KERALA CONFIRMS COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF COVID- 19


On 30th January 2020, the COVID- 19 outbreak was officially declared as a public health emergency of international concern.

Commencing at the end of 2019 in China, Coronavirus has now taken the whole world in its deadly grip. Lacs of people have lost their lives, some lay in the hospital and some are using as many precautions as they can to safeguard their lives. 

The highest number of Coronavirus patients was in China followed by Russia, the USA, and now India. Due to the recent spikes in Coronavirus patients in the country, India has become the third most affected COVID- 19 country. According to today’s statistics, India has 1,040, 457 Coronavirus cases. 

In fact, as per the latest news, Kerala has confirmed community transmission of Coronavirus in coastal areas. Before delving into the details, let us take a moment here and quickly understand community transmission. 

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION
Community transmission refers to the situation when there is no clarity of the origin of an infection in the community. Herein one cannot decipher how and due to whose contact someone became infected.

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), community transmission is the third stage amongst the four stages of a pandemic. As per WHO’s official definition community transmission is, 

“evidenced by the inability to relate confirmed cases through chains of transmission for a large number of cases, or by increasing positive tests through sentinel samples (routine systematic testing of respiratory samples from established laboratories.)”  

COVID-19 COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION
As per the latest news, the community transmission of Coronavirus is real and has already entered various countries. Community transmission is the third and one of the most lethal stages of COVID- 19.

In the first stage, the patients have a travel history from an affected country;
In the second stage, a person coming from the affected country transmits the disease to other people coming in his contact; 

In the third stage, that is, community transmission of Coronavirus, the source of the virus cannot be found. Also, there is no travel history;

In the fourth and last stage, there is a wide Coronavirus outbreak. The cases multiply rapidly and Coronavirus turns into an endemic.

With more than 10 lacs Covid-19 patients, India is being speculated to have entered the third phase of the Coronavirus. The latest news recommends the following actions to combat community transmission of Coronavirus: 
  • Laboratory
  • Clinical management and health-care services
  • Incident management, planning, and multisectoral coordination
  • Surveillance and risk assessment
  • Operational logistics 
  • Non-pharmaceutical public health measures
  • Risk communication
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Points of entry 
KERALA CONFIRMS COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION
Coming to the latest news, Kerala has confirmed community transmission of COVID- 19.
The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on 17th July that Coronavirus community transmission has taken place in two coastal neighborhoods of Pulluvila and Poonthura, located in Thiruvananthapuram district. In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 800 new cases.  

Strict measures are being taken in Kerala and a complete lockdown is also being indicated.

The Kerala Chief Minister said,
“Three zones will be demarcated. The first zone will be from Anchuthengu to Perumathura. The second zone is from Perumathura to Vizhinjam and the third zone from Vizhinjam to Urambu. A special police mechanism has been designed to bring the situation in these areas under control.”

Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner Balram Kumar Upadhyay is heading the set- up of this special mechanism to be planned for the coastal areas. Two IAS officers have also been appointed as incident commanders of the coastal areas. The CM also appreciated the efforts of health workers.
Furthermore, the CM hinted at a lockdown- like situation in these containment zones. 
Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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