Families, friends and even hospitals in India are issuing desperate pleas for help on social media, as the country struggles to cope with COVID-19.
Appeals for hospital beds, oxygen and plasma are flooding Twitter, as well as Facebook, Instagram and private messaging platforms such as WhatsApp.
“Need a bed for my COVID+ father,” one woman in Delhi posted to Twitter. “His oxygen has dropped to 79/80. Any leads will be appreciated.”
This outpouring of requests comes as India confirmed 16 million cases so far, second only to the United…
