by COVID-19 Latest News: COVID seems very likely to stay here, but the number of waves and future wave peaks really depend on us COVID-19 (New Coronavirus Infection) It’s different from the other pandemics we’ve witnessed in 100 years. It disrupted and destroyed our lives, our economy and our health system, causing unimaginable misery.
Since the first wave of last year, the moment I felt complacent after winning the fight against COVID, the second wave struck like a tsunami, and the flood of COVID washed away millions of people. Hundreds of thousands of people have died and the health care system remains in turmoil.
A second blockade has been imposed in many parts of the country, appropriate actions have been taken on COVID, and the arrival of vaccines has resulted in new cases ranging from about 40,000 rupees per day to about 40,000 to 50,000 per day. I was able to reduce it to. I believe these numbers will go down even further if we control our behavior.
It seems very likely that COVID remains, but the number of waves and the peaks of the waves we see in the future really depend on us.
A very important lesson we need to learn is to be vigilant even if the second wave is controlled, actively follow appropriate actions for COVID, and adopt aggressive vaccination strategies. That is. Rigorous testing, tracking, and genomic analysis should help predict and prepare for future waves.
If this strategy is maintained long enough, it could shift the COVID pandemic into a more manageable endemic condition such as seasonal flu. Similar to influenza vaccination, high-risk groups may be vaccinated with COVID annually.
Another very important lesson to remember is that blockades stop COVID infections and control pandemics, but with devastating consequences for most of society’s economy and livelihoods, returning to the Stone Age. There is a possibility. It’s certainly not a long-term solution to control this pandemic.
Only rigorous testing, genomic analysis, mutation detection, case clustering, vaccination rates and serum surveillance, national and international travel patterns, and behavioral patterns suitable for COVID can predict whether the third wave will begin. I will. Maharashtra, Kerala, or anywhere else in the country.
The only way to protect yourself from the serious wave of COVID in the future is strong public health measures, strict COVID-appropriate behavior, short-term active mass immunization, and national health infrastructure, especially in rural areas.
The author is Chairman of Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt. The expressed views are personal.
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