Mir Sabeen Gulrez
Srinagar, April 03 (KINS): With increasing coronavirus patients in Kashmir, health experts believe incubation period of COVID-19 varies from two weeks to one month.
“What we have seen in China and various other countries, the incubation period of coronavirus varies from two weeks to one month. If there is strict lockdown, its effects could be seen after two weeks,” Medical Superintendent of Shar-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura Dr Farooq Jan told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).
The incubation period means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease
Authorities have been using a 14 day quarantine or active monitoring period for individuals who are known to be very high risk of infection due to contact with known cases or travel to a heavily affected area.
“If people maintain distance, use hand sanitisers and stay inside their homes, then we will be able to combat it,” he added.
Similarly, Director SKIMS Soura Dr A G Ahangar has said that world is facing severe and acute public health emergency due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.
“SKIMS is trying hard to minimise the spread of COVID-19 patients. With the increasing rate of transmission in the number of cases, the medical advice points towards the curtailment of social contact which is the key towards reducing the spread of this deadly disease,” he has said in a communiqué to government.
“Most effective way to do this is to avoid social contact as much as possible. This includes all walks of life, be it social or religious,” he has said.
“Preventive measures to reduce the chances of infection include staying at home, avoiding crowded places, washing hands with soap and warm water, practicing good respiratory hygiene and avoiding touching the eyes. Avoid social or religious gathering and staying indoors,” he added. (KINS)
