Political Races, Religious Congregations, and Inefficacious Measures Amid the Second Wave of COVID-19 in India

India is currently dealing with the period after the peak of the disastrous second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily reported cases are ebbing after reaching a peak of 0.4 million cases on May 7, 2021, with a positive test rate of approximately 22%.' Multiple reasons have been hypothesized f...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 111; no. 12; pp. 2100 - 2102
Main Authors:	Raut, Akshay P, Huy, Nguyen Tien
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Public Health Association 01-12-2021
Subjects:	Age Distribution Antigens Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration Comorbidity Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 Vaccines Disease transmission Global Health Government Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data Health Service Delivery Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Ignorance Immunization India - epidemiology Medical personnel Mortality Opinions, Ideas, & Practice Pandemics Politics Polymerase chain reaction Population Public health Public Health Practice Public Health Surveillance - methods Religion Religious congregations Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Reverse transcription SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sex Distribution Vaccination Viral diseases India Mumbai India West Bengal India Tamil Nadu India
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Summary:	India is currently dealing with the period after the peak of the disastrous second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily reported cases are ebbing after reaching a peak of 0.4 million cases on May 7, 2021, with a positive test rate of approximately 22%.' Multiple reasons have been hypothesized for the second wave, the most common being the rapid transmission of the Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), early relaxation of control measures, and ignorance of COVID-19-appropriate behavior.2 The Union Health Ministry began reporting the unusual surge of cases in states such as Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kerala by the end of February 2021. The states were advised to "Test, Track, and Treat" by relying on RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) rather than rapid antigen-based tests, accelerating vaccination, sending public health teams to affected areas for analysis, and promoting COVID-19-appropriate behavior. The state of Maharashtra, which reported the highest surge in cases, instituted multiple restrictive measures in early April that were equivalent to a complete lock-down, and the other states followed suit3
Bibliography:	SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Editorial-2 ObjectType-Commentary-1 A. P. Raut wrote the first draft of and revised the article. Nguyen T. H. reviewed and revised the article. Both authors approved the final version. CONTRIBUTORS
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2021.306544