While the impact of covid-19 pandemic is global, low-income countries were the most affected, the survey done in 155 countries over three weeks in May showed The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause an alarming rise in deaths caused by heart ailments, cancer, diabetes and other such diseases, as mobility restrictions and overwhelmed hospitals have left millions of sick people untreated, a World Health Organization (WHO) survey found.
In India, around 30% fewer people with cardiac emergencies could reach health facilities in rural areas in March from a year earlier, as prevention and treatment services for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remained severely disrupted amid the covid-19 pandemic, according to the survey.