Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19
With declaration of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by World Health Organization, India came to alert for its being at next potential risk. It reached alert Level 2, i.e. local transmission for virus spread in early March 2020 and soon thereafter alert Level...
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| author | Surabhi Mishra Archisman Mohapatra Raman Kumar Anjana Singh Ajeet Singh Bhadoria Ravi Kant |
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| description | With declaration of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by World Health Organization, India came to alert for its being at next potential risk. It reached alert Level 2, i.e. local transmission for virus spread in early March 2020 and soon thereafter alert Level 3, i.e. community transmission. With on-going rise in COVID-19 cases in country, Government of India (GoI) has been taking multiple intense measures in coordination with the state governments, such as urban lockdown, active airport screening, quarantining, aggressive calls for 'work from home', public awareness, and active case detection with contact tracing in most places. Feedback from other countries exhibits COVID-19 transmission levels to have shown within country variations. With two-third of Indian population living in rural areas, present editorial hypothesizes that if India enters Level 3, rural hinterland would also be at risk importation (at least Level 1). Hence, we have to call for stringent containment on rural-urban and inter-state fringes. This along with other on-going measures can result in flattening curve and also in staggering 'lockdowns', and thus, helping sustain national economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7756aab865d46c496d116da7a2792852022-12-21T18:57:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01941792179410.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_451_20Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19Surabhi MishraArchisman MohapatraRaman KumarAnjana SinghAjeet Singh BhadoriaRavi KantWith declaration of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by World Health Organization, India came to alert for its being at next potential risk. It reached alert Level 2, i.e. local transmission for virus spread in early March 2020 and soon thereafter alert Level 3, i.e. community transmission. With on-going rise in COVID-19 cases in country, Government of India (GoI) has been taking multiple intense measures in coordination with the state governments, such as urban lockdown, active airport screening, quarantining, aggressive calls for 'work from home', public awareness, and active case detection with contact tracing in most places. Feedback from other countries exhibits COVID-19 transmission levels to have shown within country variations. With two-third of Indian population living in rural areas, present editorial hypothesizes that if India enters Level 3, rural hinterland would also be at risk importation (at least Level 1). Hence, we have to call for stringent containment on rural-urban and inter-state fringes. This along with other on-going measures can result in flattening curve and also in staggering 'lockdowns', and thus, helping sustain national economy.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=4;spage=1792;epage=1794;aulast=Mishracovid-19pandemicrural-urban disconnect |
| spellingShingle | Surabhi Mishra Archisman Mohapatra Raman Kumar Anjana Singh Ajeet Singh Bhadoria Ravi Kant Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care covid-19 pandemic rural-urban disconnect |
| title | Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 |
| title_full | Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 |
| title_short | Restricting rural-urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as India fights COVID-19 |
| title_sort | restricting rural urban connect to combat infectious disease epidemic as india fights covid 19 |
| topic | covid-19 pandemic rural-urban disconnect |
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