India Is Now Between Stage 2 And Stage 3 Of The CO.VID-19 Pandemic

India is now between Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the pandemic with many cases found in some specific regions, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday. At the same time, the AIIMS Director remarked that they are observing community transmission in several parts of the country.

On Monday, Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS and a member of a Task Force on the coronavirus outbreak, said that localized community transmission has been spotted in some pockets in India and that the country currently between Stage 2 and 3 of the pandemic.

He also clarified that most parts of India are still in Stage 2, also known as local transmission.

About the remarks made by Guleria, the Ministry of Health Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal stated that AIIMS Director’s statement is not contrasted with what he had explained before.

Agarwal further said that they deploy a cluster containment strategy when there are a limited number of cases recorded in a certain area. Meanwhile, the government takes action and intervene with intensive measures when there are a large number of infected cases reported. The joint secretary said:

“We tell you every time that if there will be a community transmission we will be the first one to tell you so that everyone gets alert. If we go by the wordings (of AIIMS Director), he said localized community transmission, which implies larger number of cases are being found in a particular area.”

He added:

“We are in between Stage 2 and 3 and that implies that our efforts and actions should be focused on ensuring we do not shift to stage 3.”

Agarwal added that they have clearly defined strategies to contain the disease in areas with many cases reported and that the government is working in accordance with that.

In stage 2, the transmission of the disease is limited to people that have traveled to affected countries or people that have contact with infected patients.

In stage 3, community transmission, is when a person gets the disease from an identified confirmed case or has traveled from an affected country.

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