After the increasing
number of Covid cases in India, Niti Aayog showed concern regarding the
situation. During a Press Conference on Friday, Niti Aayog member, Dr. VK Paul
spoke about the future situations that India can face. He compared the
situation of UK covid spike with India's population and said that "If we look at the scale of spread in the UK and
if there is a similar outbreak in India, then given our population, there will
be 14 lakh cases every day."
He also added that the government
is also keeping an eye on the developments. "Genome
sequencing of every sample is not possible. It is a surveillance and pandemic
assessment and tracking tool, not a diagnostic tool as of now. We can assure
sufficient systematic sampling is being undertaken," said Dr. Paul.
The researchers are doing their work to
understand the new variant. Omicron strain is mildly infectious.
India is on number two
in Genome Sequencing. Cases are rapidly increasing. India has a total of 113
cases of Omicron Variant. Maharashtra is leading the list with a total of 40
cases. Capital of the country Delhi also has 22 cases of Omicron Variant.
Omicron is more
infectious than the Delta variant. It is spreading at a faster rate. WHO labeled the
strain highly mutated and transmissible. Britain has more than 14,000 cases of the
Omicron variant. On Friday, Britain reported a total of 3,201 omicron cases
which is the highest number of cases in a day so far. The number of daily
reported cases is increasing day by day.
The British
government reported 93,045 positive cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking the
total number of cases to 11,190,354 in the country.
ICMR Director
General Balram Bhargava said that it is important to have low-intensity
festivals and avoid non-essential outside activities. The unvaccinated are
advised to get vaccinated at their earliest.
India is reporting Omicron cases on daily basis.
It has spread in 11 states and union territories of the country. India reported a
total of 7,145 positive covid cases and 289 deaths in the last 24 hours.