Pakistani social media users on Friday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to lend support to India as the country scrambled for supplies of ox...
Pakistani social media users on Friday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to lend support to India as the country scrambled for supplies of oxygen and other emergency aid amid a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hashtags like #IndiaNeedsOxygen were trending on Pakistani Twitter, with users requesting Khan’s government to put aside its political differences and help India to tide over the crisis.
I request our government to extend the hands to help people of India in this difficult time. Put our political differences aside.#IndiaNeedsOxygen #IndianLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Nw7rrhwki5
— Toramycin (@ihamza_mtq) April 23, 2021
Get well soon india. Pakistani nation is with you. Together we can defeat Covid #IndiaNeedsOxygen #COVIDEmergency2021 pic.twitter.com/fo4HG2d82Z
— Syed Muhammad Tayab (@SyedMuh05723187) April 22, 2021
India recorded more than 3,30,000 new cases in 24 hours on Friday, the second consecutive day that the country set a global record for daily infections. The toll was more than 2,200, also a new high for the country.
The surge in infections has left the country’s healthcare system in tatters as families scrambled for life-saving oxygen supplies while patients die outside overcrowded hospitals. Mass cremations have been taking place as the crematoriums have run out of space.
The social media is awash with desperate calls for ambulances, ICU beds and medicines. Even hospitals are taking to Twitter to plead with the government...
