New Delhi: The Indian government has called on all states to step up surveillance for any new variants of the coronavirus, leading to a surge in COVID-19 cases in China and elsewhere.
India has reported the world’s peak COVID cases after the United States, but its number of displayed infections has dropped dramatically in recent months.
A recent surge in infections in neighboring China after its strict COVID restrictions ended has raised fears that new variants may emerge.
“Such training will allow the detection of new variants, if any. “Data from the World Health Organization shows infections have risen in Japan, Korea, the United States, France and Brazil in recent days.
“Given the sudden accumulation of cases noted in Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and China, it is to boost the sequencing of the total genome of positive case samples,” Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote in a letter. to the states on Tuesday.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandavya will meet senior officials on Wednesday to take stock of the situation, his ministry said.
The government has asked all states to send samples of all positive cases to the 54 designated genome sequencing laboratories.
Mandaviya also called on participants in a nationwide march organized through the opposition Congress Party to get vaccinated and adhere to protective measures such as wearing masks.
India is recording around 1200 new infections consistent with the week.
Worldwide, about 3. 5 million cases are recorded every week.
The country of approximately 1. 4 billion people has administered more than 2. 2 billion doses of the COVID vaccine.
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