In Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, ‘ruthless containment’ model breaks virus transmission chain
The HinduThe “ruthless containment” model adopted in Bhilwara, which emerged last month as the worst-affected district in Rajasthan, has succeeded in breaking the chain of novel Coronavirus transmission. Since April 3, when an aggressive 11-day-long “all-down curfew” started with even essential services being curtailed, only two new cases have been reported in the city of 4 lakh people. Since most of them were staff members of a private hospital, they knew that the illness could be fatal if not managed properly.” Meticulous strategies The containment model involved some meticulous strategies adopted in several phases, including isolation of the district with its borders being sealed, screening in the city and in rural areas, and sending the people showing symptoms to home quarantine and the confirmed patients to isolation wards. After Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba praised the Bhilwara model at a videoconferencing with the Chief Secretaries of the States recently, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given instructions for its implementation in other COVID-19 hotspots in the States, including the Walled City of Jaipur, where a large number of cases are being detected.