Doctors concern political campaigns and rallies might result in extreme outbreak of second wave of Covid-19 in Bengal

West Bengal is heading in direction of extreme outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus because the individuals are not adhering to the protocol to verify its unfold and enormous numbers of them are collaborating in innumerable rallies and campaigns by political leaders throughout the poll-bound state virtually every day, metropolis docs concern.
They warned that this violation of the Covid-19 protocol might result in a state of affairs much like the one in 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic throughout the globe.
Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, in-charge of the post-Covid follow-up clinic on the Infectious Diseases and Beliaghata General (ID&BG) Hospital, which was a delegated Covid-19 hospital, foresees a “severe outbreak” of contagion the state within the close to future.
Sisir Naskar, the superintendent of M R Bangur Hospital, one other designated coronavirus hospital, blamed the laxity of the frequent individuals for the latest spike of Covid-19 circumstances within the state.
“In the case of any pandemic, second and third waves are inevitable as per the law of nature. These will eventually go away but there cannot be a careless attitude. In our state, the laxity of the common people in fighting the disease is the primary reason behind the rise in the incidences of the disease,” he stated.

Bandopadhyay stated the probabilities of extra individuals being affected by the contagion is excessive within the state as increasingly more of them are collaborating in political rallies and conferences with out carrying masks.
Chances of virus transmission are greater in rallies as a result of extra droplets come out from the mouths of leaders after they deal with rallies and folks surrounding him shout slogans — most of them with out masks. This places individuals close to them to danger, he stated.
“It is quite a risky situation. We are seeing large number of people participating in rallies and meetings by political parties in West Bengal and not bothering about the norms which should be followed during this pandemic,” he stated.
We are heading in direction of a extreme outbreak of the illness right here in West Bengal and it might occur even earlier than the elections are over. And if this occurs, there can be one other disaster within the state wherein the hospitals might not be capable to accommodate lots of the affected,” city-based obstetrician- gynecologist Hiralal Konar informed PTI.
The eighth and the final part of election in West Bengal is slated for April 29.
According to Konar, the second wave of the dreaded coronavirus, which has already hit the state, may have been delayed by one other two to 3 months had the frequent individuals adopted the precautionary measures.
He blamed the lackadaisical angle of the frequent individuals like not carrying correct masks and never sustaining bodily distancing norms for the latest spike within the variety of infections.
Konar additionally blamed the political leaders of irresponsible angle for organising marketing campaign rallies placing to danger the lives of the frequent individuals collaborating in them.
Doctors stated that the informal angle of the individuals and refusal by many to put on masks might result in a spurt in new circumstances. (Express picture by Shashi Ghosh)
“The casual attitude of the people is quite dangerous. We have seen this sudden spike in the number of coronavirus over the last fortnight. The situation is aggravated by holding political rallies and meetings where norms are violated by everybody. If the situation deteriorates further and there is only a caretaker government due to the election, the common people will face a very difficult situation,” he cautioned.
The principal of ID&BG Hospital Anima Halder echoed Konar and blamed the informal method of the individuals for the sudden spike within the variety of Covid-19 circumstances in West Bengal.
She stated, “You cannot blame the political parties alone. I have seen people doing away with their masks and violating the physical distancing norm since Durga Puja last year. They sit and chat in tea stalls, participate in social gatherings and weddings, celebrate Holi. The rise in coronavirus incidences is therefore inevitable. We cannot shrug off our responsibilities. The situation is grim and will deteriorate.”
“We cannot take things lightly thinking that there are vaccines now. There are people, who after being vaccinated are randomly violating the safety protocols without understanding the gravity of the situation,” she added.
Senior doctor Syamasis Bandyopadhyay stated that there is no such thing as a knowledge to help that the latest surge within the state is because of political rallies. “It is the complacency of the people which led to this situation,” he stated when requested.
“The Covid-19 situation deteriorated in Maharashtra though there was no political rally nor any election there at the time. There is no data to prove that the situation worsened in West Bengal because of the political rallies and campaigning. It is the people who are at fault,” he stated.
In the previous 30 to 40 days, West Bengal has witnessed a four-fold surge in Covid-19 circumstances.
On Sunday the state noticed 827 new circumstances of the an infection, the very best to date this 12 months, a bulletin launched by the state well being division stated.
The most variety of circumstances (292) was registered within the metropolis and one other 193 in adjoining North 24 Parganas district, it stated.
In October 2020 throughout the Durga Puja competition within the state, the every day Covid-19 an infection charge had risen past 4000. It had dropped to 130 in February this 12 months.
Incidentally, when the state was witnessing a surge within the Covid-19 circumstances final 12 months, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had blamed political rallies and the protests for it.
The prevalence of the illness was then highest among the many police who had been deployed to take care of legislation and order and had been among the many frontline warriors in opposition to the illness.  All the medical specialists careworn on enhancing testing amenities and expediting vaccination to manage its unfold.
“We must increase the number of tests daily which is the only way to ascertain the number of people contaminated. Besides, we need to raise the awareness level of the people to make them wear masks and maintain physical distancing,” Konar stated.
Mass-scale vaccination can be one of the best ways to deal with the Covid-19 surge, Syamasis Bandyopadhyay stated.

“Since, we have the vaccines now we must quickly inoculate people. The more the people are vaccinated, the stronger will be our fight against Covid-19. Not only this, we also need to continuously message people to raise their awareness on wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing,” he stated.