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- Published on: 18 November 2020
- Published on: 18 November 2020MITIGATION MEASURES TO PREVENT THE NEXT PANDEMIC
We read with interest your Editorial on Global health and human rights for a postpandemic world and offering our comments on this important issue.1
COVID 19 has rampaged an unprepared world. With its high infectiousness, low virulence and asymptomatic transmission, it has crossed boundaries rapidly and affected millions. The mode of transmission of the disease, whether by large droplet (>5µm) as fomites through surface, short distance aerosol borne or long distance airborne by small particles (<5µm) is still being debated Containment and lock down strategies adopted by all affected countries to control the spread have shown mixed results but has devastated the economy and caused major societal disruptions. The policy makers aggressively contained densely populated urban areas, quarantined ships, care homes and jails but the disease has continued to spread rapidly. High fatality rates in hospitals with sophisticated infrastructures and health workers getting infected have exposed gaps in basic understanding of control of airborne diseases and their management in health care settings. The defence forces, specially the naval ships got affected all over the world. With history of pandemic diseases repeating at regular intervals, it is now amply evident that viral diseases will re-emerge in times to come, either in another novel form or as a bioweapon and effective and holistic mitigation measures will be crucial.2
Airborne or droplet borne. The infectious...
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