Health Ministry's containment plan yet to address community transmission

Health ministry has estimated that around 15 per cent of the patients are likely to require hospitalisation

India is preparing for a ‘scenario-based approach’ in tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, in which the last stage would be endemic — right before widespread community transmission — said the health ministry’s updated containment plan for large outbreaks. 

“The actions for the mitigation phase would be dealt separately under a mitigation plan,” the health ministry said. The ministry has estimated that around 15 per cent of the patients will require hospitalisation, and an additional 5 per cent will require critical care and ventilator management. The strategy has been for containment of large outbreaks — the third in the line of five