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Covid-19 and net zero for health
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3970 (Published 15 October 2020)
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Re: Covid-19 and net zero for health
Dear Editor
COVID-19: A Global Health Calamity
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is considered as the most dangerous global health calamity of the century and the greatest challenge that humankind has faced since the Second World War.
As far as the history of human civilization is concerned, there are instances of several severe outbreaks of diseases caused by a number of viruses.
As of now on 17.10.2020 in the world about 39,633,011 are infected with the COVID-19 infection with about 1,109,833 COVID-19 related deaths.
The single day COVID-19 cases in the world have reached a new peak of over 4 lakh (413,206) with 6190 deaths on 16.10.2020
The USA has registered 71,687 cases in a single day and leads the global single day cases list with about 928 deaths on 16.10.2020
The USA tops the global COVID-19 cases list with 8,288,278 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 222,644 deaths on 16.10.2020
India is in second place after many weeks in the list of global single day spike of COVID-19 cases with over 65k (65,126) and 886 deaths on 16.10.2020 during this Pandemic.
As of 16.10.20, India is in second place in the global COVID-19 cases list with 7,430,635 cases.
At present coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 215 countries (Wallis and Futuna is the 215th country added on 16.10.2020) and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances in almost in all continents.
Till now there is no report of any clinically approved antiviral drug or vaccine that is effective against COVID-19. It has rapidly spread around the world, posing enormous health, environmental, political, racial, social, religious and regional challenges to the entire human population. The coronavirus outbreak is also severely disrupting the global economy.
Almost every nation is struggling to slow down the transmission of the disease by testing & treating patients, quarantining suspected persons through contact tracing, restricting large gatherings, maintaining complete or partial lock down, etc.
The surge of new COVID-19 cases in the 42nd week of the Pandemic in the European and American continents and in the Indian subcontinent requires more attention.
Competing interests: No competing interests
17 October 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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