COVID-19 Cases begin to rise again, with over 4000 active cases as of Sunday evening, Cases have risen over 1200% in just a week. Regardless of having all the equipment, People are unable to get the shot due to the unavailability of the Covid-19 vaccine.
India with the total number of 3,961 patients in this unexpected outbreak, registered 203 new Covid-19 cases, as of Sunday, Kerala, Maharastra and Delhi have the most Covid-19 active cases at 1435, 506 and 483 respectively. Took four lives in the last 24 hours, one each in Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The total deaths in the country this year have now increased to 32.
This wave has been caused due to new variants of Corona Virus variants, NB.1.8.1 and LF.7. The currently approved vaccines are not expected to be effective against NB.1.8.1. However, already vaccinated citizens are showing stronger immune response towards the virus. The new Omicron sub-lineages cause mild symptoms, Doctors recommend testing for symptoms like fatigue, hoarseness, or diarrhoea.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former director of the Indian Council of Medical Research has issued pharmaceutical companies to create a vaccine for the new Corona Virus variant. Scientists believe that the new virus is not going to make a major impact on people and won’t cause as many death cases this time.
There is a high positivity rate of approximately 64.08%, which means that there is a higher chance of transmission. A maximum of one week is taking for a person to recover, every person who has the symptoms are advised to get themselves tested for Covid-19. As people have produced more antibodies after vaccination back in 2020 are more immune than the unvaccinated ones. Use of mask and social distancing to be painted thoroughly to avoid the virus to spread furthermore.
