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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Raut, Akshay P
• Huy, Nguyen Tien

Titel

Political Races, Religious Congregations, and Inefficacious Measures Amid the Second Wave of COVID-19 in India

Ist Teil von

• American journal of public health (1971), 2021-12, Vol.111 (12), p.2100-2102

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Public Health Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• India is currently dealing with the period after the peak of the disastrous second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily reported cases are ebbing after reaching a peak of 0.4 million cases on May 7, 2021, with a positive test rate of approximately 22%.' Multiple reasons have been hypothesized for the second wave, the most common being the rapid transmission of the Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), early relaxation of control measures, and ignorance of COVID-19-appropriate behavior.2 The Union Health Ministry began reporting the unusual surge of cases in states such as Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kerala by the end of February 2021. The states were advised to "Test, Track, and Treat" by relying on RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) rather than rapid antigen-based tests, accelerating vaccination, sending public health teams to affected areas for analysis, and promoting COVID-19-appropriate behavior. The state of Maharashtra, which reported the highest surge in cases, instituted multiple restrictive measures in early April that were equivalent to a complete lock-down, and the other states followed suit3