Complete the paragraph given below-
It is no rocket science that, with their breathing capacity compromised by the viral attack, COVID patients are particularly vulnerable to any incident that affects their oxygen intake. __________ Some countries have issued fire safety guidelines in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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Exposure to smoke that contains carbon monoxide could have fatal consequences for them.
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It’s evident that safety concerns were given short shrift in the scramble for standby arrangements, after Andhra Pradesh’s COVID caseload began to increase.
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But it’s unfortunate that in India, where innumerable buildings are tinderboxes — the country accounts for nearly a fifth of the serious fire accidents in the world according to the Global Disease Burden Study 2017.
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But the ripples caused by fire accidents in the country usually do not take long to die down.
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It’s high time, therefore, that measures were taken to root out the culture of cutting corners on safety.