Mumbai 'prepared for the worst' as 3rd Covid wave sweeps India, city's municipal commissioner says
India's financial hub Mumbai has a robust health-care infrastructure that can withstand a growing number of Covid cases, the city's governing civic body told CNBC on Thursday.
Last year, the state of Maharashtra — where Mumbai is located — had directed local oxygen producers to ramp up production and storage capacities. People crowd not following social distancing norms amid Covid-19 pandemic at Juhu Beach, on January 2, 2022 in Mumbai, India.India's financial hub Mumbai has a robust health-care infrastructure that can withstand a growing number of Covid cases, the city's governing civic body told CNBC on Thursday.
India faced a critical shortage of oxygen last year during the second Covid wave between February and May. In June, the state of Maharashtra — where Mumbai is located — directedto tackle future waves of infection. "The health infrastructure in Mumbai is so robust that we are prepared for the worst, but we hope for the best," Iqbal Singh Chahal, commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, told CNBC's "
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