INDIA'S COVID TRANSCENDS GLOBALLY

Post By: Ashritha Kota

The global scenario remains serious. The number of confirmed cases has reached 6.85 million and around 3.3 million cases are active. The death count has reached 398 thousand and yet dynamic. About 3 million people have recovered completely.

(a) Confirmed cases                                                                (b) Death count

 INDIA

India was not hit hard in the beginning, Why?

  1. The first phase lockdown of 21 days worked well and suppressed the infection rate.
  2. A few proofs showed that higher temperatures in India might slow the infection.
But this didn't last long. A few events in the country led to a gradual increase in the number of positive cases. And these places became the coronavirus hotspots of India.

1.Tablighi Jamaat Markaz event in New Delhi
              A Tablighi Jamaat religious gathering that occurred in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque at the beginning of March 2020 was a coronavirus super-spreader occasion, with 4,000 confirmed cases and around 27 deaths connected to the event reported. More than 9,000 missionaries have attended the gathering, with the dominant part being from different states of India, and 960 participants from 40 foreign countries. On 18 April, 4,291 confirmed cases of COVID-19 connected to this event constituted 33% of all the confirmed cases of India. Around 40,000 individuals, including Tablighi Jamaat participants and their contacts, were quarantined.
     
2.Koyambedu Market in Chennai
                The regularly clamoring Koyambedu market in Chennai touted to be one of Asia's biggest wholesale hubs for transient merchandise, arrived at a total halt. Rather than keeping up physical distancing, individuals swarmed the market during the lockdown without wearing masks.
By May 15, Tamil Nadu recorded 10,108 COVID-19 cases, a figure inflated by cases from the Koyambedu market cluster. The number of cases started to increase quickly in the last week of April when merchants in Chennai began to test positive for COVID-19. Before long, the market transformed into a hotspot for the infection. With cases from the group spread over a portion of Tamil Nadu, Koyambedu changed the State's COVID-19 trajectory.

PRESENT SCENARIO

The first phase of lockdown was started on 25th March 2020 for 21 days with complete restrictions. The infection rate was suppressed to a greater extent. Three more phases of lockdown were continued after this with some relaxation. The fifth phase of lockdown ongoing with schools and colleges still closed. 


But the relaxation has worsened the situation. It has led to an increase in the number of cases exponentially. Around 257 thousand cases are confirmed as on June 8th. About 125 thousand cases are active and 124 thousand people have recovered completely. The recovery rate is nearly 50% which is quite good. The death count has reached 7208. 
India, which was a safe zone at the beginning of the pandemic has now reached 6th place in the world.
      (a) Confirmed cases in India                                                                                     (b) Death count 


Death and Recovery Rate

Bengaluru, though having high population density, records the lowest number of cases compared to other metropolitan cities in the country. This has been a surprising matter.
On the other hand, it has been difficult to trace out the cases as most of the infected show no symptoms. Data suggests 80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic, while 15% are severe infections requiring oxygen and 5% are critical infections requiring ventilation.
On 26 March 2020, the Indian government announced a help bundle of $22.6 billion to help the poor populace hit monetarily by the COVID-19 pandemic. The arrangement was to profit the transient laborers through cash transfers and initiatives for food security. On 12 May, the administration declared a relief package of  20 trillion rupees ($266 billion) in support package in fiscal and monetary measures to support the economy.
People, following the protocols effectively, would suppress the infection rate to a greater extent. It's not an Individual's fight, it's the Nation's fight against the Virus.

 References:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdown_in_India
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/tablighi-jamaat-event-india-worst-coronavirus-vector-200407052957511.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/coronavirus-how-panic-buying-at-chennais-koyambedu-market-created-a-covid-19-cluster/article31595931.ece
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/
https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid






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