Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said that there are often strange experiences connected to Covid 19 that he has witnessed in the state that indicates the nature of the disease is beyond the scope of prediction. His opinions came as he was talking to the media today.
The 62-year-old woman who is the first case of Covid 19 remains still positive. She was admitted to the hospital on March 8. The first sample was sent for test on 10th that came positive and the same was repeated on alternative days that all came positive. However, the woman showed no symptoms so far and she has no significant health problems. The woman is still in the isolation room in district hospital for the past 45 days, CM said.
“There are some realities ahead of us. These are the facts which prove that overcoming the crisis is not an easy job,” he added. The CM also appealed to the people to be cautious and follow the lockdown guidelines. There were a few reports from the state that indicated breakdown violations. A triple lockdown has been ordered in such places.
With mounting evidence that asymptomatic Covid-19 cases are spreading the infection, India’s top medical research bodies are grappling with the problem posed by “silent spreaders” and examining the feasibility of starting ‘door-to-door’ surveillance to monitor and test older people at high risk who don’t have symptoms.
Some experts, however, believe this is a costly and unachievable objective.
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