Bengaluru: Although the number of fresh Covid-19 cases has declined due to locking measures, the second wave has not ended, Dr.
MK Sudarshan, Chairperson, the Karnataka Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
He also said the next six weeks are very important to reduce the daily level of peposititivity.
“The second wave has not subsided; it hasn’t ended,” said Dr.
Sudarshan.
“If people continue to use inappropriate behavior, the crowd of tourist attractions and gather in large quantities for festivals and other events, the second wave may not end in the near future.” On Thursday, the country reported 1,977 new Covid-19 cases, and the day’s testing level reached 1.4%.
The country recorded 48 deaths due to Covid and the case mortality rate for that day was 2.4%.
While there was a slight increase in the case on Thursday, compared to new cases of 1913 Wednesday, these numbers were far from what was recorded during the peak of the second wave.
However, experts from the State Pandemic Management Team, who were involved in a growing strategy to contain the spread of the virus, said during the discussion that the second wave could be considered only ending when the Covid case of the country daily was less than 500 and the daily test level touched a 0.5% daily test.
“Like the situation in December 2020 and January 2021 when the cases dropped to less than 500,” said an expert.
However, with weekend mushrooms were lifted, people had moved, and the crowd had been seen in tourist attractions in Kodagu, MySuru, and Nandi Hill in Chikkaballapur.
Experts have voiced worries over this big meeting.
“There are fatigue covid among people and they move and travel on weekends,” said other experts.
“The pictures of Nandi’s hill over the weekend were really worrying.
It is good that the government has taken the initiative to ban tourists to gather on a hill on the weekend.
Crowding needs to be controlled everywhere.” The second wave of the second persistical infection.
19 In Kerala, a state that has the best public health facilities, has also become a puzzle, experts, adding that people who move between Kerala and Karnataka are massive concerns.
Dr.
CN Manjunath, Chairperson, Covid-19 State Expert Committee, told TII that it was very important to stop crowding during the festival because the festival season began in August.
“The public celebration of exhibitions and festivals and crowding because this needs to be controlled.
Such congregation can even accelerate the arrival of the third wave,” Dr.
Manjunath said.
The third wave fear at the state-level meeting on the pandemic on Tuesday, preparedness for the third wave was discussed.
It is feared that the next wave could hit in early August.
Dr.
Arundhati Chandrashekar, Director of Mission, National Health Mission, Karnataka, when contacted, said a lot depends on how well people follow the actual behavior and on the movement of people.
“Some experts suggest, we might see the third wave at the end of August or early September,” said Dr.
Chandrashekar.
‘Vax drive is too slow’ meanwhile, doctors who have cared for people infected with viruses in personal and government health facilities in Bengaluru insist that the highest priority must be given to vaccinate many people and as soon as possible.
“At the level we will go, we will have many people who are not vaccinated infected in the third wave.
The need is to increase vaccination in all districts and ensure all people who meet the requirements to get at least one dose, so the severity of the disease and death can be controlled.
Until now, the level of state vaccination was very slow, “said the top doctor who worked in government medical colleges.