Dr. Naresh Trehan, president and CEO of Medanta Hospital, said Wednesday that the upcoming festival season is a critical era for the accumulation of COVID-19 cases, as the disease is still gone.
While speaking to ANI, Dr. Trehan said, “COVID hasn’t gone away and every time the outbreak comes along, we want to be more careful. “
“We are very concerned that this COVID is not gone away and our habit today deserves not to be as if it is gone. We cannot be careless now. These viruses will go through many mutations. Historically, whenever the virus mutates, it will. “a little weaker, as we have also noticed with Omicron,” he said.
Dr. Trehan added that it’s unclear what the exact series would be and how harmful the virus would be this time around.
“The new variants will be even more effective and spread faster. Now, we still don’t know what the precise series would be, how many days other people will remain with health problems, and whether or not the lungs will be affected. Omicron was a much milder form, other people were given in poor health and recovered. So, the world has also followed a kind of attitude,” he said.
On Tuesday, a high-level assembly of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was held with senior fitness officials regarding the emergence of new Omicron subvariants and concluded with the resolution of COVID-compatible masks and behaviors across the country.
The team of scientists, doctors and senior officials also passed surveillance and genome sequencing.
Health officials also suggested increasing the COVID-19 preventive dose of the eligible population in project mode.
VK Paul, member of Niti Aayog, chair of NTAGI NK Arora COVID-19 working group, NTAGI officials, NEGVAC officials and senior fitness officials, according to official sources.
Earlier on Tuesday, Maharashtra saw a 17. 7 percent increase in coronavirus cases through last week, according to a bulletin from the state fitness department.
The state has reported new cases of Covid, adding XBB, a new subvariant of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has been detected in parts of India, adding Kerala.
Apart from that, Maharashtra has reported cases of other subvariants of the Omicron-BA. 2. 3. 20 and BQ. 1 variant, which were first detected in India on Monday from a patient’s pattern in Pune.
XBB, a recombinant line between two sublineages BJ. 1 and BA. 2. 75 from Omicron, is a rapidly spreading variant, which recently peaked in Singapore.
According to the Maharashtra Department of Health report, XBB has an expansion merit over BA. 2. 75 and evasive immune properties.
According to statistics, new Covid cases are expected to accumulate in the state during the October 10-16 era this week by 17. 7% compared to the Oct. 3-9 era. This accumulation is observed in Thane, Raigad and Mumbai. says the officer of the fitness department.
While on October 17, India detected its first case of the Omicron BQ. 1 subvariant in a pattern of a Pune patient. BQ. 1 is descended from BA. 5, which accounts for 60% of COVID cases in the United States (United States), according to reports.
Some experts in the field of fitness have predicted an accumulation in the upcoming winter season, especially in a festive atmosphere. In whole genome sequencing (WGS), BA. 2. 75 increased from 95% to 76%.
The fitness department and experts in Maharashtra asked not to forget about flu-like symptoms and to consult a doctor as soon as possible. They asked to observe the behavior of Covid in public places and get vaccinated according to Indian government guidelines.
Experts in the field recommend that other people with comorbidities take extra precautions when visiting public places. People with flu-like illness avoid contact with the public as much as possible.
BF. 7 is reported in Gujarat, shown through the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre.
Meanwhile, the Kerala government held a high-level assembly on October 17 under the leadership of Health Minister Veena George and said it is stepping up preventive measures given the new genetic diversifications of COVID-19 (XBB and XBB1) reported in other parts of the world. . .
“The necessary commands have been given to all districts. The new strain is more contagious than any other strain of Covid-19 so far. Therefore, the resistance increases. About 1. 8% of those who are inflamed may require hospital treatment. There is no cause at this time. But everyone be careful. Everyone wears a mask well to protect themselves. Masks should be worn among the elderly and other people with comorbidities. The minister has asked for the mask to be worn at the airport and indoors,” the Kerala fitness branch had said.
According to Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, fitness expert and member of the Covid task force in Kerala, India, “These are variants of immune evasion. Since the arrival of Omicron in November 2021, it has been releasing branches that are divided into smaller branches. Of these, BA. 2 and BA. 5 proved to be more potent than the others. “
“From BA. 2 and BA. 5, a number of sublineages continued to appear. Each of them had additional mutations that were targeting the RBD or receptor-binding domain of the virus’ spike protein. This is the one the virus uses to attach to the human cell,” he said.
“With convergent evolution involving around five mutations discovered, the virus is now able to evade the immune reaction to previous versions, either through an herbal infection or vaccination. That is why they are called evasive immune variants. BA. cinco. 1. 7 and BF. 7 are names given to the downstream descendants of BA. five,” Dr. Rajeev explained.
Dr. Rajeev also said that the pandemic is over, precautions should still be taken.
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“What we want to realize is that the pandemic is not over and there will be periodic increases in regional strength that will coincide, specifically, with festivals and meetings of organizations. Wearing masks indoors and preferring outdoor gatherings over indoor gatherings are options. Other vulnerable people will want to be protected,” he said.
(With the exception of the title, this story was not edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed. )
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