India Fighting COVID-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned From the Successful Kerala and Bhilwara Models

The COVID-19 pandemic marks its emergence in China in December 2019. India reported its first case on January 30th 2020 which happened to be epidemiologically linked to China. On March 24, India went into nationwide lockdown. The number of cases increased in the country and a few hotspots were ident...

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Autores principales: Chandra, Rishita, Sinha, Smita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33867002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.115
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description The COVID-19 pandemic marks its emergence in China in December 2019. India reported its first case on January 30th 2020 which happened to be epidemiologically linked to China. On March 24, India went into nationwide lockdown. The number of cases increased in the country and a few hotspots were identified. Cluster containment strategy seemed to be effective in containing the disease and breaking the chain of transmission. Two models (Kerala and Bhilwara) emerged as a lesson for other states. Kerala government implemented a “triple-lock containment strategy” and Bhilwara district administration followed “all down curfew” with massive sample testing. The experiences from these successful field models can be implemented in other districts and states to flatten the COVID-19 curve.
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spelling pubmed-82094312021-06-17 India Fighting COVID-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned From the Successful Kerala and Bhilwara Models Chandra, Rishita Sinha, Smita Disaster Med Public Health Prep Brief Report The COVID-19 pandemic marks its emergence in China in December 2019. India reported its first case on January 30th 2020 which happened to be epidemiologically linked to China. On March 24, India went into nationwide lockdown. The number of cases increased in the country and a few hotspots were identified. Cluster containment strategy seemed to be effective in containing the disease and breaking the chain of transmission. Two models (Kerala and Bhilwara) emerged as a lesson for other states. Kerala government implemented a “triple-lock containment strategy” and Bhilwara district administration followed “all down curfew” with massive sample testing. The experiences from these successful field models can be implemented in other districts and states to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Cambridge University Press 2021-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8209431/ /pubmed/33867002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.115 Text en © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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