After the increasingnumber of Covid cases in India, Niti Aayog showed concern regarding thesituation. During a Press Conference on Friday, Niti Aayog member, Dr. VK Paulspoke about the future situations that India can face. He compared thesituation of UK covid spike with India's population and said that "If we look at the scale of spread in the UK andif there is a similar outbreak in India, then given our population, there willbe 14 lakh cases every day."
He also added that the governmentis also keeping an eye on the developments. "Genomesequencing of every sample is not possible. It is a surveillance and pandemicassessment and tracking tool, not a diagnostic tool as of now. We can assuresufficient systematic sampling is being undertaken," said Dr. Paul.
The researchers are doing their work tounderstand the new variant. Omicron strain is mildly infectious.
India is on number twoin Genome Sequencing. Cases are rapidly increasing. India has a total of 113cases of Omicron Variant. Maharashtra is leading the list with a total of 40cases. Capital of the country Delhi also has 22 cases of Omicron Variant.
Omicron is moreinfectious than the Delta variant. It is spreading at a faster rate. WHO labeled thestrain highly mutated and transmissible. Britain has more than 14,000 cases of theOmicron variant. On Friday, Britain reported a total of 3,201 omicron caseswhich is the highest number of cases in a day so far. The number of dailyreported cases is increasing day by day.
The Britishgovernment reported 93,045 positive cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking thetotal number of cases to 11,190,354 in the country.
ICMR DirectorGeneral Balram Bhargava said that it is important to have low-intensityfestivals and avoid non-essential outside activities. The unvaccinated areadvised 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 atotal of 7,145 positive covid cases and 289 deaths in the last 24 hours.