India’s fight against covid-19

-- Jerome Sophi John, 6, Indian Central School

Monday, January 9, 2023

 Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2. Most people who fall sick with Covid-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention.

 The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols.

 You can be infected by breathing in the virus if you are near someone who has COVID-19, or by touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes, nose or mouth. The virus spreads more easily indoors and in crowded settings.

Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Lieutenant General Madhuri Kantikar felicitated the Covid warrior doctors and health workers in Vidarbha on March 29. She was Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff before joining the MUHS in the capacity of Vice-Chancellor. One of the core members of the national-level experts team that took key decisions regarding India’s fight against Covid-19, Dr Kantikar termed the battle as “historical’’ and “one of the biggest success stories in the modern history of health sciences’’. “Global level media houses and agencies had openly claimed that people will die like flies in India as we had very limited resources to cater 130 crore+ population. But, the way we fought against the virus on all four fronts. Government, scientist, doctors and public. We gave such a fight that it has become an ideal for other countries now,” said Dr Kantikar. A pediatrician by training, she made-in-India vaccines are proved safe and effective on kids and parents should go for vaccination of their children without any hesitation. ‘Our Doctors took lead in saving lives during the pandemic. Scientists came up with multiple indigenously developed vaccines. We have successfully vaccinated over 75% population. These are not just achievements but milestones all Indians must be proud of,’ she added. On this occasion, the Nagpur regional center of the MUHS felicitated the vice-chancellor who was on her maiden visit to Nagpur. ‘We felicitated her with reverence and adulation for her esteemed services to nation,’ said Dr Sanjeev Chaudhary, well-known Orthopedic Surgeon from Nagpur, who is also a Regional Co-ordinator of MUHS Nagpur center.