The threat of a new variant of covid-19 traced in Africa has now panicked people in India too and as such the possibility of it’s arrival in Srinagar or Jammu also can’t be ruled out. Sufficient enough is the central government’s move to keep a close vigil over the arrival of fresh travelers from Africa to India but ultimately the new variant of covid-19 can’t be checked and contained without following the covid appropriate behaviour (CAB) and vaccination of the unvaccinated populations . Keeping in view the unprecedented surge in the covid-19 positive cases for over a month now in Jammu & Kashmir, the strict enforcement of covid appropriate behaviour (CAB) and vaccinating the unvaccinated population are the only two measures which can reduce the increasing intensity of the covi-19 pandemic in Jammu & Kashmir. Both the people and as well as the health specialists may have learnt a lot from the experiences of two back to back high intensity waves of the deadly virus in last two years of the pandemic spread and as such there are obviously no challenges over covid awareness initiatives . However increasing violations of covid appropriate behaviour (CAB) noticed in almost all the districts of Jammu & Kashmir show that people don’t respond to the current phase of the pandemic spread with sensitivity and seriousness and as such a fresh low intensity awareness campaign on the covid appropriate behaviour (CAB) has not only become unavoidable but also inevitable. Yet another strongest measure which could reduce the current intensity of the pandemic spread is the vaccination of the unvaccinated populations in Jammu & Kashmir. Till now the covid warriors are waiting for the people to come up for vaccination at the health centres as they have stopped reaching out to the unvaccinated populations for the last 2-3 months.
While current intensity of the pandemic is rising to new heights in Jammu & Kashmir, the seriousness in the implementation of covid appropriate behaviour and as well as vaccination drives is missing on the ground in both Kashmir valley and Jammu division. Strong initiatives are required to bring back seriousness and sensitivities in both the implementation of covid appropriate behavioiur and as well vaccination drives to stop further surge in the current wave of the pandemic in Jammu & Kashmir.
Vaccine hesitancy brewing up among people could be a bigger cause for the increasing intensity of the pandemic for last more than a month in Jammu & Kashmir as such reach out of the vaccination teams to the doorsteps of the unvaccinated population is obviously the only way to ensure 100% double vaccination in Jammu & Kashmir. In fact zero tolerance against the vaccination hesitancy could be a strong initiative to give people the much needed protection against the new variant of covid-19 pandemic in Jammu & Kashmir. While current intensity of the pandemic is rising to new heights in Jammu & Kashmir, the seriousness in the implementation of covid appropriate behaviour and as well as vaccination drives is missing on the ground in both Kashmir valley and Jammu division. Strong initiatives are required to bring back seriousness and sensitivities in both the implementation of covid appropriate behavioiur and as well vaccination drives to stop further surge in the current wave of the pandemic in Jammu & Kashmir.
