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NEW DELHI: The Center is committed to states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, which have shown a worrying peak in Covid-19 cases with serious gaps in contact tracing, quarantine and containment efforts that threaten to skew the national graph.
The deterioration in the doubling time of 12 to 10 days this week, a change in the constant trend of improvement that has seen the Covid-19 curve become flatter, was compromised by the lack of compliance with the shutdown, central government sources said. Increases in cases in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh They are also worrisome, but to a lesser extent.
According to Shamika Ravi, an economist and former member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, the death rate was high and rising in Maharashtra and Gujarat and high and stable in Delhi. The high incidence of disease in Delhi is concerning given the dense population of the city and the much smaller area compared to the other two states. The situation in Maharashtra is cause for concern as there are reports of poor police enforcement of the blockade.
The situation has not yet improved despite the Center’s interaction with CM Uddhav Thackeray, although the state has agreed to ensure better coordination between agencies, particularly in monitoring and surveillance in large slums. Senior leadership does not appear to be committed enough in a practical way.
The situation in Ahmedabad has deteriorated as a severe closure has been imposed with only regularly permitted supplies of milk and medicines.
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