Failing on the basics: Are we able to #BreakTheChain of infection transmission?

THE year 2022 began on a dismal note with its first week reporting the highest ever number of Covid-19 cases in a week globally. Since the pandemic began in December 2019, the reported number of people who contracted the virus has been over 306 million, and 5.5 million people have died from it worldwide. The actual numbers could be much higher, as many infections and deaths are likely to have gone underreported.

Each of these infections could have been prevented because we know how to prevent the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. And had we prevented the spread of the infection, most of these untimely deaths could have been averted. But, alas, we are failing to break the chain of infection transmission.