Are We Prepared To Battle Coronavirus?

Telangana has registered its first Coronavirus positive case. Union Health ministry confirmed that a person with a travel history to Dubai tested positive. The 24-year-old techie hails from Hyderabad but works in a software company in Bengaluru.

He is likely to have contracted the virus while working with some colleagues from Hong Kong at Dubai. At least 80 people who came in close contact with him will undergo tests. Of them, 27 are passengers who traveled with him on the bus from Bengaluru to Hyderabad and 20 are medical staff at Apollo hospital, Secunderabad, where he underwent treatment for fever and rest are his family.

With the first case registered in Telangana, People are panicking. If it gets to community spreading, it is not easy to contain in the Indian lifestyle of commuting, maintaining surroundings and living. Even developed countries are struggling to contain the Virus.

The Government should deal with this with an iron fist or there will be massive damage.