#Covid19management Among #COVID19 cases in #US , secondarily infection was most likely in
•Patient’s family
•Health care personnel
•Community members who spent 10 minutes within 6 ft of a patient
•Community members exposed in hospital
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6… via @CDCgov
•Patient’s family
•Health care personnel
•Community members who spent 10 minutes within 6 ft of a patient
•Community members exposed in hospital
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6… via @CDCgov
The overall symptomatic secondary attack rate of #Covid_19 was estimated to be 0.45% for close contacts and 10.5% for household members in the #US #covidindia #covidmanagement
Median duration of viral shedding in nasopharyngeal samples is 12 days. 5 individuals treated with lopinavir-ritonavir; In 3 of 5 patients, fever resolved & supplemental oxygen requirement reduced within 3 days, but 2 did deteriorate jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… #covidmanagement
According to Population Census 2011 there are nearly 104 million elderly persons in #India. They are at high risk for needing intensive care #Covid_19 #covidmanagement
If 1% of aged 60 years or above are infected, there might be 41-301 k deaths. Also, 5.2 lakh people need #ICU
If 1% of aged 60 years or above are infected, there might be 41-301 k deaths. Also, 5.2 lakh people need #ICU
#Karnataka might need to be ready for at least 4000 ICU beds with ventilators if 1% of persons with aged 55 and above are infected.
These estimates are purely based on assumptions that only elderly have serious illness.
#covidmanagement #COVID19india
These estimates are purely based on assumptions that only elderly have serious illness.
#covidmanagement #COVID19india
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