Bengaluru: The surge in Covid-19 infection has pushed Panicky Bengalurean to hunt resources to deal with waves.
This has resulted in a 31% increase in new users to register with the Covid Helpline Bangalore website (https: // covidhelplinebangalore.
Com /) in just a few days.
Website – Popular Onestop Place for all requests related to Pandemi – launched in July 2020 by Ameen e Mudassar, CEO Foundation Cigma and health volunteers.
The number of new users on the website has increased from 16,100 at the end of December to almost 18,800, on Tuesday.
In November, it has recorded 14,300 new users.
Mudassar said new users seek support for booster vaccine doses, testing centers and vaccination drives, among others.
“Most new users are not infected during the first and second waves,” he said.
The website, from the start of 2020, has recorded 6.
2 million hits and more than one million users.
Mohammed Ismail, a volunteer with the emergency response team and Mercy’s mission, said they had begun to update information on the website to help settle nerves.
Mudassar said volunteers related to various organizations also began preparation for a case surge.
“People with comorbidity will face difficulties if infected.
So, volunteers have started working at the center of isolation at their level,” he said.
Mohammed Ibrahim Akrrahim, the owner of Beijing’s bite and member of ERT, has been at the forefront of the previous wave, providing support for home testing for Covid patients, appointments with doctors, hospital beds and even ensure the last ritual to the victims along with angels.
Similar patterns he told TOI that there was a group of people who returned from the cave who was testing positive.
“Even though the symptoms are mild to moderate, it is too early to predict how these waves will play in the coming days,” he said, the warning of children who had tested positive to stay away from parents, especially those who had comorbidity.
Akram also warned that trends so far similar to what he observed in 2021 just before the second wave.
To prevent the situation deteriorate, he urged the government to establish an institutional quarantine center on the war footing before the peak case.
Need the Quarantine Center “We only need a large room that converts to quarantine and isolation with several doctors, beds and support.
This will help prevent the spread of infection at a certain level.
I have witnessed some cases of people from the less capable background, living in one The room and fear that they will infect the elders in the family, “he said, added that he had received around six calls asking for isolation centers since Monday.
Don’t panic to anticipate: Doc DOC Haleema Yezdani, who volunteered at Project Stepone and Ert, told Ti that he had been flooded with panic calls from patients Covid-19.
The number of calls has jumped from 10-15, two days ago, up to more than 70 on Tuesday alone, the consultant doctor was connected and recovered said.
He said, so far, patients only showed mild to moderate symptoms and many of them took Covid tests from fear.
“I have observed a surge in the last three days and at this point, triates are very important.
That’s what we did at the ground to avoid crowding at the hospital,” he said.
Dr.
Haleema urged people not to enter anticipatory panic mode, but remain calm, take the drug needed and follow the precautions.
“I spent most of my time counseling time.
I urge people to stay inside and wear a mask if they come out,” he said, asking people to stay careful even if they were fully vaccinated.
Helpline Covid B’luru sees a steep surge in new users
