write a letter to the editor of the times of india kolkata, as an active member of an NGO about the rules to be followed to stay safe from the deardful covid 19 virus. (word limit;150)
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Fighting the pandemic
Despite assurances, I have never experienced so much fear and anxiety in my life as I feel now about the COVID-19 pandemic (Page 1, “No community transmission of coronavirus, says Centre”, March 22). I am 84, and have seen disasters like the tsunami, floods after tanks have breached, and epidemics such as cholera. But COVID-19 has made them all insignificant. It is unsettling that cases are galloping. With no vaccine in sight in the foreseeable future, people have to be very conscious not to create problems as far as the infection transmission cycle is concerned. There was curfew during the world wars to safeguard ourselves from enemy’s attack. Now, a 14-hour lockdown has to be thought of to try and help safeguard ourselves from a pandemic.
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Ramasubramanyam,
Vijayawada
The early adoption of screening, tracing and quarantining procedure adopted by India has definitely helped to lower the rate of spread of the COVID-19 virus in the beginning stages in the country (Editorial page, “Time for a powerful display of humanity,” Mar. 19). Not withstanding those efforts, the number of cases have started to increase rapidly in the last 15-16 days and have crossed 170 as of now. This seemingly low number for a large country like India could be deceptive and should not make us complacent about our response to the pandemic. The testing level of about 10 per million in India is one of the lowest in the world, which could be misleading us to believe that India has been spared from a bigger outbreak. If the total number of cases doesn’t go up substantially even after a better testing standard of say 120-150 per million, the nation can heave a sigh of relief. Instead of repenting later, the government should ramp up the testing levels immediately by at least 10 times the present level, at least to rule out an outbreak in the coming weeks. The all-important preventive norm of social distancing is not being strictly implemented throughout the country. To prevent a catastrophe later, people should be prepared to undergo smaller hardships like confining themselves to ones own houses, avoiding gatherings, maintaining at least a distance of about a metre between any two people while meeting, etc. Surprisingly, Parliament is still in session, though the nation is being told to avoid crowding. Politicians are still attending marriages, where thousands are gathering throwing all the preventive norms to the wind. Persons in authority should set examples to be followed by people at large. Government should increase the testing levels and rule out widespread presence of COVID-19 in a dormant state and people should strictly follow the preventive norms like social distancing, hand hygiene, avoiding gatherings, etc. as an effective response to the deadly pandemic that is confronting the humanity.
Kosaraju Chandramouli,
Hyderabad
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