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Business Weekly: India battles second covid wave

India battles second covid wave

24/04/2021 GMT

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How social media is trying to help a health system that is close to being overwhelmed.

In Business Weekly, we look at India’s battle with a second wave of Covid-19 – how social media is trying to help a health system that some say is close to being overwhelmed.

As India battles a surge in Covid cases and hospital beds become scarce, Business Weekly hears how social media is helping connect patients with medical help. Several areas of the country have gone back into lockdown. We get reaction from businesses. In Denmark, the authorities have introduced a Corona Pass, which lets the vaccinated attend various events. Our reporter looks at how well it’s working. We look at the online advertising industry as several big companies scale back their digital marketing spend. The suggestion is that they aren’t seeing the returns on investment they perhaps should be, and that data doesn’t always give an accurate idea of success. Could a bubble be about to burst? And is your boss clueless? We hear about a new piece of research from Microsoft which suggests managers aren’t aware of how lockdown has affected their workers. Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.

(Image: Empty oxygen cylinders at a hospital in Delhi, Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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