Close gatherings, regular travel causing mass spread of virus

Shared accommodation of migrant workers a big spreader, says doctor

Official reports from three different primary health centres (PHCs) have indicated wide spread of coronavirus among groups of people and doctors blame lack of social distancing and absence of COVID appropriate behaviour. For instance in the case of Ramayampet municipal limits, which falls under the limits of D Dharamaram Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), a group of people from a community had organised a week-long celebration in which people from Hyderabad to Kamareddy had participated in large numbers. Though the officials do not have exact data of how many had participated the doctors in that area report that the event has become a COVID-19 super spreader. The doctors got alerted to the event only after they tried to trace the source of infection following an upsurge in COVID-19 symptomatic cases. “We conducted house-to-house survey during which several symptomatic cases were reported. Many symptomatic patients were handed over medicine kits supplied by government, but they were unwilling to use the medicines till they undergo a test. Unfortunately, the government has ordered the number of tests to be brought down and they are limited to 20 per day,” said a doctor on condition of anonymity.