(PTI)Īmid fears of the spread of new Covid strain ‘Omicron’ looming large, two South African nationals have tested positive for the coronavirus, and their samples have been sent for further tests to ascertain about the variant, a top official said on Saturday. A World Health Organisation panel has named the new COVID-19 strain ‘Omicron’ and classified it as a highly transmissible variant of concern, the category that also includes the delta variant. “Whether they would be effective against newly reported mutant B.1.1.529 needs to be seen over a period of time,” he said. He said that vaccines used in India - Covaxin and Covishield - have been reported to work against previously identified mutants from within India and other countries. “However, we have to wait and watch in order to figure out how the emergence of this new mutant evolve and play out at the population level,” said Panda, the head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Division, Indian Council of Medical Research. “Vaccines which have been directed towards spike protein of the virus may find difficulty in mounting adequate immunity against the mutated version because of the structural changes that have been reported in the viral genome, according to WHO.
Tags: Lav Aggarwal coronavirus in Maharashtra Coronavirus Pandemic Coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus in Delhi Covid-19 Coronavirus symptoms health ministry Follow Breaking News on abp LIVE for more latest stories and trending topics.Genomic variations and structural changes have been reported from other countries in the new variant of coronavirus but whether these alterations would impart increased transmissibility or make vaccines ineffective is under examination, senior ICMR scientist Samiran Panda said Saturday. Gujarat and Delhi are the two of the other states that have been severely hit with more than 4,082 and 3,439 cases, respectively. Maharashtra remains to be the worst-impacted state nearing 9915 cases. The number of deaths due to the infection in the country is now 1075. On Thursday the active number of Coronavirus cases in India has reached 24,162. The Health Ministry has requested the states to ensure that non-Covid related essential services are provided to the people, including immunization, maternal and child health services, services to prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases, etc. of recoveries - 8,324, recovery rate - 25.19%įurthermore, the states with a doubling rate of above 40 days are Assam (59 days), Telangana (70.8 days), Chhattisgarh (89.7 days) and Himachal Pradesh (191.6 days).Īgarwal stated, "The current mortality rate is 3.2 per cent of which 65 per cent are males and 35 per cent are females,". In last 24 hours - 67 deaths, 630 recoveries of people under active medical supervision - 23,651 The states/UTs with the doubling rate of 20 to 40 days are Karnataka (21.6 days), Ladakh (24.2 days), Haryana (24.4 days), Uttarakhand (30.3 days) and Kerala (37.5 days). He also mentioned about the states/UTs which have reported better than the national average of doubling of cases, Agarwal said, "States whose doubling rate is better than the national average are Delhi (11.3 days), Uttar Pradesh (12 days), Jammu & Kashmir (12.2 days), Odisha (13 days), Rajasthan (17.8 days), Tamil Nadu (19.1 days) and Punjab (19.5 days). In total, 8,324 people have been cured so far, while 1,074 persons have succumbed to the dreaded virus. The Health Ministry stated that while 1,718 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 630 patients have been cured during this period. PIB India #StayHome #StaySafe April 30, 2020 RT-PCR tests are available in 292 Government and 97 Private facilities across the country 49,800 tests conducted on average in last 5 days: #IndiaFightsCoronavirus /6zUyaHPMOD The recovery rate has improved from 13.06 per cent to 25.19 per cent in 14 days, which is a positive sign."Īgarwal further shared the details related to the doubling rate, he said that before the nationwide lockdown was imposed, the rate of doubling of cases was 3.4 days, which has now increased to 11 days. Of them, 23,651 are under active medical supervision.
While talking to media Lav Agarwal the Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, said, "Total cases in the country stand at 33,050. New Delhi: The Ministry of Health on Thursday revealed that the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has increased to 25.19 per cent, while the doubling rate of positive coronavirus cases has gone up to 11 days.Īs per the Health Ministry, 1,718 new cases were reported from across the country in the last 24 hours.
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