Highlights
- The growing transition to Omicron’s new BA.2 variant
- Medical expert M. Wali said – the new variant can be very dangerous
- ‘Massive transition to new variants of Omicron’
- The center also accepted – Omicron’s sub-variant BA.2 is increasing
What did the medical experts say about the new variant?
Medical expert Dr. M. Wali said that the new BA.2 variant of Omicron (Omicron Cases in India) is getting infected very fast. This is happening because we are taking the vaccination lightly. He has also appealed to the people to take the corona vaccine. The same information has been given by the Center regarding the transition to the new variant of Omicron. National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Sujit Kumar Singh said on Thursday that the prevalence of Omicron sub strain BA.2 is gradually increasing in India.
Center said- cases of Omicron sub-variant BA.2 are getting more
Addressing the press briefing of the Health Ministry, Sujit Kumar Singh said that the cases of Omicron sub-variant BA.2 are being found in the country more than the BA.1 variant. He also clarified that the BA.3 sub-variant is yet to be detected in India. He further said that the BA.1 variant was prominent among the samples collected from passengers earlier. Now even at the community level, we have found that the ba.2 sub-variant is gradually increasing.
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9,672 Omicron cases found so far in January
Talking about the increasing cases of Omicron, Singh said that out of the total genome sequencing reports received so far, cases of this variant have been found increasing in the month of January. He said that out of the total reports received, 1,292 Omicron cases were found in December last year, while the number of Delta cases was more than 17,000. Singh said as against 4,779 delta cases in January, 9,672 Omicron cases have been detected, which includes 3,201 AYC variants and 1,578 delta variants.
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Delta variant not out yet: Center
Singh said that mainly three states – Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal have reported delta variants based on genome sequencing. This does not mean that only Omicron variants are being found everywhere. He stressed that the Delta variant isn’t gone yet. Talking about the death of Kovid, he said that such cases are being seen in people who have not been vaccinated and who have already had a major disease. Such people can be more affected. He said, about 64 per cent of the people who died in Delhi were from a group that had not been vaccinated.
ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said that vaccines have been beneficial for India. He urged the states lagging behind in vaccination to intensify the campaign. Bhargava said, there has been a significant reduction in vaccine deaths compared to those who have been vaccinated. About 95 per cent of the adult population in the country has received the first dose of vaccine, while 74 per cent have been fully vaccinated.
(with inputs from IANS)
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