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Monday marks the fourth anniversary since the World Health Organization (WHO) flagged a Covid-19 pandemic. Millions of people in India fell ill and died from the virus, with the lingering effect of long and subsequent Covid-19. -Viral syndrome under study.
Health experts have stated that SARS-CoV-2 infection will now closely resemble a normal flu, syncytial virus (RSV) breathing, and other seasonal infections in the younger population.
According to experts, even after 4 years, the most productive way to save and control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection is still to be determined. The non-pharmaceutical interventions (INF) implemented during the pandemic, even today, are the only characteristics necessary to prevent the transmission of infections.
With the availability of Covid-19 vaccines and drugs, the virus will look a lot like a normal flu or seasonal infection in the younger population. However, the elderly and vulnerable population with underlying situations will remain in the high-risk category.
Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and head of the head of state’s Covid-19 task force, said other people at higher risk are taking precautions.
“Older people and people with chronic illnesses regularly receive Covid-19 and flu vaccines. We had to wait more than a year to get a vaccine and two years to get medication. However, in the long term it will not be a challenge if any other outbreak is reported,” he said.
According to the state Covid-19 force, several virus variants and sublineages have been reported in the country with the new JN. 1 sublineage of the Omicron Covid variant.
The Covid virus continues to challenge its evolution and will continue into the future. Vaccination against Covid-19 is useful in reducing deaths and morbidity and the surveillance formula deserves to continue in the future. Experts expressed a desire to extend the rules for immunization of adults to vaccination coverage, especially among the most vulnerable populations.
Gangakhedkar said coverage against respiratory infections through NPI is difficult, but it can be achieved through masks and social distancing. NPIs have affected the economy, as we have noticed on a global scale.
“There is a need to create disease diagnosis and surveillance facilities. In India, fitness knowledge is low and the most difficult task in the first six months of the pandemic has been educating the public about virus prevention. Information, education and communication (IEC) is strengthened,” he said.
Dr. Bhagwan Pawar, head of fitness at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), said the elderly and others with diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity are the ones who have reported severe symptoms. “Most of the deaths have been reported in those other people because their immune systems are weak. However, there is strong evidence that other vaccinated people reported less severe illness,” he said.
“Vaccination protects Americans for several months, but it depends on the person’s immunity, their age, and their underlying physical condition. People will continue to get vaccinated against Covid even in the future,” he said.
Dr. Radhakishan Pawar, co-director of fitness services, said that during the pandemic, the fitness infrastructure has been bolstered with well-equipped public facilities.
“In several public hospitals, there are a sufficient number of intensive care beds, ventilators and isolation beds with oxygen tanks. This is enough to deal with any disease outbreaks in the future. The fitness industry has also appointed specialist doctors, doctors, and fitness staff. Diagnostic and screening services have also been improved in those four years,” he said.
Dr. H. K. Sale, executive director of Noble Hospital, said that Covid-19 is now endemic and that few cases are reported in private hospitals on those days. “The shortage of doctors and intensivists trained to care for a giant number of critically ill patients has been brought under control through online consultations. “Every day there are new demanding situations related to intensive care beds, ventilators, doctors, medicines, oxygen and vaccines. In this period, the importance of a healthy lifestyle and vaccination has been emphasized,” he said.
Sanjay Patil, chairman of the Board of Hospitals of India, Pune branch, said others were facing the chaos of the Covid pandemic with worry and uncertainty, and that it was the first time India had managed to manufacture a vaccine in such a short time. and that mass vaccination was being organized. ” Doctors are now pushing patients to get vaccinated for adults after the pandemic. More doctors and public tertiary care hospitals are needed. The Separate Outpatient Fever Service (DPO) and the Triage Area system, introduced the pandemic, deserve to be followed up in the future,” he said.