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A Tsunami of Cases: Challenges and Recommendations to Combat the Second Wave of the Pandemic in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Shubhika Jain Open the ORCID record for Shubhika Jain [Opens in a new window] ,
Rachana Phadke ,
Kartik Dapke ,
Samarth Goyal Open the ORCID record for Samarth Goyal [Opens in a new window] ,
Navpreet Khurana ,
Akanksha Thakre ,
Aditya Yawalikar ,
Dattatreya Mukherjee ,
Mohammad Yasir Essar  and
Shoaib Ahmad
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Shubhika Jain*
Affiliation:
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Rachana Phadke
Affiliation:
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
Kartik Dapke
Affiliation:
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
Samarth Goyal
Affiliation:
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Navpreet Khurana
Affiliation:
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
Akanksha Thakre
Affiliation:
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, India
Aditya Yawalikar
Affiliation:
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, India
Dattatreya Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Jinan University, P.R. China
Mohammad Yasir Essar
Affiliation:
Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan
Shoaib Ahmad
Affiliation:
Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ana Carla dos Santos Costa
Affiliation:
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
*
Corresponding author: Shubhika Jain, Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objective:

India, a developing country, was hit hard by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, having reached the second position in the ranking of countries with the highest number of cases.

Methods:

After reaching the peak of the pandemic in September 2020, the daily number of new cases due to the disease inexplicably began to decrease, despite the relaxation and non-compliance with the restriction measures. However, since March 2021, there has been a steady increase in the number of cases reported, signaling a very devastating second wave.

Results:

The collapse of the Administration, collapsing of the health-care system, and insufficient vaccinations are the major causes of this condition. Understanding the factors involved and the sequence of events that led to the flattening of the contagion curve in India during the ending of 2020 is also essential, since it can helped guide the next steps in the fight against the virus.

Conclusions:

Contributing a greater percentage of gross domestic product toward health care seems to be the way to go as the ultimate strategy for curtailing the second wave. The advantages India has over the first wave, vaccines and a year of experience with the disease, should not be overlooked and used to its maximum in fighting against this pandemic.

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , December 2022 , pp. 2401 - 2402
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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