MUMBAI: Mumbai Police, tasked with enforcing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) during the severe COVID-19 crisis, have appealed to Muslims to pray for an end to the epidemic at Taraweeh gatherings in the holy month of Ramadan.
A video has gone viral on social networking sites, showing Mumbai police officers speaking to the public over loudspeakers and congratulating Muslims on the arrival of the holy month and appealing to Muslims to pray for an end to the epidemic.
The police officer said that the prayers offered in Taraweeh are accepted and are heard quickly, so prayers should be offered in the holy month for the elimination of Corona.
It is worth mentioning here the death toll from the COVID-19 in India has risen alarmingly, hospitals are overcrowded and there is a severe shortage of oxygen, which has led to an increase in daily deaths.
India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 414,635 COVID-19 infections for the second day in a row on Friday as a third wave of the epidemic increased new alarm about the ability to crumble health systems to cope.
India, the world’s second-most populous nation recorded a single-day high of nearly 332,730 new cases and record 2,263 deaths on Friday. With the emergence of new cases, the total number of cases of coronavirus has risen to 1, 62 63,695 and the number of active cases has exceeded 2.4 million.
Coverage by media showed heart-wrenching scenes of COVID-19 patients facing trouble breathing queuing on stretchers outside health facilities, waiting to be treated or allow inside hospitals to run at full capacity. As per the media reports, several patients died outside hospitals without getting an opportunity to be treated.
Indian authorities have put oxygen tankers on special express trains as key hospitals in New Delhi plead on social media for more supplies to save patients who are struggling to breathe.
