Publications by authors named "Masanam Sriramulu Hemalatha"
India experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases during the second wave in the period of April-June 2021. A rapid rise in cases posed challenges to triaging patients in hospital settings. Chennai, the fourth largest metropolitan city in India with an 8 million population, reported 7564 COVID-19 cases on May 12, 2021, nearly 3 times higher than the number of cases in the peak of COVID-19 in 2020.
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- The study examines public health strategies employed in Chennai, India, to manage COVID-19 from March to October 2020, focusing on surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and quarantine efforts.
- Chennai experienced a peak incidence of COVID-19 cases among older adults, with significant fluctuations in case numbers and a total of 3543 deaths reported by October 2020.
- The effective reproduction number (R) decreased from 4.2 in March to below one in July, suggesting that the implemented strategies were effective in reducing the spread of the virus in a densely populated setting.
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- A survey was conducted in Chennai, India, to measure the presence of IgG antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
- Out of 12,405 serum samples tested, the weighted seroprevalence of IgG was found to be 18.4%.
- The results suggest that a large portion of Chennai's population remains vulnerable to COVID-19.