Covid count has unprecedentedly risen to over 700 cases a day but people are still brazenly violating Covid protocols just to risk their lives and also put to risk lives of thousands others in cities and towns across Jammu & Kashmir. Wisdom demands that people themselves strictly adhere to Covid protocols for the safety of not only their own lives but also for the safety of lives of thousands others also much before the Government imposes restrictions to bring down the continuing surge in covid cases. Never forget the Covid restrictions could bring down the pace of business operations and trigger more joblessness across Jammu & Kashmir as was witnessed during lockdowns in high intensity Covid periods during last three years of pandemic. The fresh strain of COVID-19 pandemic spreading fast in Jammu & Kashmir for over a month now has finally attracted the attention of the Government in Jammu & Kashmir with Chief Secretary Dr A K Mehta holding a meeting to review the covid control strategy after sudden rise in the no of positive cases during last two weeks. If the rise in no of covid cases does not immediately come down the priorities of the government’s health care system are mostly likely to again shift to covid health care facilities in both Government and private hospitals across Jammu & Kashmir. Furth rise in daily pandemic tally will most likely hit normal health care facilities at the Government hospitals as was experienced during high intensity pandemic periods in last three years. Though Director SKIMS (S K Institute of Medical Sciences) Soura Srinagar Dr Paraviz Koul and Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Rather have asked people to adhere to covid appropriate behaviour without getting panicked but irrefutable fact is that further rise in the daily tally of covid cases if not contained by strict adherence to covid protocols will consequently reduce the public movement and henceforth also the routine business operations and working of the Government offices in both Kashmir valley and as well as Jammu division. Never forget that for containing the current wave of covid spread one more Covid lockdown would once more lead to loss of more livelihoods as was experienced during high intensity pandemic periods in last three years of pandemic.
It is for the heads of the directorates of health department of both Kashmir Valley and Jammu division to ensure quick responses to public queries on covid care health facilities in government run hospitals. Since lowering the guard against Covid-19 pandemic either by the doctors or the people would prove detrimental for any fresh rise in pandemic , the strong responses from both the people and the doctors to covid protocols are the only ways to contain fresh surge in daily pandemic tally in both Kashmir valley and Jammu division.
So people themselves showing strict adherence to covid protocols won’t only reduce the rise in daily pandemic tally but it will also maintain the current intensity of business operations and routine work in Government offices both in Kashmir valley and as well as Jammu division. While it is for the people to strictly adhere to covid protocols for the purposes of maintaining the current intensity in business operations , routine working in Government offices and uninterrupted offline class room teaching in educational institution, the onus of increasing focus on both covid healthcare facilities and as well as the routine working of emergencies and outpatient departments (OPDs) in Government hospitals lies on the health and medical education department in both Kashmir valley and Jammu division. It is for the heads of the directorates of health department of both Kashmir Valley and Jammu division to ensure quick responses to public queries on covid care health facilities in government run hospitals. Since lowering the guard against Covid-19 pandemic either by the doctors or the people would prove detrimental for any fresh rise in pandemic, the strong responses from both the people and the doctors to covid protocols are the only ways to contain fresh surge in daily pandemic tally in both Kashmir valley and Jammu division.
