{"id":195588,"date":"2021-09-27T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T11:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=195588"},"modified":"2021-09-24T07:31:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T06:31:37","slug":"india-state-of-241-million-people-declared-covid-free-after-government-promotes-ivermectin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/09\/india-state-of-241-million-people-declared-covid-free-after-government-promotes-ivermectin\/","title":{"rendered":"India State of 241 Million People Declared COVID-free after Government Promotes Ivermectin"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"css-1lv0euf\"><em>Population 2\/3 that of the U.S. completely free of COVID despite having low vaccination rate of 5.8%.<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1lv0euf\"><em>America&#8217;s vaccination rate at 54% but cases still rising and restrictions still imposed.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>18 Sep 2021 &#8211; <em>The state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which has the equivalent of two-thirds of the United States population, has been declared COVID-free, the state government announced last week.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_195589\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india-flags-demo.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195589\" class=\"wp-image-195589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india-flags-demo.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india-flags-demo.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india-flags-demo-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india-flags-demo-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-195589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Rawpixel\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-u3lgxu\">\n<div class=\"css-1isa96a\">\n<div class=\"css-1nkfzt0\">\n<div class=\"css-6lqlxw\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>There are no more active cases of coronavirus in the 33 districts of Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of 241 million people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 98.7 per cent,\u201d <em>Hindustan Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/lucknow-news\/33-districts-in-uttar-pradesh-are-now-covid-free-state-govt-101631267966925.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111433 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/api-assets.infowars.com\/2021\/09\/T1wRcvs1-fnwwonindinoih-1024x597.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/api-assets.infowars.com\/2021\/09\/T1wRcvs1-fnwwonindinoih-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/api-assets.infowars.com\/2021\/09\/T1wRcvs1-fnwwonindinoih-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/api-assets.infowars.com\/2021\/09\/T1wRcvs1-fnwwonindinoih-1024x597.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>Credit: Google COVID statistics<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How is it that Uttar Pradesh has fully recovered from COVID despite the fact that only <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/lucknow\/65-of-record-27-lakh-vaccines-given-to-uttar-pradesh-rural-population\/articleshow\/85058420.cms\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5.8% of its population has been fully vaccinated<\/a>, compared to the USA that has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/public-health\/states-ranked-by-percentage-of-population-vaccinated-march-15.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">54% fully vaccinated<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is likely because of the government\u2019s early use and distribution of ivermectin to its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>From the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/lucknow\/uttar-pradesh-government-says-ivermectin-helped-to-keep-deaths-low-7311786\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indian Express<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201c<strong>Uttar Pradesh was the first state in the country to introduce large-scale prophylactic and therapeutic use of Ivermectin<\/strong>. In May-June 2020, a team at Agra, led by Dr. Anshul Pareek, administered Ivermectin to all RRT team members in the district on an experimental basis. It was observed that none of them developed Covid-19 despite being in daily contact with patients who had tested positive for the virus,\u201d Uttar Pradesh State Surveillance Officer Vikssendu Agrawal said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He added that based on the findings from Agra, the <strong>state government sanctioned the use of Ivermectin as a prophylactic for all the contacts of Covid patients<\/strong> and later cleared the administration of therapeutic doses for the treatment of such patients.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Claiming that timely <strong>introduction of Ivermectin since the first wave has helped the state maintain a relatively low positivity rate<\/strong> despite its high population density, he said, \u201cDespite being the state with the largest population base and a high population density, we have maintained a relatively low positivity rate and cases per million of population.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He said that apart from aggressive contact tracing and surveillance, the <strong>lower positivity and fatality rates may be attributed to the large-scale use of Ivermectin use in the state<\/strong>, adding that the drug has recently been introduced in the National Protocol for Covid treatment and management. \u201cOnce the second wave subsides, we would conduct our own study as there has been an emerging body of evidence to substantiate our timely use of Ivermectin from the first wave itself,\u201d Vikasendu told The Indian Express.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One would think the World Health Organization, Big Pharma, the mainstream media, and Dr. Anthony Fauci would be overjoyed by this development that ivermectin is undoubtedly saving lives.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t count on them celebrating that, because that would hurt their bottom lines of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/21\/business\/covid-vaccine-billionaires\/index.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profit<\/a> and power from their experimental and ineffective vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why they\u2019ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-amplify-debunked-ivermectin-story-attacks-alex-jones\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">melting down<\/a> over ivermectin after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/breaking-joe-rogan-successfully-treats-himself-with-ivermectin-alex-jones-responds\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Rogan successfully used<\/a> it to treat his COVID infection earlier this month.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"ifw-player expanded\" data-video-id=\"61450ed960f45409b31f7935\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/api.banned.video\/embed\/61450ed960f45409b31f7935\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dr. Stephen Guffanti: Big Corporations in Lock-Step to <a href=\"https:\/\/freeworldnews.tv\/watch?id=61450ed960f45409b31f7935\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deny People Access to Ivermectin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/india-province-of-241-million-people-declared-covid-free-after-government-promotes-ivermectin\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; infowars.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 Sep 2021 &#8211; The state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which has the equivalent of 2\/3 of the U.S. population, has been declared COVID-free. 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