Currently, the symptoms of Covid and flu are very similar and are a flu-like syndrome and the remedy is still necessarily supportive, said former AIIMS director and professor of pulmonology at the hospital, Dr. Randeep Guleria. Although the cases, i. e. in the high-risk organization, would possibly have been relatively more severe, the mortality is ultimately negligible and similar to what was noticed in this organization before Covid, Dr Guleria told PTI.
“Looking at the existing number of cases, we can say that Covid has almost reached the endemic phase. The number of cases arriving at the hospital is nearly equivalent to or less than seasonal influenza. After getting acquainted with facets of the disease, other people have also become complacent with the awareness that this specific Covid condition will now remain benign and will not lead to extensive and serious care, etc. ” Dr. Neeraj Gupta, senior respirologist and additional medical superintendent at Safdarjung Hospital, told PTI.
However, Dr. Gupta emphasized that other vulnerable people, such as the elderly and those with comorbidities, will still need precautions similar to those needed for other infections such as influenza and pneumonia. Dr Chandrakant Lahariya, a physician and epidemiologist, said: “What we want not to forget is that not so much one as the two new variants automatically become a concern. There would be a stable appearance of SARS CoV2 variants for a long time. These will be followed and genomic sequencing will be performed, but there is no logic. by starting the discussion on the new wave with a report of both a new variant. “
“India has far exceeded the main risk of serious covid effects. The disease has become endemic in the country and we deserve to start controlling and responding to SARS-CoV2 like any other viral disease,” Dr. Lahariya said. According to NTAGI leader Dr. NK Arora, it has been a year since Omicron was first described as a variant of fear and since then there have been more than 70 sublineages. During the nine to ten months, hospitalizations and deaths have not piled up. in India despite dynamic changes in the proportion of Omicron sublineages across the country. Almost all sublineages described around the world also circulate in India without any severe Covid cases accumulating.
“Due to the widespread Covid vaccination policy and herbal infection, we are in a relatively comfortable scenario when it comes to the pandemic. Covid variant that causes the disease,” Dr. Arora said. An infection is said to be endemic in a population when this infection is consistently maintained at a reference point in a geographic domain without external inputs. Daily coronavirus cases in the country have been less than 3,000 in the past 27 days, while deaths have been less than ten in the past 22 days.
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