On Tuesday, the government praised India’s Covid-19 recovery rate, standing at 78.28%, and said it was one of the highest in the world, citing data from the University’s coronavirus disease tracker. Johns Hopkins.
Balram Bhargava, director general of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), attributed the “very effective” blockade to the growing number of recoveries in the country. Bhargava said during a press conference that India learned from the experience of nations that suffered high numbers of deaths from the viral disease. He said the country was able to “spread the curve” of the infection, as well as avoid the “huge spike” that those countries had in terms of deaths.
As of Tuesday, 3,859,399 people had recovered from Covid-19 and the country’s recovery count exceeded active cases by 2,869,338.
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Observing the Covid-19 situation in European countries and then acting accordingly, Bhargava said: “Fortunately, we learned from that in India and were able, what we call, ‘distribute the curve.’ We distributed the curve in such a way that we did not have that large number of deaths and that was scientifically attributable to a very effective blockade that was imposed at the end of March, April and May. So we didn’t really have a big peak from that perspective. “
He also said that the chances of reinfection are “very, very rare,” but it can happen as it did in Hong Kong. However, he dismissed the matter as not very worrying.
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During the briefing, the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that there are 14 Union states and territories (UT) in the country where the number of active Covid-19 cases is less than 5,000. He also said that India’s cases per million inhabitants are among the lowest in the world, which is 3,573, while the world average is 3,704, while deaths per million inhabitants in 58 are also among the highest. world casualties and the world average is 118.
(With contributions from the agency)
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