{"id":7352,"date":"2021-03-26T13:27:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:27:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:27:45","slug":"second-wave-of-covid-19-the-price-of-letting-the-guard-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/second-wave-of-covid-19-the-price-of-letting-the-guard-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Wave Of Covid-19: The Price Of Letting The Guard Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\" class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;One thing is very clear, even when the cases are coming down danger still lurks around the corner, and it\u2019s no time to let down our guard. To relax our vigilance now \u2013 having reached so far and at such cost \u2013 is surely not an option we should consider.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how we concluded our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/do-declining-covid-19-numbers-suggest-pandemic-is-coming-to-an-end-in-india\/\">blog<\/a> on the declining Covid-19 numbers in India. A month later, here we are in the midst of the Covid-19 graph that&#8217;s once again sloping upwards. Clearly, we got it wrong somewhere as we were slowly sliding down the curve. The second wave that started mid-February is now undoing months of progress made against the outbreak. How bad is the second wave? Are things as bad as they were during the rise of the first wave? What do the experts say? Here&#8217;s a quick look at how the second wave of infection is playing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country recorded 260,000 fresh coronavirus cases last week &#8211; one of the worst weekly increases since the pandemic began early last year. The nation also recorded its highest single-day Covid count in over five months on Wednesday with 53,364 people testing positive for the virus. The last time the country had surpassed this tally was on October 23 when 54,350 cases were recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210326_155316.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India&#8217;s caseload began to dip at the start of 2021 with daily infections falling to less than 20,000 from a peak of over 90,000 in September. But the last few weeks have seen a sharp uptick. While Maharashtra leads the table, several other states &#8211; Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh &#8211; are also seeing a rise in cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a recent statement from the Health Ministry, a total of 771 covid variants, including a &#8216;double mutant&#8217; strain have been found across 18 Indian states but there is no evidence to link the current surge to these strains. States witnessing higher cases have revealed a different mutation profile but detected variants have been prevalent in the community for the last six to eight months, National Centre for Disease Control director Sujeet Kumar Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">India Reports New &#39;Double Mutant&#39; Covid Variant Among 771 Variants Found In 18 States <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MedTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MedTwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChFeJ4zi1H\">pic.twitter.com\/ChFeJ4zi1H<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DailyRounds | Marrow (@DRoundsMarrow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRoundsMarrow\/status\/1375302743900909569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Just The Mutant Strains, It&#8217;s Public Carelessness!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country&#8217;s top public health experts believe that the public&#8217;s careless behaviour is causing the surge, not some mutation in the virus. According to the experts, regardless of any mutation, Covid cases will surge only when the public will lower its guard. They say relaxed enforcement measures by the authorities and misleading notions about Covid being in an \u2018endemic\u2019 stage are adding to the surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Samiran Panda, a top scientist from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said Covid spreads in the community \u201conly when it is invited\u201d. \u201cOld virus or new virus, they all spread through the same route \u2014 that is our own carelessness. As soon as we stop following the appropriate behaviour, Covid will come back,\u201d he said, adding that some experts are \u201cmisreading\u201d the epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGeneral public is being misguided by saying that Covid is now in endemic stage or we are nearing herd immunity. All such analysis gives a false hope that it\u2019s all over now,\u201d he added. Shekhar Mande, Director General at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), echoed similar observations. \u201cThe surge in cases can be attributed to the relaxed, complacent behaviour in the public along with the possibility of the role of mutants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virus Infecting More, Killing Few<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), said the virus is probably changing its behaviour and is capable of infecting more but killing fewer people. The Covid-19 figures from the last few weeks certainly underlines this observation. He added that there are other reasons due to which the case-fatality rate remains under control, including \u201cmore infections among young people, substantial improvement in the Covid management methods and change in the behaviour of the virus which infects more but kills lesser people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May Peak In Latter Half Of April<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current second wave of the infection might last up to 100 days counted from February 15, says a research report from SBI. While the report estimates the second wave to result in a total of around 25 lakh Covid-19 cases across the country based on trends till March 23, it predicts that India might reach the peak in the second half of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report, titled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/health.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/industry\/2nd-wave-may-peak-in-latter-half-of-april\/81698325\">Second wave of infections: The beginning of the end?<\/a>\u2019, also highlights Covid vaccination as a key tool to combat the pandemic, particularly for India which is seeing a surge at a time when vaccination is picking up pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Time For Vaccine Hesitancy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Covid cases surging, experts suggest there is no time for \u201cvaccine hesitancy\u201d and called on people to take vaccines as and when their turn comes. In light of the present scenario, the Centre has also decided to vaccinate people who are 45 and older from April 1. At present, only citizens who are above 60 and those over 45 with other illnesses are allowed to get the vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/health.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/industry\/india-delays-big-exports-of-astrazeneca-shot-including-to-covax-as-infections-surge\/81680718\">sources<\/a>, the country has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), to meet domestic demand as infections rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 40 million people in India have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine so far, but that&#8217;s less than 4% of the country&#8217;s population. The government aims to cover 250 million &#8220;priority people&#8221; by the end of July. Although the pace of vaccination has picked up, experts warn that the target could be missed unless the drive is scaled up further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation is far from normal, in fact, it&#8217;s alarming at the moment. The vaccination drive has to be scaled up massively, and test and trace and isolation protocols have to be strengthened across the country to put the breaks on the rising Covid figures. At the end of the day, covid-appropriate behaviour remains the best weapon to fight Covid-19 even in the second wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow and connect with us on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyRounds\">Twitter&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dailyrounds\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&amp;eid=ARBFK9EX4tyJwB4KxczZjcnc6Joy6-zLBefEVYQEbupp0WJva_aHBcDK7YxMI8xftLbusTX9BWyd0JCY\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daily.rounds\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second wave of Covid-19 that started mid-February is now undoing months of progress made against the outbreak. How bad is the second wave? Are things as bad as they were during the rise of the first wave? What do the experts say? 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