Harvard University came with an organization known as HGHI that is short for the Harvard-Global-Health-Institute. This organization has been trying to come up with a way that can help millions by letting them understand the risks that they can get from their surroundings during this deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Which is caused by menacing Coronavirus.
The organization came up with an excellent tool that also included an online risk assessment map. The day it was released is July 1. The online map here is beneficial for comparing local communities with the exact risk level.
Unified Approach is Very Helpful
On the basis of the dean of the Rutgers-School-of-Public-Health Perry N Halkitis, Ph.D., MPH, MS, the nations that are affected on the highest level with the virus attack has had merged approaches and set Greece and Italy as the two prominent examples. The reason she gave behind this is that if there is no merged response, the virus cannot be controlled nationwide.
Follow the Number of New COVID Cases
Brian Labus, University of Nevada’s assistant professor, has to say that looking at the number of new admittees in a hospital can give the idea of the spread of Coronavirus along with the capability to manage the fresh cases.
Nonetheless, the new tracking device that the Harvard-Global-Health-Institute or HGHI came up with decided to use 100000 people as its ideal metric for brand new COVID-19 cases.
The Tool Makes People Judge Easily About their Surrounding
This has actually turned out to be quite an advantageous one as by doing a calculation of new cases every 100000 citizens, a direct difference between the states with varying populations can be easily made.
Also, Labus stated that there is at least a prominent difference of 2 to 3 weeks between the person getting exposed to the virus and he or she is testing positive.
How the Data is Used by the State and Local Governments?
The map has actually proven to be quite handy as Halkitis said in order to locate the hotspots. The map shows a green color when the area has less than one fresh daily case every 100000. It is yellow when there are 9 to 10 new cases. 10 to 24 is shown by orange and more than that is denoted by red.
This color code actually helps the local people to understand how much exposure there is to the virus making them sure about the fact whether they are in a safe zone or not.
If your area is having a lower risk, you can’t call it a safe place. The virus can make your area a red zone quite easily if proper social distancing rules are not maintained. Therefore, Halkitis always puts pressure on wearing a mask whenever you are stepping out of the house.
Follow the Rules
Wearing proper masks, using hand sanitizers every now and then, and maintaining at least a meter distance from another person on the road is very much necessary to stay safe from the virus attack.