Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Jun 6: The officials here said that even though the number of coronavirus-infected people in the state is rising, the situation is under control.
In the early days, Karnataka had fared well in its fight against the disease but going by the recent trend, there were indications that the state might be facing reverses, which gave rise to indications about faults in the strategy. During the last ten days, the state has added 2,653 new cases.
Experts now say that there is no need to jump into conclusion that the government has lost control over the situation. At the same time, they have said that it cannot be said that there is no need to worry.
As compared to average percentage of deaths due to coronavirus in the country which stands at 2.79, the state's percentage of 1.17 is quite good. In Maharashtra, the death percentage is 3.48 while in Tamil Nadu it is 0.8 percent. The fact that most of those who came from Maharashtra to Karnataka are infected has given rise to a huge problem for the government.
Additional chief secretary in the department of health and family welfare, Jawaid Akhtar, says that the state has undertaken all measures to contain the pandemic. He noted that of late, asymptomatic cases are on the rise. They can be treated in Covid care centres. The number of people facing breathing issues, and those on ventilator support are meagre, he stated.
The central government has suggested to subject asymptomatic patients coming from Delhi and other cities to home quarantine. This is one of the choices before the government, and the situation has not gone out of control, he asserted.
The official said that the number of infected persons mostly represents migrants and infection among the local population is less. He asked the people not to get unduly perturbed even if the cases go up by 80 to 85 percent as the majority of cases are asymptomatic or mild infections. Most of the infected people are youngsters and they recover very fast, said vice chancellor or Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Dr S Schidananda.