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Landed in #India earlier today from #UK. Super impressed by: 1. preparedness - temp. checks at airport not just on intl. arrivals, even on domestic flights; sanitizer dispensing machine at various points in airport with automated instruction;
#COVIDー19 #covid19UK
#COVID19india

Taxis drivers - asked to not turn on ACs in car as heat is a killer of the virus; given classes by doctors in hand washing; asked to clean seats after every passenger; asked to recommend passenger to use back seat to allow 1m distance

#COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

For contact tracing in flight - flight seat number, address and contact details registered;
Even for airport taxi, for contact tracing, mobile number and location details registered on paper and digitally;

#COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

2. precaution - 14 day self isolation even if no symptom on arrival; easy availability and use of face masks; 3. awareness - automated health msg on every phone call, pamphlets with contact numbers and symptoms distributed on arrival
#COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

4. People's attitude - there is acknowledgement of the gravity of situation, less people in public, but no hysteria, stock piling, run-on-supermarkets #COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

Compare this to the UK - except for cautionary messages on flights and banners in airports, on all other fronts very poor readiness despite having 30x number of cases and proportional number of deaths #COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

All this makes for a clear case of once's colonial masters to adopt learnings from its erstwhile colony. This is not a patriotic view, rather a take based on first-hand observations, tasks and conversations
#COVIDー19 #COVID2019uk #IndiaFightsCOVID19

@CMOKerala

@CMOKerala