Amaravati Lockdown Model
Experts also cited the example of Amaravati lockdown model for breaking the deadly chain of transmission.
Amaravati in Maharashtra s Vidarbha region saw a rapid surge in February. Following this the state government imposed a week-end lockdown on February 18 to break the chain of virus transmission. But this effort failed as cases were still going north.
It was followed by a stricter lockdown for seven days, from February 22 to March 1, and was extended for another one week from March 1 to March 8.
The lockdown successfully broke the chain of transmission and active caseload decreased.
According to Neha Gupta, Infectious Diseases Specialist at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, strict social distancing norms are very important at this juncture, which will help in stabilising the overburdened healthcare services as hospitals are facing bed crunch and shortage of anti-viral drugs.
All you need to know about the Sputnik V Covid jab
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New Delhi, April 13 : As Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major Dr. Reddy s Laboratories (DRL) announces it has received permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to import Sputnik V vaccine in India for restricted use in emergencies, here are a few things that you need to know about the Covid-19 jab.
After Covishield and Covaxin, Sputnik V, developed by Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, is now the third Covid-19 vaccine to get emergency use approval in India.
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Mumbai: Limited contact tracing has resulted in a large pool of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic people of contacts going untracked and hence, untested which has resulted in a surge in corona cases across Mumbai. According to the guidelines of the Union Health Ministry, the ratio of contact tracing should be 1:30, which means 30 contacts of a person who has tested positive should be tracked and tested, but the ratio in Mumbai is 1:15. Conceding that insufficient contact tracing could be a contributing factor to the current surge, once again, the civic body has begun 1:30 contact tracing. Health experts, however, believe that not just the public but the civic body too started to believe that the virus was losing its grip and this resulted in slacking off on observance of Covid protocol and the results are there for all to see.
Covid survivors rush to take the jab in India
Mon, Apr 05 2021 06:03:24 PM
New Delhi, Apr 5 (IANS): As India witnesses a surge in Covid-19 caseloads, those who have survived the deadly disease and had antibodies for a certain period (up to six months) are now rushing to take the vital jab in order to avoid reinfections, health experts said on Monday.
Reinfection means a person once infected and recovered from the SARS-CoV2 virus the virus that causes Covid-19 gets infected again, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As is the case with other viruses, a case of reinfection cannot be ruled out, the agency had noted.