It's the twelfth day of lockdown in India some of us are getting irritated and some of us are already getting used to it. on the eve of 24 March our P.M. announced the lockdown of the entire nation for 21 days, which means nearly 1.3 billion people are locked inside their houses for 21 days. Schools, colleges, markets, restaurants are closed and the roads are deserted. This lockdown was much needed as currently social isolation appears to be the only way to combat the Corona pandemic.
lockdown and its necessity:-
No vaccine for the novel coronavirus has been developed yet; mass quarantine appears to be the only effective measure as implemented by powerful countries like Italy, Spain, France, U.K. etc. These countries have already witnessed the destruction caused by the deadly COVID-19. There would have been less damage in these countries if lockdown would have happened in time.
India is a densely populated country; also we don't have the medical facilities like other developed countries. The outbreak could be much severe in India, the numbers are already rising.As per Union Health Ministry, the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is 3030, out of which 266 have recovered and the number of casualties is 77(as on 05 April 2020, 9 AM).
Day laborers and migrant workers:-
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| closed market in India during lockdown |
lockdown and its necessity:-
No vaccine for the novel coronavirus has been developed yet; mass quarantine appears to be the only effective measure as implemented by powerful countries like Italy, Spain, France, U.K. etc. These countries have already witnessed the destruction caused by the deadly COVID-19. There would have been less damage in these countries if lockdown would have happened in time.
India is a densely populated country; also we don't have the medical facilities like other developed countries. The outbreak could be much severe in India, the numbers are already rising.As per Union Health Ministry, the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is 3030, out of which 266 have recovered and the number of casualties is 77(as on 05 April 2020, 9 AM).
Day laborers and migrant workers:-
In this lockdown period, the well-off Indians isolated indoors, working from home and getting their groceries delivered but outside their houses it's a different story; Poor laborers gathered in the streets hungry and homeless. Millions of the day laborer have lost their jobs because of the immediate imposed lockdown aimed at restricting the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The lockdown has turned the migrant workers into refugees overnight. Most of the contractors who paid them vanished. The indian highways emptied with vehicles, are now lined with poor pedestrians, carrying all their belongings on their heads. Another problem with such gathering of migrants is that it could trigger the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19.
While the Government has assured that there is no migrant worker on the road, a day after the Supreme Court asked a status report from the Centre on the measures taken to prevent the migration afterwards the 21 days lockdown. as per the government, around 23 lakh have been provided food include migrants and daily wagers, and those who are still on the roads trying to make it to their homes have been moved to shelters.
testing kit for COVID-19:-
In a fight against novel coronavirus it is very important to conduct proper tests to check who among such a dense population of India has the deadly virus, and India is under radar for it's poor record in testing of people for the same. This is all because of the lack of availability of testing kits. So far India's testing numbers is low as compared to many other nations, giving birth to the speculation that our official tally of infections is underrating the true size of its outbreak.
Meanwhile some multinational manufacturers like Altona and siemens from Germany, and Seegene from South Korea are about to supply more than a million diagnostic kits to India this week as India looks to boost up the testing for the novel coronavirus.
Indian testing kit:-
Mylab Discovery firm of Pune, is the first and only firm of India to get full approval to make and sell testing kits. This firm also makes testing kits for HIV and Hepatitis B and C. Each Mylab kit can test 100 samples and cost 1200 rupees which is much less than the imported COVID-19 testing kits.
The project was headed by the Virologist Meenal Bhosale, who was in the last month of her pregnancy. The time of pregnancy when the mother is advised to take extra care, she kept her health aside and along with her team delivered the cost effective kit before time salute to such scientists.
A message:-
While the Government has assured that there is no migrant worker on the road, a day after the Supreme Court asked a status report from the Centre on the measures taken to prevent the migration afterwards the 21 days lockdown. as per the government, around 23 lakh have been provided food include migrants and daily wagers, and those who are still on the roads trying to make it to their homes have been moved to shelters.
testing kit for COVID-19:-
In a fight against novel coronavirus it is very important to conduct proper tests to check who among such a dense population of India has the deadly virus, and India is under radar for it's poor record in testing of people for the same. This is all because of the lack of availability of testing kits. So far India's testing numbers is low as compared to many other nations, giving birth to the speculation that our official tally of infections is underrating the true size of its outbreak.
Meanwhile some multinational manufacturers like Altona and siemens from Germany, and Seegene from South Korea are about to supply more than a million diagnostic kits to India this week as India looks to boost up the testing for the novel coronavirus.
Indian testing kit:-
Mylab Discovery firm of Pune, is the first and only firm of India to get full approval to make and sell testing kits. This firm also makes testing kits for HIV and Hepatitis B and C. Each Mylab kit can test 100 samples and cost 1200 rupees which is much less than the imported COVID-19 testing kits.
The project was headed by the Virologist Meenal Bhosale, who was in the last month of her pregnancy. The time of pregnancy when the mother is advised to take extra care, she kept her health aside and along with her team delivered the cost effective kit before time salute to such scientists.
A message:-
In this time of crisis the most we can do for our country and humanity, and to acknowledge the work of our doctors is to maintain social isolation,and proper sanitation. Also help the needy and poor if you can. STAY HOME, STAY SAFE.