his YouTube channel.
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“India is really struggling with Covid-19. Global support needed. Health care system is crashing. It’s a Pandemic, we are all in it together. Must become each other’s support,” Akhtar has tweeted.
India is really struggling with Covid-19. Global support needed. Health care system is crashing. Its a Pandemic, we are all in it together. Must become each other's support.
Full video: https://t.co/XmNp5oTBQ2#IndiaNeedsOxygen #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/vX1FCSlQjs— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) April 23, 2021
Maharashtra is the worst-hit Indian state now, which has reported 67,000 new positive cases and 676 more deaths on Saturday. A total number of 38,000 new cases and 223 more deaths have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 26,000 new positive cases in Kerala and over 24,000 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Delhi, which also claimed another 357 more lives.
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Apart from them, Chhattisgarh reported 16,000 new cases whereas Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have also been recorded 14,000 new COVID-19 positive cases each, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar 12,000 each and Andhra Pradesh 11,000 new positive cases on Saturday as well.
So far, a total number of 1,38,67,997 positive cases have recovered from the deadly virus in India since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year whereas it claimed 1,89,544 lives as well all over the world and brought the world to a standstill too.
