Posted on 04/25/2020 10:26:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the past fortnight, Mumbai's Dharavi area has emerged as a major hotspot of novel coronavirus cases. To prevent further spread of Covid-19 cases in one of the largest slums in the world, the state government has chalked out a three-fold strategy.
Speaking on this at a special session at e-Agenda Aaj Tak on Saturday, Maharashtra Health Minister Tajesh tope said the biggest challenge for the state government is to implement the lockdown strictly and contain the spread of novel coronavirus in densely populated areas like Dharavi.
Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the government has decided to administer hydroxychloroquine to people who are quarantined in areas with a high number of Covid-19 cases.
Rajesh Tope said instead of putting people in home quarantine, the government has decided to out high-risk people in institutional quarantine. "For this, we would use schools, colleges, hotels or any institute as required and arrange facilities," Tope said.
"We are also working on early detection because many times reports of infection come after the patient reaches a critical stage," he said.
Speaking about the Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Rajesh Tope said the number of cases are increasing in the state and the state government's objective is to reduce the doubling rate and death rate. "The death rate has come down from seven to four," he said.
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I believe India is the world’s largest manufacturer/exporter of hydroxychloroquine.
>>Rajesh Tope said instead of putting people in home quarantine, the government has decided to put high-risk people in institutional quarantine. “For this, we would use schools, colleges, hotels or any institute as required and arrange facilities,” Tope said.<<
There was an obvious typo in the original text, but it was a key word in the sentence.
Original: “...the government has decided to OUT high-risk people...”
Corrected: “...has decided to put high-risk people....”
And then they’ll get hydroxychloroquine, presumably prophylactically in most cases. So, in short, envision them creating a nursing home environment and treating people before they get sick. Should be interesting to see the results.
Unless they make it an official double blind “scientific” study, our CDC won’t believe any results.
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