The viral load in Jammu and Kashmir is surging. However, the numbers are slightly lowering. From 52 thousand active cases across Jammu and Kashmir in the middle of May to now less than that, the infections are showing a decline. But this all is dictated by the lockdown.
Doctors and medical researchers, unlike administrators, have to deal with the disease only. They can acknowledge economic costs but not intervene, unlike the government. How are the doctors seeing the crisis and how they see an exit from it? What is the current Covid19 situation?
Dr Mohammad Sultan Khuroo (former Director SKIMS) said Jammu and Kashmir is in obvious community spread. It will take nearly eight weeks to contain the second wave even if all the SOPs are strictly followed by the people.
“In such a situation, there is only one tool to tame the beast: the so-called lockdown. Of course, the administration has to evaluate its economic impact.”
Dr Muhammad Salim Khan (Head Community Medicine, GMC) believes the second wave is widespread and is affecting all age groups unlike in 2020.
“This year, the younger population and children are also having Covid-19 symptoms. This wave is sweeping across, affecting almost everyone, causing clusters within the families and community,” he said. Dr Naveed Nazir, (Head Chest Disease Hospital) said the situation was alarming but there are still fewer deaths in comparison to the number of cases. Only 5-7 per cent of patients require critical care. The second wave is definitely affecting the younger generation.
“Also in the second wave, there is rapid progression. People who are asymptomatic turn into severe cases rapidly,” Naveed said. “In the first wave, the children used to be mostly asymptomatic but now they are also having symptoms, which are alarming.”
This story is from the May 23, 2021 edition of Kashmir Life.
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