Editorial - (2021) Volume 0, Issue 0

Resurgence of COVID-19 in India
Tajamul Islam*
 
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
 
*Correspondence: Tajamul Islam, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, Email:

Received: 28-Apr-2021 Published: 18-May-2021, DOI: 10.35248/2684-1320.21.S1.e001

Editorial Note

India is the vast and populated country in the world, experience a COVID-19 pandemic but began relaxing restrictions in early quarter of 2021, but positive cases have bouncing back. In the beginning of 2021 there was an ease in the COVID-19 cases Temenggung et al.. The government had taken the decision about the opening of schools and colleges from mid of March 2021. Gardens and public spaces were also thrown open for a short span of time. People were feeling relaxed from the over burden of COVID-19 pandemic cum disaster. All the religious gatherings were permitted till the nightmare of Kumb Mela which became the super spreader of COVID-19 second wave. Unfortunately from past few weeks India has witnessed a sharp rise in daily new COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi didn’t emphasis on nationwide lockdown but the movement restrictions via night curfew and weekend lockdown would be reimposed. India is the second most populated country in the world and presently ranked second in COVID-19 active cases. Currently India is experiencing the taste of rising COVID-19 causalities [1].

It has been believed that the rare mutant (double mutant) of corona virus have infected the population. From mid April the government of India has imposed the ban on large public gatherings, including and partial closure of restaurants, bazaars and major religious shrines Koley and Dhole 2020. State governments have implied the night curfews, weekend lockdowns and odd-even strategy to operate the markets. In India single day spikes have been increased from thousand to lakhs within a week and holding the second position worldwide in terms of COVID-19 cases. Crematorium grounds and mortuaries seems dearth in space. Ventilators and Oxygen cylinders are falling short in demand for COVID-19 patients. Hospitals were also saturated with current situation of severe symptomatic patients, with this effect the mild cases were advised to be home quarantine. Finance minister has allocated the funds worth 400 crores to augment the oxygen capacity of hospitals and installments of oxygen plants in several states. The pandemic is concentrated in the states like Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal and the recent flare-up included the Utter Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where a weekend lockdown was reimposed in mid April. In recent speech Narendra Modi addressed the nation amid a steep rise in the country daily cases of the coronavirus disease, remarking that there was a need to prevent the country from entering another lockdown. “I urge states to use lockdown only as a last resort” PM Modi said, adding that they should try their best to avoid lockdown and focus on micro containment zones. He also urged the NGO’s to take part in tacking the spread of COVID-19. The second wave of COVID-19 in India has drastic effects on the country and has overwhelmed the health sector [2].

The situation is getting worse as the COVID-19 infection is going undetected in the RT-PCR test. India is reporting a record daily increase of coronavirus infections every last 24 hours, with a surge in demand for oxygen supplies and hospital beds making it even worse for the government. The double mutant of corona virus which can’t be detected by a RT-PCR test depicts strange symptoms. Some of prominent symptoms are: Sore throat, Fatigue, Body ache, Fever chills, Nausea and Vomiting, Dizziness, Saliva deficit etc (Cowan and Morell 2020). In order to contain the COVID-19 infections in country people should follow the SOPs like social distancing, masks and avoid large assemblage of people [3].

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Citation: Islam T, (2021) Resurgence of COVID-19 in India. J Pain Manage Med. S1:e001

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