Hyderabad: Four days after unlocking, there has been a slight increase in the number of people with mild Covid-19 symptoms reporting at city hospitals.
Experts state that these patients appear to have picked up the infection during the relaxation period when the lockdown was in place, and were coming to the hospitals now.
Dr C.R.K. Prasad, a senior doctor, explained, “Small hospitals have started seeing cases of those who had symptoms on June 20. They have now been tested and identified as Covid-19 positive. With the movement of people without following proper safety protocols there will be spikes of Covid-19 cases noted from time to time.”
The GHMC area is seeing ups and downs in cases, as also in the adjoining Ranga Reddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts.
Dr Mohan Gupta, senior member of the Indian Medical Association, said, “There was a slight increase noted in the last two days but overall the number of Covid-19 cases was found to be coming down. These sudden…