how to prevent covid third wave in India
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Covid-19: steps that can help India avoid a third wave
Decisions on where to ease lockdowns and restrictions on the basis of vaccination, ramping up the vaccination programme, linking the stringency of non-pharmaceutical interventions in place in a district to the proportion of vaccinated population and enhancing surveillance to identify potential threats from new variants of concern are among the steps that can prevent another wave of the pandemic.
By R Sukumar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 03, 2021 07:16 AM IST
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India has avoided a potential superspreader event by cancelling the CBSE Class 12 exams, with the ISE board following suit, and other boards expected to do the same. This is the best possible outcome from the perspective of containing a pandemic and preventing a third wave.
Unlike some experts, who are convinced a third wave is inevitable, I believe it is possible for India to avoid a third wave, but this is contingent on four actions.
The first is on deciding when and where to ease lockdowns and restrictions on movement and activities that now cover most parts of the country. Some states and Union territories have already started the process; others have announced plans and deadlines for doing so; but none of these is based on the one parameter that matters.
This is simply the proportion of the eligible population in a district that has been vaccinated. Ideally, this parameter should be read in consonance with the positivity rate. Some states and UTs are looking at the latter, but none appears to be basing its decision on the former. Given that the Union government no longer wants to be associated with lockdowns — the economic pain caused by the 68-day hard lockdown last year is still fresh in everyone’s memories — it is unlikely that either the health ministry, or the Indian Council of Medical Research, or any of the empowered groups dealing with the pandemic, will prescribe guidelines for this. Therefore, it is up to the states. I’d suggest a benchmark for opening up that is a combination of a positivity rate (it needs to be either declining or stable) of a maximum of 5% for at least two weeks, and a vaccine coverage (at least one dose) of a minimum of 20% of the current eligible population (those over the age of 18). As of Tuesday night, this proportion was 18.4% for the nation as a whole, which means there will be districts that have exceeded 20%, and those that have done far less.
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The second, which is related to the first, is to keep pushing ahead with the vaccine programme — in terms of approving more vaccines, lining up supplies, and enhancing delivery capacity — with the immediate target being coverage of at least 40% of the entire eligible population as soon as possible. Once India approves vaccines for those under the age of 18 years, the new target will be covering 40% of the entire population. Several countries have already done this. Israel has covered 62% of its entire population, the US, 51%, and Canada and the UK, 58%. Even Brazil has done 22%. India has covered around 13%. An honest effort to increase this number is required — not empty statements about administering 10 million vaccines a day from July or August (an unrealistic target given the supply situation).
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To prevent covid third wave in india, we all need to follow this steps
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1. The scientists should make covid vaccine for the offspring of ages between 2yrs-18yrs because in third wave the childrens are in very danger.
2. Children should not go outside the homes.
3. All the adults should be vaccinated.
4. All should do wash there hands and bath every time we go outside the home.
5. Use sanitizers, handwash, mask, oximeter and thermometers when suffering from cold other viruses and use sanitizer, mask, handwash frequently.
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