It was reported that the fatal andinfectious form of COVID-19, Delta plus has reached Uttar Pradesh. In thebeginning, only two cases were detected in the state, particularly in Gorakhpurand Deoria.
Among the two cases, one patient was reported dead whichled to a lot of dismay in the region.
On Wednesday, the National Health Minister said that'variants of concern' of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been detected asmany as 174 districts across 35 states and Union territories among which the highest number of cases were reported from Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab,Telangana, West Bengal, and Gujarat according to the data delivered by thehealth ministry.
In eastern UP, the Delta plus Covid-19 variant wasdetected through the COVID-19 patients’ samples which were previously sent tothe Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) at the Institute ofGenomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi for genome sequencing. Last Tuesday,the reports of the genome tests were received wherein it was reported that inall 80 percent of the samples were tested positive for the delta Variant orB.1.617.2, while around 6% reported positive for the alpha variant, firstdetected in the UK.
The first two cases reported in Uttar Pradesh were areason for agitation among the natives on Uttar Pradesh. The samples thattested positive belonged to a 66-year-old patient in Deoria and a 23-year-oldMBBS student at a medical institute in Gorakhpur. Out of these two victims, theelderly victim, who had tested positive on May 17, passed away during thecourse of the treatment.
The terror among people was because it was addressed thatthe Delta plus Covid-19 variant may drive a potential third wave of thepandemic in India. Not only this, the second wave which was double the timesvariant than the first wave was caused by the Delta variant. There was a rushfor government beds, medical oxygen, ventilators, and other essential equipment across the country, even while the death toll and infections continued toincrease continuously.
During the outbreakof the second wave, around 1000 people were reported Covid positive every single day during the month of April and May, while the death rate reported was really high. As a matterof relief, the number of recoveries has overnumbered the currently active casesbut the news of the third wave is really disturbing for many and people to need totake this fatal virus seriously and protect not only themselves but the peoplearound them. Start taking the initiative now and make more and more peopleaware, before it’s too late.