COVID CATASTROPHE IN ASIA

odishabarta Bureau,Odishabarta CANADA:Like many in Canada's South Asian community, Abhijit Roy is living in sorrow, pain and a sense of helplessness as he watches the COVID-19 pandemic devastate his homeland. "The cases are alarming, and the concerns are overwhelming in my home country," said Roy, who moved to Canada from India last year, just before the lockdown was announced. "We are constantly worried about our friends and family and hoping that they stay safe and sound," he told New Canadian Media. Jose Villanueva, a Filipino migrant worker in Vancouver, said he does not know whether his family will survive the…