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A stray dog walks past women waiting in line to receive free grocery items while it rains, during a national confinement to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata. (Reuters)
Tennessee-based Dr. Indranill Basu Ray, in a letter to Mamata Banerjee, said India may be lucky because a different viral strain does not have such a serious infection.
- PTI Washington
- Last update: May 12, 2020 7:59 AM IST
Describing the coronavirus as exceptionally infectious and highly lethal, an eminent Indian-American cardiologist has urged the West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, to take nothing for granted and take all necessary steps to prevent large-scale illness and death in the state.
Tennessee-based Dr. Indranill Basu Ray said in a letter to Banerjee that India, including West Bengal, may be lucky because a different viral strain does not have such a serious infection.
“I am forced to point out the fact that, since West Bengal is exceptionally populated, the virus, if it infects a particular locality, will spread like wildfire, affecting thousands and killing a few,” he said.
It is essential to maintain strict social distancing and to ensure that this dangerous virus can prevent it from spreading and killing as it has been doing in certain western countries, the cardiologist said in his letter.
“We cannot take anything for granted, as you will regret if thousands are infected and hundreds begin to die due to lack of rigor in preventing the spread and proper detection of COVID-19.”
Therefore, I would kindly ask you to take urgent steps to realize the lethality of this virus and the fact that it is a killing machine. Appropriate measures, including increased testing, isolation of all contacts, and application forced from the blockade, they are mandatory to prevent the exact scenario as seen in the west, “he said, adding that the coronavirus is exceptionally infectious and highly lethal.
Dr. Ray, a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist who has also been a professor of medicine and public health at various US universities. USA And India expressed shock that instead of doctors, a committee was asked to provide COVID-19 death certificates.
“Repressing that infection and not taking the proper precautions, such as isolation, would lead to death and destruction, which I certainly know you would not like as my state’s prime minister,” he added.
In India, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has increased to 67,152, after a record number of 4,213 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Monday at 8 AM, while the number of deaths increased In 97-2206, the Union of Health Ministry said in its daily update.
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