Draw lessons from history, second wave is more infectious than first: Director of Public Health
Draw lessons from history, second wave is more infectious than first: Director of Public Health
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Last year in corona first wave people were more alert and following government guidelines as compare to this year as of corona second wave. While Corona second wave infection are more than that of last year. The situation of Covid-19 pandemic in Telangana is critical and reflects the inability of the public to learn from past mistakes and history. Senior health officials on Saturday said “During the first Covid wave, we managed to control infections through lockdowns but in the second wave, carelessness and virus mutations have made it difficult to contain the spread of the virus,”.

Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao  said that “There are ample instances in our history from where we can draw lessons. It is always the second wave of a pandemic, which is far more deadly than the first one. Take the example of Spanish Flu of 1918. The first wave of Spanish flu began in March and claimed at least 30 to 50 lakh lives. However, people those days failed to learn or understand from the first wave, as the second wave hit them hard in the later half of that year. Anywhere between 2 crore to 7 crore people died in the second wave,”

Let us share here that On March 24, about 20 people from Maharashtra came to nearby district in Telangana, to attend a local festival. They interacted and celebrated with about 30 locals from Telangana and later returned. On April 4, following development of symptoms, five people from the district here got tested for Covid at a local PHC and all of them tested positive. The district surveillance team jumped into action and by April 6, i.e. within 12 days, the small festival led to 433 Covid positive cases. According to DPH, there were numerous such superspreader events across that have fuelled the ongoing surge in infections..

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