Amidst rise in Covid cases in various parts of country including Jammu and Kashmir, Director SKIMS Prof. Parvaiz A. Koul urged people to follow Covid appropriate behavior which is critical to contain further spread of infection.
Prof Koul said in a statement that the situation is not worrisome as the positivity rate so far is not high and hence there is no need to panic but lowering guard and paying no heed to Covid guidelines can degenerate the situation.
He advised people to exercise caution in the face of recent reports of an increased number of COVID cases from various parts of the country.
“The rising numbers call for adoption of measures including use of masks and frequent hand washing in exercise of abundant caution for prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses in general and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV2) in particular”, he added.
He said modelling studies from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington do not predict any fresh COVID wave in the immediate future for the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
However, exercising caution is clearly beneficial to avoid any upsurge in these cases. The positivity rate among the tested samples is not high and the authorities are keeping a close watch on the situation.
He said since there are areas globally as also in the country, where sporadic increase of cases is reported, it would be prudent to stay alert without any panic. “We need not be complacent but at the same time, panic should not creep in”, he added.
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