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MERI Mirror, April' 2020

A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.

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e‘Bhilwaramodel’

-ByAnjaliTanwar

Withthe21-daylockdownannouncedby

PrimeMinisterNarendraModinow inits

finalweek,the governments at the

centreandthestatesaredebatingwhat

shouldbethepathahead.From zeropositiveCovid-19casesto26patientsinBhilwara,aRajasthandistrict,seemedonthe

aim ofalarge-scaleoutbreakofthenovel

coronavirus.Inthelasteightdays,betweenMarch30andApril6,theamount

ofnovelcoronaviruscasesinBhilwara

hasrisenbyjustone.Andoftheentire27

positivenovelcoronaviruscasesdetectedinBhilwara,17arecured.Outofthe17,

13havebeendischarged.ThecontainmentstrategywasfoundtoachievesuccessinBhilwara.Firstthebordersofthe

town,thenthebordersofthewholedistrictweresealed.On

March 20,since

April2,thedistrictisunderavirtual

curfew andistotalysealed.Alshops,

evenmedicalanddairystores,areshut.

Ifpeopleneedanything,dedicated,the

teamsdeliveressentialgoodstotheir

doorsteps.Alprivatevehiclesarebarred

from moving.Some2,000teamsofdoctorsandotheroficialsadministereda

realycomprehensivedoor-to-doorcam

paign,screeningthewholepopulationof

28 lakh people within the district.

Anyone showing influenza-like symptomswasputunderimmediatehome

quarantine.A24-hourroom wasfound,

whichhadstatepolice,rapidresponse

team andmembersoftheWHO.Screen

ingwasprioritisedforhospitalstafwho

initialytestedpositiveandstafofother

hospitalsaswels.Some27hotelsbecame

quarantinewards.Otherhostelsandinstitutionswereropedin

orderthatquite

11,600bedsweremadeavailableforisolatingpeople.High-riskplacesandvehicleslikepolicelines,ambulancesand

publicoficeswereregularlydisinfected.

Thebiggestchalengethattheadministrationfacedwascontainingtherising

numberofcasesaftertheinitialoutbreak.Doctorsoftheprivatehospital

whoweretestedpositiveforthevirus,

hadcontactwithnumerouspeoplei

cludingthestafandpatientswhovisited

theprivatehospitalsduringthesame

time.Someofthesepatientshadcome

from otherstatesandafterthe caseof

COVID-19wasdetectedwithinthedistrict,severalothercases,mostlywho

cam incontactwiththedoctorsandthe

infected hospitalstafwere reported

witheachpassingday.Theoutbreakin

Bhilwaracameasasuddenshocktothe

administrationandithadbeenaserious

chalengetohidequite22lakhhouses

withinamaterofdays.Oncethesurvey

ofaneighborhoodwascompleted,the

healthteamsvisitedtheplaceoncemore

afteracoupleofdaystosee,iftherewas

anyfreshdevelopment.Owingtothefact

thatBhilwara,athrivingtextilecitywith

anestimatedpopulationof30lakh,it

wasalsoadificulttaskforthegovernmenttostrictlyimposethecurfew

uni

formlyinaltogetherareas.

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