India has been witnessing a gradual increase in coronavirus infections in recent days. A new variant could be driving the rise but there’s no need to panic.
India is registering a sharp increase in the number of daily new COVID-19 cases over the past few days. New variant XBB.1.16 is the reason behind the surge. According to Health Ministry data the fresh infections are rising and the number of active cases have crossed over 10 thousand…
The number is up from the less than 100 new cases India reported on some days in January this year — which was the lowest rate since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. New Viral variants will keep coming as the virus keeps on mutating and the XBB 1.16 is the latest new strain. The Virus is from the Omicron family which has higher infectivity.
The symptoms and their relative mildness suggest that COVID-19 will likely stay with us for the foreseeable future, causing mild disease in a seasonal manner, much like the other human coronaviruses that cause common colds
Prompt action is taken to undertake mock drills at health facilities in April to ensure operational readiness of medical infrastructure. India with a population of 1.4 billion people, has administered more than 2.2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses. Despite the rising cases the experts are assuring that there is no need to panic as the rise in infections has not resulted in a rise in serious cases..
The increase in cases is expected to subsidme and there is no need to panic however to counter the increase in cases of the Covid… We must follow Tracking.. Testing… and Treatment…
Dr Siddhivinayak Barve
Editor, Science Now
