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Trust is crucial in lockdown—and beyond
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1721 (Published 30 April 2020)
Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1721
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Re: Trust is crucial in lockdown—and beyond
Dear Editor
Current Global Scenario of COVID-19
As of today the coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 212 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
The total global number of COVID-19 confirmed cases are over 3.3 Million (3,326,005). The number of deaths are recorded as 234,505 with a 18% death rate which is less than 3% from the previous week. The recovered number of cases are over 1 Million (1,052,180) at rate of 82% which shows improvement from the previous week.
As of now among infected people over 1,989,150 (98%) have a mild clinical condition and about 50,823 (2%) are critically ill and which is also lower than the previous week report. The global scenario of COVID-19 in this week shows some signs of improvement from the previous weeks. The current trends of the COVID-19 Pandemic is less than many projections and predictions.
Many countries have slowly started relaxation of the imposed lockdown.
In India, the number of infected cases are 35365 with the recovered cases of 9068 and death in 1154.
For appropriate management of the COVID-19 outbreak in India, Government has classified its districts into 733 zones which includes 130 red zones, 284 orange zones and 319 green zones (without any COVID-19 cases) according to the certain COVID-19 related parameters.
This classification is multi-factorial and takes into consideration the incidence of COVID-19 cases, its doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback.
In the state of Tamilnadu there are 12 districts in red zone, 24 in orange zone and 1 district in green zone. As of today there are 2526 confirmed cases in Tamilnadu. Today India has extended its Pan-India lockdown which includes Air and Rail services for two more weeks till 17.5.2020 to break the chain of the COVID-19 spread
At present Remdesivir shows promising signs as treatment for COVID-19 infection. WHO says that dozens of vaccines are under development, including in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Competing interests: No competing interests
01 May 2020
M.A. Aleem
Emeritus Professor of Neurology * Visiting Specialist in Neurology ** Consultant Neurologist ***
The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University * Dhanalakshami Srinivasan Medical College ** ABC Hospital ***
Chennai 600032* Perambalure 621212** Trichy 620018*** Tamilnadu India
@drmaaleem
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