Bmj British Medical Journal
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Getting it right in the pandemic
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2637 (Published 02 July 2020)
Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m2637
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Re: Getting it right in the pandemic
Dear Editor
Current Scenario of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the 27th week of this Pandemic, over 11 Million ( 11,033879 ) people in the world population (0.14%) are infected with COVID-19, in almost all countries.
World has recorded for the first time over 2 lakh COVID-19 cases (208864) in a single day during this Pandemic on 2.7.2020. Of this a quarter of the global COVID-19 cases are in the US.
Highest single day spike of over 20k (21948) cases has been reported in India on 2.7.2020.
Global scenario of COVID-19 cases are not yet reaching a plateau in a few countries like USA, Brazil and in India despite the low death rate.
During this 27th week of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 56% of the infected global cases are recovered from illness.
Among currently infected persons, 99% are mildly affected and 1% are seriously ill.
Infected cases which have an outcome in the form of recovery are noted in 92% of patients, and death was recorded in 8% of cases.
As primary prevention for COVID-19, many candidate vaccines are in the pipeline.
Oxford vaccine AZD1222 is under phase 3 trial. Covaxin a vaccine from India is in phase 1 trial. Definitely any one of the vaccines for COVID-19 will hit the market in August 15th or at the end of 2020 and even if delayed may be in the beginning of year 2021.
Competing interests: No competing interests
03 July 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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