Covid -19 and its Impact in India

In 2020, India reeled under the first wave of coronavirus that peaked around September. The wave swept almost each and every part of India and painted a grim prospect for the entire country's health and economy. Yet, the maximum number of daily cases in 2020 never breached the six-figure mark.

Now, nearly 6 months after the peak of the first wave, coronavirus cases in India once again started rising from first week of March signaling the arrival of the second wave of the pandemic in the country.Doing analysis of both the waves of covid-19, we could see that there is no major shift in the way different age groups have been affected by covid-19 in the two waves.

In second wave of covid-19 this year, the older population continues to be more vulnerable whereas only a marginal increase has been recorded in the number of younger people testing positive for coronavirus. As we could see the hospitals are grappling with an inadequate supply of oxygen as high proportions of patients are facing oxygenation issues. Therefore, the need for oxygen has remained relatively higher this time, as against the previous surge, where more patients required just ventilator support.

"If you want to deal with an epidemic - crime or health - the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first"

- BUYBOOMA

Medication & vaccination for Covid -19:

Remdesivir (Veklury) is currently the only medication approved by the FDA to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). And Speaking of the preventive measure, all above the age of 18 are advised to take up the covid -19 vaccination. There are several vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNtech, Johnson & Johnson's, Moderna worldwide. As In India, so far given more than 100 million doses of two approved vaccines - COVAXIN and Covishield currently and Sputnik V gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, as is in late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal. All these vaccinations come with its own side effects such as mild fever and body pain. No other major side effects are not yet observed which might show up in the long run.

Social Impact:

Covid-19 has its effect on all segments of the population across the world. Billions of people have lost their lives. It even has taken toll on the mental health of the people across all groups right from the children, youths, social and frontline workers, doctors etc., As per many surveys conducted, its evident that this pandemic has led to the prolonged exposure to stress and anxiety in people apart from the actual disease itself.

Economic Impact:

Due to restrictions such as travel ban, closing public places, no social gathering etc., huge impact has been created on more or less all the industries. tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690 million, could increase by up to 132 million by the end of the year There is a huge shift in working models of many industries. Almost everything has been taken online such as working from home for all possible fields and exams and classes to be conducted online in the field of education etc.,