Hyderabad: Even as Telangana recorded its highest ever everyday tally of Covid-19 cases at 4,446 on Friday, this might just be the beginning of what remains in store in the next couple of weeks.

Nobody, definitely no one, should let their guard down till completion of June as the virus is spreading exceptionally rapidly through the population.

The government is doing all it can however unless individuals take part the efforts to suppress the spread of Coronavirus, we will lose this battle, Director of Health Services Dr G Srinivasa Rao warned on Saturday.

He stated if that occurs, there might be absolutely nothing that can save the people.

For the past couple of months, individuals have been reckless and have actually been neglecting standard protection measures.

The infection is air-borne, something he said he cautioned about four days earlier, and a new study published in the medical journal Lancet too indicates the very same mode of transmission of the infection.

It is, however, good to see mask-wearing compliance increase over the previous few days thanks to the enforcement drive by the cops who have actually been fining everyone not using a mask Rs 1,000.

Security behaviour ought to be voluntary and it is unexpected see that it has actually taken steep fines for people to follow the standards, he said.

We need to find out lessons from the past.

The 1918 Spanish Flu throughout its very first wave killed about 50 lakh individuals.

Everyone believed it had disappeared and when it returned in a second wave approximately 7 crore individuals worldwide lost their lives.

Covid-19 is a pandemic.

It can not be treated.

It needs to be contained and it can be done only if people sign up with the efforts, the state's top medical officer said.The infection rate in Telangana state is climbing and together with the cases, the variety of individuals requiring treatment in health centers is rising.

While 80 percent of those infected are asymptomatic, around 12 percent of patients are requiring hospitalisation and this is resulting in lack of beds.

The state is preparing as many as 50,000-plus beds in the next few days in government and private healthcare facilities however more cases will mean more patients who require crucial care, supplying which might be tough, he cautioned.