The Black Marketing Of A Pandemic

by Darain Shahidi Jun 06, 2020 • 08:13 PM Views 2752

As India finds itself as the 6th worst affected nation in the world by COVID-19, the ugly face of greed and black marketing is rapidly increasing. After masks, sanitisers, rations and even train tickets, a new low has been hit on reports of the black marketing of beds in Delhi hospitals. In a related development, an FIR has been lodged against the capital's esteemed Sir Ganga Ram hospital for not registering COVID-19 testing data on official software. Darain Shahidi surveys this murky landscape amid India's ballooning pandemic.