New Delhi: Although some cities or states in India may begin to see the highlands of Covid-19 cases, the risks continue and focus must be on transmission reduction and implement specific steps of the situation, said Senior Poonam Khetrapal Singh said.
The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that the initial indication of Covid cases, the plateau has been reported in certain geography in the country but the trend needs to be observed.
Responding to the question that the Coronavirus case has started a plateau in India, Dr.
Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia region said the risk of Covid-19 remains high and no country, regardless of their current transmission scenario, is “out of Forest “yet.
“Therefore, although some cities or states may begin to see the highlands of the case, the risks continue.
We need to continue to be vigilant.
Our focus must be on transmission reduction.
Apply certain health situations and social vaccines and increase vaccines.
Coverage – that’s the way forward for all The country in the ongoing pandemic, “said Singh to PTI in an interview.
On January 21, the country reported a total of 3,47,254 cases of new Covid-19 after that the number of daily infections had reduced.
The decline in Covid cases and the level of prospitis has been observed in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana and West Bengal.
Asked whether the pandemic entered the endemic stage, Singh said, at this time “we are still in the middle of the pandemic and the focus must limit the virus that spreads and saves lives”.
“By being endemic does not mean that the virus will not be the cause of worries,” he said.
Compared to the Delta Covid-19 variant, he said Omicron was able to infect the upper respiratory network than the lungs, which can also assist the spread of this variant.
“There seems to be a lower risk of severe disease and death after omicron infection compared to other variants.
However, because of the very high number of cases, many countries have experienced a significant increase in inpatient events, placing pressure on system health care,” he said .
Data shows that infection with Omicron can be associated with a lower risk of hospitalization compared to infection with Delta, Singh, but notes that the severity of the disease increases with age and in the presence of unfavorable medical conditions.
He stressed the need to accelerate efforts to vaccinate all risky populations in all countries.
“There is evidence that develops on the effectiveness of the vaccine for Omicron, but we still have many things to learn.
So far, we think that vaccines are less effective against omicron infections and symptomatic diseases compared to deltas.
Having a shot booster seems to increase protection,” he said.
However, the vaccine seems to remain very effective in protecting people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death, he said, adding that vaccines remain an effective method to reduce the possibility of severe diseases caused by omicron variants caused by omicron variants caused Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants caused by Omicron variants.
Singh said the emergence of Omicron means that protective behavior is still important as keeping a safe distance from others, avoiding the crowd, wearing a mask that is installed properly covering the mouth and nose, cleaning hands regularly, keeping the space in the room ventilated well, and cover coughing and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs coughing and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and cover coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and covering coughs and cover cough and M Enasing cough and covering coughs.
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India is currently fighting against the third wave of Covid-19 driven by the Omicron variant.
On Saturday, 2:35 532 people were tested positive for Coronavirus infection.
The risk continues even though the Covid case starts the plateau in parts of India: Who
