COVID-19 death toll has now surpassed 200,000 as the virus ravages the country.That has Indian expats across Canada, including in Montreal, spearheading and coordinating medical care and relief efforts in that country.
One of them who’s concerned about her family in India is Dr. Nitika Pai, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology at McGill University.“My family was in distress,” she told Global News. “They came down with the virus — the entire family.”That included her mother, 75-year-old Giria Pant, as well as a brother and his family.