Thoughts In A Wandering Mind

               The covid second wave in the country has settled with a semi-triangular wave as far as the daily infections are concerned. It means the infections accelerated fast, reached the peak and then decelerated in the same pace giving the wave a triangular shape. We are saved in that it is not a square wave where the peak plateaus for longer time periods. It tells the country reacted very well and kept the damage under control since the peak lasted very briefly and the cases gradually reduced. A big pat on the back for the government at all levels, administration, warriors and every one responsible for very quick reaction and taming the virus.               With that, let us hope we closed the second wave since the numbers are dropping, triangle is completed and no more spikes are in-store. The average of cases in the week saw further drop to around ...

                  The image of the covid-19 second wave seems like slowly fading from its peak. The nation which endured the heavy firing is slowly under the defence with good cover from the virus. After the meteoric rise in April, May, total infections are experiencing a fall in this month which is a good sign of a quick recovery from the clutches of the virus. The average of cases in this week is around 65 thousand which has been dropping by each successive week. Just as of today, my state has completely lifted all the lockdown restrictions from 20 th of this month. We are once again out there in the free and open world. But we are sitting on a strange and unknown future as nothing can be taken for granted in this corona world. There can be another spike around the corner or another wave in near future and we can be locked down again after it is completely unlocked briefly. To give a faint certainty to the unc...

              It has been a 4 th straight week of covid-19 cases lessening in the country. The weekly average number of cases saw a drop from 1.3 lakh in previous week to 90 thousand this week. The daily cases are hovering around 90 thousand for the past few days which is a good progress in the fight. This is the number which has been seen in September last year. After a period of 9 months, average daily cases are hovering around 90 thousand once again. My residing state is gradually opening up with each successive phase adding more hours to the unlock timings. As on today, the state is unlocked for 12 hours and observing curfew for the remaining 12. The rest of the country can also implement these localised strategies to further curb the number.              The southern states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are contributing heavily to the l...

               There has been a drop in the covid-19 cases in the country in the last week as well. The weekly average number of cases has fallen to 1.3 lakh from 2 lakh which indicates a good progress in the fight against the pandemic. Exactly a month ago, the total number of cases registered in a day saw the highest number of 4.14 lakh on May 6 th . A month later, this has been reduced to a quarter of it – around 1 lakh. The entire national resources and those from foreign nations are also being deployed to tackle the virus. These measures taken seem to have bearing fruit since the past 3-4 weeks, as the cases have been reducing daily and we are back to the levels of pre-second wave. To consolidate the gains and to bring down the number further, it is advisable to continue the status quo as far as lockdown is concerned in the country. Since this strategy is working, a few more days of curfew in prevalence areas will do more good than not. ...