Let us not hide our sins. We do not want a 17-day lockdown as in ‘lockdown’. You have decided: very good. What are the repercussions of this action? The Health Minister casually states on a News Channel, as reported in a daily, that Goa is facing a shortage of 8,000 to 10,000 litres of Oxygen. At 60 litre per minute , which is required for a severe Covid patient, this means 93 to 116 patients will be deprived of oxygen and will die.
The 7-day average of positive cases in Goa is 2,862. Experts in Delhi say 20% need ICU with 8 needing ventilators. 20% of 2,862 is 572 patients added every day who will require 49,455 tonnes of oxygen added every day. Even if you take only 5% (which was 2020 benchmark) we will need 12,364 tonnes of oxygen additionally every day. Goa cannot get this oxygen. The only other alternative is to stop infections. This can be done only by a strict 17-day lockdown.
