Government sources say that even if there is a wave of Covid-19 in India, the number of deaths and hospitalizations is likely to be low.
The Union Health Ministry says that the next 40 days are crucial for India in the context of a sharp increase in the number of Kovid cases in China due to the BF7 variant of the Corona virus. The number of infected people will increase in January.
However, government sources say that even if a Covid wave occurs, the number of deaths and hospitalizations is likely to be low. Because most of the people in the country have received the vaccine and have acquired natural immunity through previous exposure to Covid.
News agency PTI reported that the government arrived at the figure of 40 days after analyzing past trends. ”Earlier it was noticed that a new wave of Covid appeared in East Asia and affected India after about 30-35 days…. This is a trend,” PTI quoted an official as saying.
Filling of ‘Air Suvidha’ form and RT-PCR result within 72 hours may be mandatory from next week for passengers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore.
Between December 24 and December 26, 6,000 international travelers were randomly tested for Covid-19. The guidelines are being implemented after 39 of them were confirmed to be Covid positive.
Hospitals across the country conducted mock drills on Tuesday morning to test the operational readiness of the Covid-19 submission facilities with special focus on equipment, procedures and manpower. The mock drill was held after the central government issued an alert and asked the states to speed up measures related to Covid.
Bloomberg reported on December 24 that the National Health Commission estimated that 24.8 million people or 18 percent of the population may be infected with the disease in the first 20 days of December in the current Covid-19 outbreak in China. It is in this context that precautionary measures are being taken in India.
With the rapid lifting of zero-covid restrictions in China, the health agency has observed a rapid spread of the Omicron variant in people with low natural immunity. The agency estimates that more than half of the people in China’s southwestern Sichuan province and the capital, Beijing, are infected.
On December 23, the Ministry of Health had said that the number of Covid positivities in India is decreasing every week. While the average daily number of cases was 2,408 (1.05%) between October 7 and 13, the number of cases dropped to 153 (0.14%) during the week of December 16-22.
Serum Institute offers 2 crore Covishield doses
PTI reported that the Serum Institute of India (SII) has offered two crore doses of CoviShield’s vaccine to the central government free of cost amid rising cases of Covid-19 in some countries.