Mask down and Mobility up leading to rising numbers
Let’s get vaccinated & follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour assert PGIMER Experts
“COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. With mask use down and mobility up, we are definitely contributing to accelerate the rise in COVID-19 cases,” stated Prof. G.D.Puri, Dean (Academics) & Head, Deptt. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care while expressing his concern for the consistent rise in the severe and moderate cases of COVID-19 over the last few days here at PGIMER.
Prof. G.D.Puri was assessing the present situation of COVID-19 in PGIMER along with Prof Ashish Bhalla and Dr Inder Pal Singh. Updating on the admitted patients, Prof. Puri further shared, “The numbers were consistently diminishing since sometime and have been stable for over a month. However, the trend has reversed recently with numbers again rising on daily basis and there has been a surge of admitted patients from 30 to 57 over last week, making it 100% increase in COVID 19 positive here in PGIMER.”
Stressing the urgent need to guard up, Prof. Puri shared, “One may say that these are only two digit numbers as of now but what is really worrying is the steady and fast increase. We just cannot afford to take it lightly, more so, because the newly detected mutant strain is far more transmissible.”
Earnestly urging healthcare workers and other eligible people to get vaccinated at the earliest, Prof. Puri said, “ The peerless and fearless frontline warriors have confronted the challenge of COVID-19 so bravely, so why this hesitancy for vaccination when it is vital for their safety considering their vulnerability due to the exposure at the job. Rather, they should be the role-models for the society instead of falling prey to misconceptions and rumour mills regarding the efficacy, safety and side effects of the vaccine. In fact, who knows more than the healthcare workers how deadly COVID-19 can be.”
“Alongwith getting vaccinated, let us be more socially responsible and follow the COVID Appropriate Behaviour of wearing a proper mask, following hand hygiene and social distancing. This is the only mainstay to prevent Covid-19 infection,’’ aptly counselled Prof. Puri.
