India's new Covid-19 infections continued to see an exponential rise on Tuesday, as the nation recorded an excess of 3.5 lakh for the seventh day in a row. Government data shows that 3,57,229 people tested postive and that 3,449 people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday.
However, India is not the only nation that has been hit by a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases. From Laos to Thailand to Bhutan and Nepal, a new wave of covid-19 cases has hit developing countries hard.
Experts, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, have recently recommended that India needs to go back under a lockdown to deal with the massive rise in cases. But that is just a temporary solution. What can developed nations do to really help poorer nations deal with the pandemic?
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