COVID situation in State quite volatile: experts
The Hindu
‘Two week lockdown can reduce the force of the epidemic’
The COVID-19 situation in Kerala is quite volatile and evolving fast and the next two weeks could see the case numbers explode to a level wherein the State’s oxygen requirement could rise sharply and supply can fall short, public health experts have warned . “The volatility of the situation is extreme and Kerala has crossed that critical point when policy interventions could nip the growth of the pandemic. A two week lockdown right now can reduce the force of the epidemic and give the State an opportunity to stall the transmission. Or else the absolute numbers are just going to keep climbing,” a senior public health professional who has been working with the government, said, on condition of anonymity.
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