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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt must focus on preventing deaths from COVID-19: epidemiologists

Govt must focus on preventing deaths from COVID-19: epidemiologists

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published Published on Jan 1, 1970   modified Modified on Sep 2, 2020

-The Hindu

India now accounts for highest number of increase in cases globally.

The government’s focus should be to prevent deaths from COVID-19 and no longer on containing the infection, says a statement jointly issued by the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine and the Indian Association of Epidemiologists.

India now accounts for the highest number of increase in cases globally.

Lockdowns have outlived their utility in India and schools should be reopened in a graded manner, according to a joint statement by the three leading epidemiologist associations—some of whose members are a part of the government's national COVID task force.

The statement said:

“Lockdown as a strategy for control should be discontinued. Geographically limited restrictions for short periods may be imposed in epidemiologically defined clusters... In large cities where already there has been substantial spread, there is NO (sic) advantage of creating containment zones and aggressive testing.

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The Hindu, 1 September, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-must-focus-on-preventing-deaths-from-covid-19-epidemiologists/article32497945.ece?homepage=true&fbclid=IwAR3K5Oza2cNBoeOb06TVYCQbHwdpjrVGXbs4KfZfcosCzV1KshKwsdaWqCM


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